Post Traumatic Stress Support Group

New to this site, but by no means new to PTSD. Its been 17 long, hard years of hunting down my fears and confronting them, overcomning them. I have travelled this road, for the most part, alone. Though it has taken a while, a hell of a lot longer than I thought it would, I don't regret a minute of it. If I can be of help, I'd like to be. But I'll warn you, I am as blunt as a door knob. This PTSD can be an insideous monster or it can motivate you to dig deep, figure out the excact nature of every fear that has ever found space in your mind, and move on.

Hi there thewasek, I am a PTSD crazy too...lolol Actually my shrink won't be pinned down by me as whether I have PTSD or BPD, or both. He says the same meds are used for both, so it doesn't matter. The disordes are very similar too. I am 58, and have been either or, perhaps both,(according to shrink),for as long as I can remember. I hope you will skip over to the Bipolar posts and see if you recognize any of the signs and symptons as your own. If you can share your findings with me I would be so interested. I really can't distinguish between the 2 in, or for, myself. I don't think I have ever asked anyone with PTSD to compare it to Bipolar disorder.

Welcome to the site & I hope you feel comfortable with us. Lot of good people here . Feel free to ask questions, vent, cuss, or just hang out. The thread, anyone awake, is just for fun. No real topic just everything & anything. Feel free to join the sometimes wild party over there.

Gloria

PS I have been the hard ass on this site, so maybe you can take a little of the pressure off of me. lololol

thewasek-

first of all, welcome to the forum. i want to tell you that you are definately not alone in your struggles. i try as best as i can to encourage others to keep pressing on everyday in dealing with the "monster". i too have my moments of anguish and need support myself. i guess that is what this is all about. you will probably find people here who you can relate to, as i have, to maybe help you understand the things that haunt you a little better. i guess you could say that we are here all sitting in the same boat. but together, i think we can fight this. if i can help in anyway, please feel free to pm me. respectfully, SM

Hi morninglory,

i've been diagnosed with bipolar II and PTSD. I've been aware of my illness since Oct 06 but believe i've been ill for many many years. Being diagnosed explained so many thing about myself i never understood before and so many things just "made sense" for a change. I'm no expert, but i can discuss my symptoms and how i manage.

Dearest DaddiesGirl. The very bright light at the end of your tunnel is your willingness to help others. We experience the horrors of our disorders very much alone at first, and then one day we find a wonderful forum like this and not only feel less alone, but helpful and useful. That has been my experience here. You can tell others about your feelings and thoughts, but there is no substitute for others that know, from inside, what you are feeling. My family is very understanding & I love them for it, but....they just don't know....Thank God! I am so glad you are here.

Love Gloria

Thanks morningglory,

hugs and kisses!! i have been on the net almost every day since i found this forum. i hurt so much right now becasue my dad is at end stage lung cancer and will die anyday now. i moved in with my mom to help her care for him and i dont wish this hell on anyone. i knew i needed some kind of outlet, just to talk before i "lost it". i am trying so hard to stay sane, but everyday it gets harder and harder. my doc wants me to come in but i cant seem to find the time. i almost feel robotic and feel like if i stop to think about doing anything but going to work and coming home to do whatever her and my dad want me to do, i'll become unglued. thanks for being so welcoming.

Girl, I will be here with you, friend. We all need a shoulder at some point. I would most assuredly say this is your, "some point". Have you read up on the different stages of death and dying and the things you can expect to accompany you in your sorrow? I know it is a horror to think about but at some point I wish you would give yourself an insight in to the heartbreak you are living.

Love

Gloria