Post Traumatic Stress Support Group

Hi everyone,

Happy New Year to all of you!

I am learning, very slowly, that living with PTSD means personal adjustments.

One think I have had to adjust to are "flashbacks".

I have to adjust and see the "feeling of betrayal" for what it is. I have to adjust to my difficulty in trusting.

But I am hopeful and my friends are patient with me.

I am finding the PTSD journey sometimes exhausting. I guess that means I have to remind myself to take one day at a time!

I think you are headed down the right path. Healing is a journey and taking it one day at a time will make it easier to manage the journey.

Brenda

Hi, and welcome to the group. You've got a great atitude and that will go a long way. A support system is vital to your journey of healing.

When did you find out you had ptsd?

Keep posting

Destiny

Welcome to the group. Taking little steps, one day at a time, really helps. PTSD is exhausting, and I have been giving myself permission to rest a lot because I'm facing some of the biggest demons of my recovery. I'm glad you're here, and look forward to getting to know you.

quicquid. You are on the journey towards healing. By going slow and taking one thing at a time and not trying to think of things all at once helps tremendously to keep triggers at bay. There is something else you should know that was true then as it is now. Connie mentioned it last year. Try and purchase a lava lamp or something like that that calms your mind. I have a glitter lamp. When every My PSTD gets triggered i sit in front of my glitter lamp and picture every piece of glitter as one person that was searching for me when i was abducted. It helped to calm my mind and sole. It may seem crazy, but it works for me. Keep doing what you are doing and don't vear off that path. Don't give up hope.

Scott

welcome to the group.

I can sure identify with that exhaustion.

You are not alone.

Billi

To answer a question, I received my diagnosis of PTSD about 4 1/2 years ago. The thing that my therapist said that surprised me the most was, "you probably have had PTSD since you were eleven years old". This is when my sexual abuse started.

But my recent betrayal-trauma brought forth all those experiences of betrayal as a child; hence, my recent diagnosis.

One thing I'm learning is that each person with PTSD develops their own "stragedy" to deal with this. I know this is what I am doing, and it is evolving (my stragedy).

Yes, you will find your own strategies and tools. What works for me may not work for another person and vice versa. Trusting will always be tough for me, but I realize that I don't jump in, trusting everyone right away, like I used to. Having appropriate personal boundaries for me is key. Because of childhood and adolescent abuse, there were no boundaries for my perpetrator. I had no personal space. Even though that is the past, I am strong enough now to deal with how it affected me. Best of luck to you. It sounds like you are on your right path. Welcome...