Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Support Group
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do i return to the scene of the meltdown or not? i have had enough psychotic meltdowns in public and returned to the scene of the meltdown often enough that i no longer flatter myself with how many people even notice such things. higher percentages take note within live support groups, but meltdowns are far more common and received with more support than morally indignant criticism. been there. done that. empathy over sympathy.
i am leaning toward staying on the farm and enjoying the alone time granted me by the day trip of hubby and the four-year-old. these days, having the farm to myself is a rare treat. i am reveling in the fact that it is a treat unpolluted by worries of cps watchdogs, the frantic chaos from the domestic tragedies that cobbled our little ship of fools together or maskites armed with god knows what new mandates and no point in telling the masked militia to read my lips.
i find myself questioning anew if my worries about which of my pre-covid psych symptoms are still valid psych symptoms. the string of miricles by which this little ship of fools survived and stabilized during the global shutdown feel far more stable than the rapid-cycling world of psychology which carried me from the kiddie whorehouses to a respected community member feel more valid than the tele-options which took over during the shutdown. the social needs of the children have headed off isolation, as has the growth of our farm operations. i survived the meanest transition of my life in covidic isolation. will i really benefit from re-building my pre-covid therapy network?
dunno. . . if i'm going to go, i need to leave in the next half an hour. at the moment, i am inclined to stay and enjoy a nummy nap with the confidence that i won't wake up to any creative 4 year old works of art.
for this very minute, we see what grows.
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I haven't written in my diary on my computer since May because I thought that my computer was dying. I got away from writing but my computer is hanging in there. I think that I will start writing in it again. It's so therapeutic.
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First, I hope everyone is doing well, and continuing to fight that good fight! Keep up the great work on yourselves; I'm rooting for all of you!So, I started doing therapy at the beginning of the year, when I was in my most depressed state, but with my therapist, I made big changes and steps in the right direction. But, over a month ago, she couldn't take my insurance anymore, and I had to stop...
i went for the nap. it might have been the best nap i've had since 2019 when i inherited my 3 orphans.
When we got there, he took lots of photos of me standing under the street corner's street signs. It turned out to be therapeutic for me to go back to the scene. I can't say that goes for others, but it really did go for me. I joined DSPTSD soon after that and learned how to receive and give support. Bless that old college roommate's heart.
i, too, feel like learning how to receive and give support was the most important breakthrough on my own recovery road. i find it MUCH harder to receive support than to give it. to receive support, i have to show my vulnerable spots. it's much funner to expose other people's vulnerable spots than my own.
i am fine. how are you?
I'm with you about what a breakthrough giving and receiving support was for you in your PTSD recovery. Like you, I started in face to face support group first, before joining this one online. I have a master's degree in providing professional and some years of experience ER trauma and other hospital work experience. But nothing has taught me as much about recovery as the day to day support group work does here, both giving and receiving.
Today I'm ok though coping with dizziness, thanks. Glad you're fine. Hope your loved ones are fine today, too.
my first experiments with on-line peer support started with the military point-to-point circuits i worked during my army stint. mid 70's. these circuits ran on world war two tech and my peers were trained signal corps nerds stationed in combat units. the favorable results from those experiments didn't prepare me for the twists and turns of the internet boom twenty years later. no offense intended, profie, but the old-world training for med/psych/support pros was decidedly lacking in high tech communications dynamics and protocols. have i noticed that the higher the academic training, the more aggressive the troll and/or troll patroller?
i remain dubious on how effective on-line support groups are. my interest here is far more tech pro that psychotherapy. the on-line support has come a long way, but methinks it still has some growing to do. do the contemporary med schools, etc., started including tele-pro training yet? i'm not quite ready to trust the apps for that. i still trust eye-contact far more than a high-tech handshake.