Posted by Seam on October 6, 1999, at 12:14:26
In reply to What would you all do with this much stress?, posted by Sara Ann on October 4, 1999, at 18:32:52
> Thank you all in advance for thinking about this. I have had chronic/complex PTSD since about 1992. I had major depression secondary to the PTSD. One of the things that caused the PTSD was abuse by a therapist. I have taken medications in the past but have been happily free of them for the last two years. My problem is that in the last two months, I have had cancer return (I am genetically predisposed), I was robbed, a hurricane hit my hometown, I was injured in a motor vehicle accident, and I prevented the suicide of my next door neighbor because I happened to be in the driveway as she was running out onto the highway in front of our homes. I am having flashbacks of lots of different bad scenes from the past, plus nightmares, etc. The worst part is that I feel so fatigued, and I am supposed to be doing exercises at home as part of the recovery from the car accident. I have been able to manage the medical appointments relative to my physical injuries and not much else. I can't imagine ever going back to counseling because of what I suffered before. I have a hard enough time with just the idea of a doctor's office - my blood pressure goes through the roof every time I have to go to a doctor.
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> So getting back to my original question, what would you all do with this much stress?
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> Many thanks in advance,
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> Sara AnnMy goodness Sara Ann, this is one of the worst
rough patches I've heard of. It is hard to imagine
all of this stuff happening at once to a person.Basically this stuff sucks. It is unfair, you
don't deserve it, screw the universe for dumping
all that crap on you! Ther first order of the
day is to GET PISSED OFF about it as soon as
possible.Don't take this shit from the universe. If you
need to work with some meds, do it. And don't
be afraid of therapists. You have the ability
to find a good one if you need it. At least hang
out with everybody here.Man, I'm getting all worked up about your cause!
You can survive, you will survive, you will heal,
you will pass through this. Yes, you will. It is
a massive test of the Emergency Sara Ann System...
Get a mantra going in your head along these lines.
It can really help.Wow. Keep it together Sara Ann. You have lots of
people here pulling for you.Sean.
poster:Seam
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