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  • About Me

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    sprytling

    Female, 60
    Bushkill, PA, USA
    Member since March 19, 2008

    • About Me

      I have Post Traumatic Stress and Anxiety and I get depressed.

      I have Post Traumatic Stress and Anxiety and I get depressed.

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  • Journal

    • Frustrated and Ill

      Mood October 24, 2008 11:58am

      I made an appointment with a counselor and actually went twice.  We didn't do much except the intake form and I got hit with this inner ear …

    • Journal Entry for March 20, 2008

      Mood March 20, 2008 11:46am

      I'm only a little nauseous today, and I actually got dressed.  That's a big day for me lately.  I have made it to Daily Strength, …

    • Journal Entry for March 19, 2008

      Mood March 19, 2008 9:39pm

      I talked with someone for the first time today.  I'm 58 years old and I've never told anyone how bad things were when I was growing …

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      From mtnmama62 October 26, 2008

      Just dropping by to give you a hug today. Hope the vertigo is going away and you are feeling better!

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      From mtnmama62 October 24, 2008

      Hmm, does that mean dancing is out of the question? You will find a way to do what you need to get done. Be gentle with yourself and kind, dear one!

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      From deeitsme October 24, 2008

      Giggles!!! Thought that was toooo funny and matched the picture purrrfect!!!..grin! Big hugs!!!

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      From jckid97 October 15, 2008

      is a hug for my friend! :)

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      From Fizzy October 8, 2008

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  • Goals

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    Current Weight (Lbs)
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    Fasting Glucose(Diabetes)
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  • Support Groups

    • Close Physical & Emotional Abuse

      I grew up in an abusive home. Only it was my mother who did the abusing. But it's the same...the feelings are awful and you don't recover from them easily.

      Treatments

      Leave Working / Worked
      My mother and I don't talk...haven't for 15 years, since the death of my father. At least she can't abuse me anymore.
    • Close Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

      I've been diagnosed with PTSD, but I've never sought treatment. I guess if I had to tell you the things that might have traumatized me, I would have to begin with my mother beating my father, yelling for days at a time, throwing him out and then turning on me, over and over again, as a child. I remember him lying on the kitchen floor after her hitting him in the head once with a steele soup ladle, another time with a big Conch shell and then a baseball bat. I was raped too, later on.

      Treatments

      Music Working / Worked
      Music helps me become energized or to cry when i need to.
      Reading Working / Worked
      I read about everything. I already knew about the "vicious cycle" because I grew up in that kind of atmosphere. But I read about it and that's when I realized there were others like me.
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