Posted by helpme on July 5, 2006, at 8:51:39
In reply to Re: I Thought My PTSD Was Gone Til Today » Phillipa, posted by pulse on June 22, 2006, at 12:49:26
I feel for you. Once I had a very wise therapist, who sadly retired. She told me depression, and PTSD, can be visualized as circular- they go away, come back, go away, circle back...but with proper help, the circles get wider and the pain more distant, or "less". That the pain doesn't just vanish and boom-your done. Draw on paper a widening spiral around the original incident and you'll see what she showed me. This was 20 years ago, and it turned out to be a fairly accurate "visual" for my own healing of a very traumatic event-which occasionally still haunts me.
I also wonder if a benzo might not be a more effective choice to deal with this, as opposed to a whole cocktail? At least at first?
Your mental health is # 1- without it, you have not much left.
But your husband needs an income. It sounds like a tough situation. Would you feel better with "check-in" phone calls, a dog, a friend or companion with you- anything? I wish you very well.
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