Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Support Group
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Hi, I got really hurt tonight. I was talking to a friend, and older lady who is a bit of a mother figure for me. Well, she said she was very tired. I asked why, and she said because she's been working - unlike me who gets up at 3pm.
I was so hurt. it's true that I have a sleeping pattern where I get up very late, and go to bed late. I can't seem to shift this. For example, last night I went to bed at midnight, but didn't surface till 2pm. I don't know why I'm like I am - is it the psych drugs, is it because of my breakdown?
Anyway< I also can only work part time - 3 shifts a week. I work in a nursing home - and am proud that I can be reliable, and competent and caring - and no one knows I have mental illness.
I do all evening and night shifts, which works out great with my sleeping pattern.
I've had reasons to get up early, and I have - but as soon as the need to get up early is over, I go back to my usual pattern.
Does anyone else have a similar story?
I don't suffer a lot of trauma anymore - I have a lot of peace and stability in my life. But I just haven't got the capability to work full time, or be an early riser.
I was so hurt. it's true that I have a sleeping pattern where I get up very late, and go to bed late. I can't seem to shift this. For example, last night I went to bed at midnight, but didn't surface till 2pm. I don't know why I'm like I am - is it the psych drugs, is it because of my breakdown?
Anyway< I also can only work part time - 3 shifts a week. I work in a nursing home - and am proud that I can be reliable, and competent and caring - and no one knows I have mental illness.
I do all evening and night shifts, which works out great with my sleeping pattern.
I've had reasons to get up early, and I have - but as soon as the need to get up early is over, I go back to my usual pattern.
Does anyone else have a similar story?
I don't suffer a lot of trauma anymore - I have a lot of peace and stability in my life. But I just haven't got the capability to work full time, or be an early riser.
During the school year I teach morning classes, so that gives me structure. But during breaks and summers it takes work, and I want to work on it because insomnia and too much isolation lead me to a bad place with my PTSD eventually. It's not a moral issue or a character issue for me, it's just keeping PTSD from isolating me into a corner I can't get myself out of to be functional.