Don't feel like a failure. You have a lot going on. I am sure you have moments where you don't want to think about your stuff or be reminded of your stuff and DS is all about the stuff.

you are not a failure. heck I made a goal to get up everyday at 7am and go to bed by 10pm. I am not doing so well with that, but that is ok. I am trying and the days I am successful, I acknowledge that I have done a good job. The days I am not successful, I tell myself, tomorrow is a new day and I will try again.

One thing I am learning about PTSD is that people with it seem to have zero tolerance for anything less than perfect within themselves. Cut yourself a bit of slack, you are sick and getting better. There will be days you stumble and have to get back up again, it is part of the healing process and part of life.

Give yourself credit for setting goals too. Man that has been very hard for me to do. Congrats!

I've missed you, ladydi, and when I saw your avatar and username pop up again, I was just happy, no sense of failure. Please don't be hard on yourself. Things actually sound good, what with your feeling better, getting a new therapist, and a new med doctor, plus starting DBT classes. Keep us posted on what you're learning, ok?

Good to meet you, lady. Best wishes with your DBT classes. And tell your nasty inner critic to knock it off. That fact that you're taking positive actions for yourself and feeling better as a result is what matters!

There's no failure, there's just life's ups downs and sideways detours.... I'm still trying to achieve goals I set 20 years ago. Take it easy, take care of yourself, and it's okay:-)

we all get like this you not failure , your here big hugs feel better glad you posted hug min

The logical end of perfectionism is paralysis. Too afraid to mess it up to do ANYTHING.

...Anything worth doing is worth doing badly, and I am working hard to believe that myself.