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Serenity0706
Serenity0706

Hey everyone, 


My abusive ex got a hold of me over fb. I've felt sick since then, it was so bad when we were married I couldn't even get out of bed. He moved away a yr before I got together with a new guy who I'm still with 3 yrs later. The one problem I don't remember when we got together. Even with tv shows or movie I will swear they just came out but everyone has to say it's not. I feel really scared by this. This is a man who pulled the trigger at me, who told me to go off myself when he was a medic. I embarrassed him. That's why he left because I took medication for a painful disease and to him I was lazy but I couldn't work I would have severe panic attacks. I just don't know I wish I had someone to sit and talk too



Meg

arfie
arfie
Memory problems, both short and long term, are part of my own PTSD and seem to be a common PTSD symptom, in general. There is not a single person in my PTSD peer support network who doesn't suffer the problem in one form or another. Some count being lost in long gone trauma (PTSD) as the very definition of memory problem. My own memory is damaged enough that I perform daily memory checks so that I have some clues on how much memory I have to work with on any given day.

Yea, it gets scary. Talking about it helps.

Listening. . .
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
I can't be on Facebook because contact from the wrong person would affect me the same way, Serenity0706. I can be flying high like Superman one minute, but then that person's simple presence can send me crashing to the ground like kryptonite.

I had a fiancee like that back in 2011. My fiancee called off our wedding and we had to sell the house we'd bought together for our future because I was "lazy." I collapsed at work soon after that, and my boss got me to the hospital: I had lost 60% of my kidney function to kidney disease. I was working with only 40% of the energy of a regular person. That is not "lazy."

Take your medication, you're not lazy, ok? We get it. Much support to you.
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
I just wanted to give you a hug...….xo
SimpsonsOK
SimpsonsOK
Meg, we get what you are going through because we have been/are there. As with Muji, DS is as close as I go to social media. Instead of watching the news, I select what to read from the Bing home page. An abusive marriage destroyed my time sense, or at least the time line I had before. Comforting hugs.
Serenity0706
Serenity0706
Thank you everyone now I don't feel like I'm alone or slowly going crazy. Mine is from an abusive marriage and I lost my mom at 15. Some days are really hard. My family lives far away so they do not see my daily struggle but for a minute instead of being annoyed by me I wish they understood. Thank you and I'm sending so many hugs.
EvergreenDreamer
EvergreenDreamer
Hello Serenity. I had repressed memories for decades until they started to resurface, and are still,resurfacing. I do not watch the news, or anything i cant stop, pause fast forward whatever it takes to bypass a trigger. There are a lot of us here who know something uniquely different yet eerily similar. You are not alone. Welcome and triple hugs
lilmissy7
lilmissy7
You are not alone Serenity
Sending you support & Big hugs <3
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