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Old 19-03-2008, 02:57 PM
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Thanks everyone, for the welcome. I hope to get to know you over the coming weeks/months. It's helpful to have someplace like this, because often times just leaving the house is a challenge... I'm in school, and just finished the quarter. My final was today, and I tanked, which is discouraging because at the mid-term I was carrying an "A". My T pointed out that I recently had an anniversary of something, coupled with a comment someone made and it threw me into a tailspin. I HATE that. I was doing well, and I seemed to have sabotaged myself. Well, part of me did, anyway.
I struggled to finish the class, but I really needed an A or B grade to get into this program I'm trying to get into; now I'll have to pay and retake this class and that's a bummer too since I"m not working. (I have a wonderful spouse who currently supports me).

I'm taking the weekend off and surprising my hubby with a getaway (I can pay for it because my birthday was recently and I bought a scratch lottery ticket and won $500!!! Happy birthday!) so he doesn't know and I REALLY need to regroup and refocus for the next quarter. Even tougher class coming up.

Thanks for everyone's support. I hope to return in kind.
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Old 20-03-2008, 03:22 AM
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I have complex PTSD; I've know about PTSD for years, didn't know about the complex part til recently, but it fits. I go through times when I feel 'fine' and try to live life, then times (like now) after a therapy session, when I just feel, well, broken. I'm 46, halfway through this life, haven't accomplished a d**n thing because of all the emotional baggage I've been trying to deal with. Don't know if this forum will help or be any different than abuse survivor forums; just know that living with this 'disorder' leaves me feeling empty. All the different emotions that come flying up from various places without warning. . . so draining, ya know? And the flashbacks; I'm so tired of those. . . anyway, that's me.
Hello there. I have exactly what you have my friend. The only way i can keep it at bay is to say "I am not my mind, my body or my emotions". "I am that which controls them". They are not me. They are not in control of me.

I am in control of them.

What happens is you then find yourself with a very different dilema. the dilema of emptiness. Because, in that state of mind - there is no content to stuggle with - and that is a very foreign, lonely place.

But the good thing is - i can pop back between these states as and when i need to. I don't believe that you will ever completely remove the damage in your head - but i do believe that thinking the above will enable you to at least move between dimensions. Once you have learnt to find this new place above all your woes, you (like me) can concentrate on how to make this new frame of mind - a joyous and productive place to be.
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Stephen
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welcome 2t2d. respectfully, SM
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