new here..

i have ptsd along with BP 1 and a couple of other Dx's but..I want to make friends and learn more about PTSD and how to live with it.I recieved this Dx about 3 yrs ago after many yrs of a lot of abuses,from relationships and from non immediate family members.anything else..you can ask me

Gloria

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Gloria

I'm with you I love morningglory's looks!!!! Can't wait to see the next one. I'm glad you found us. There are a lot of wonderful people here with a lot of experience. I hope you will feel comfortable just joining right in. I'm struggling with several fun conditions....PTSD being one of them. Finding a good therapist has really helped. I'm going through some work with her right now that has been really hard....but, I am determined to keep fighting. I have seen that working with my therapist is making a difference....and that gives me the encouragement to keep going. I have had many more good days now.

Again, welcome to the group!!

Red

Gloria

Bay, I am 58 and have been struggling for years with bipolar, PTSD, and OCD. Red is right about the therapist. The meds alone for me were just a bandaid to keep my disorders in place. A therapist helps you take these mental disorders, and make it like an onion. lol (sounds funny I know). They help you take that onion and start peeling it. You will be crying cause it burns your eyes like crazy. You will keep peeling the layers off that stinky little sucker until you can only just barely see it and can stick it in the fridge.(your brain) way way back in the back and almost totally forget it. It's there, but so little it will no longer make you cry and you will hardly ever take it out anymore....lol. Please do get a therapist....they can make a huge difference.

Love,

Gloria

Post edited by: morningglory/oldglory, at: 04/26/2008 18:12

You are difinitely right about that onion!!! We are peeling my layers now and it hurts like H@#@!! I built up so many layers trying to keep out everything!! My therapist has also talked about peeling the layers away like an onion. I hate spending all day and night crying and feeling like there is nothing left of me....but afterwards, I can see the light again. You always make me feel better morning... You just seem to give me confidence that things will be alright. Thank you! By the way -- love the new look!!!

Well Bay, hope you won't feel nervous about posting. We all just jump right in! Red

Gloria, my therapist just last week used the onion analogy. Thought of you immediately. I too look forward to your new look, you brighten the boards