Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Support Group

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onlyup 08/16/2011

I am sitting here in bed knowing I am making the right choices, healing,starting fresh. For the most part I am excited and there is this part of me is baffled. How do I do this,meet people and become a regular person that has a life. I have the great people I stay with but I have this urge to get out there andstart this new life and I have not a clue how to do it. Next Wednwsday I will be moving my stuff here and thats all that I know. I want a place of my own, a job but know I cant handle that yet, And also know I am scared and not ready, its like a blank canvas and I dont know how to paint. I am going to try to fall asleep and hope tomorrow I can fight the feeling that I dont belong anywhere.Thats how I feel and I hate it. What do you do when you dont belong anywhere?

deleted_user 08/16/2011

You take it one day at a time and know that tomorrow is always a new day. Appreciate the small things in life as you are able and go to bed every night knowing that you have tried your best. After that, you try to take it all in stride and trust that someday, things will fall back into place. It just may take awhile to get there.

onlyup 08/16/2011

Thank you....Im just overwhelmed.

deleted_user 08/16/2011

So glad to hear you are getting a new start. I'm sure you will eventually find your place in the sun and also sure you will learn to paint like an artist. Best of luck.

deleted_user 08/16/2011

i know how you are feeling, i too started a whole new life, left everything i knew and had.

it was very hard at first, but as time goes by you will start to feel you belong. i got involved with the community, little events here and there.
little things, but made a difference.

slowly but surely you will make your way up, and come to feel you belong. all beginings are hard, but its also a door to opportunities.

msg me, if anything (=
hugs, alexis

deleted_user 08/16/2011

Take it one day at a time. There will be a day when you are ready to get a job. You may want to start with a volunteer job or a day program first just to get you on your feet. Check out www.nami.org and call the phone number and they can give you resources to vocational rehab and other volunteer opportunities that help you get ready to work. Goodwill is also a very good company to help those with mental illness to get jobs. Hang in there.

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