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I survived Christmas Day, not easy to do since my abuser(grandfather} and my Father both died on Christmas. Now that I made it through, anything even remotely reminds me of my abuse by Grandfather. The triggers come so fast causing more seizures. We had a snowstorm last night lot's of snow blowers and plows, but when the shovel comes out I am hiding under the covers..major trigger
the memories are so deep feel like I am going to break in half. My seizures are now coming at a least 3 a day.
Feeling very alone and don't know what to do. Was supposed to have therapy today not sure if she will cancel because of the 10 inches of snow.
We had an awful tragedy in the next town over. Two fireman killed by madman after he set fire to his home and then waited to kill the first responders. For some reason I have taken this as my own tragedy. I did not know anyone involved. Yet I care a heavy load on my shoulders like I should have done something more. Of course I feel horrible for the families, but why do I feel so close to this. Triggering me even more.
the memories are so deep feel like I am going to break in half. My seizures are now coming at a least 3 a day.
Feeling very alone and don't know what to do. Was supposed to have therapy today not sure if she will cancel because of the 10 inches of snow.
We had an awful tragedy in the next town over. Two fireman killed by madman after he set fire to his home and then waited to kill the first responders. For some reason I have taken this as my own tragedy. I did not know anyone involved. Yet I care a heavy load on my shoulders like I should have done something more. Of course I feel horrible for the families, but why do I feel so close to this. Triggering me even more.
For me, those are the hardest and the things that trigger me the most, the overall theme of stuff being out of my control. No surprises there, right?
The feeling I get when I watched that story and similar ones lately is that it really shakes my faith in humanity. The PTSD creates a sense of the world being an unsafe place to live; the news tends to make that worse because it primarily focuses on the evidence that perhaps the world has gone mad. I bet it affects the emotional health of all people, but for people with trauma histories, it hits us harder.
I agree, it is hard to not feel worried and depressed in reaction to news stories so eventually it becomes necessary to shut it off.
The only thing I really can control about it is my focus. I do the same with movies and tv that are supposedly "entertaining"; I am never entertained by abusive scenarios.
It can be hard not to focus on stuff because part of the PTSD is the increased sensitivity to potential danger. This may have served us (and sometimes still could), but taken to the extreme it can actually harm us (with you siezures, with me migraines).
Again, I am very sorry you are going through this. I hope you can get some relief from it soon.