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I have been gaslit.
I have complex ptsd and I have trouble understanding that that means I have symptoms, not that I am crazy.
sometimes I feel crazy - when I'm overwhelmed, or tired, full of fear that someone will tell me I'm crazy and that that will mean I can't be a good mom, that I'll ruin my kids life.
just practicing anxiety so it's not so bad when I do feel it in the moment. It's a new strategy. Roll the tape, as bad as it gets and just run with the illogical thoughts. It's definitely anxiety provoking.
I was feeling depressed and anxious about going into work so I just went with it. I know no one can see it on me most of the times, I think anyways. I know I'm not crazy. Sometimes anyway. Okay so there's some doubt but my mental health professionals have said I'm not. They've said the people who seek help are the least crazy people, especially those who improve and even though I can't see it they see improvement in me. So I'm going with that today. I'm not crazy and I'm going to go into work, do my job and go home to paint!
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88FIn 1969 we decided to get married without a big wedding. Most of our friends and family liked large over the top for the time kind of weddings and I did not. First, I didn't see why spending so much money for one day when we have the rest of our lives to live. I have never regretted not having a big formal wedding. Another issue is not liking all the attention. Also, we have gone to big...
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We're all troubled.WSo, to remind ourselves we're not at rock bottom (this is a reverse optimism thing I learned as a kid):We are not living on the island of Krakatoa when the volcano goes boom!Yeah, okay, that sucks.***Toay in 1942, Pierre Laval announced that the way to free France was for Germany to win WW2. Pierre did not win a lot of friends. When the war ended, quite quickly he was tried...
My therapy has involved "go with the what-ifs till they're so ludicrous even I can't deny I'm being silly" (What if I don't cook dinner will NOT result in the end of the cosmos, as one example, and yes, I can get that wound up!)
I get through the reality slippage flashbacks cause for me while in class teaching with a paper trail, too, this time a script for each class listing in order 1,2,3 what I'm going to do. That way when I lose track, and I always do, I can find my place again.
It took a grieving process like the five stages of grief for death and dying (denial, anger, bargaining, acceptance) for me to accept that my complex PTSD means I'll never know what normal was. Trauma started too early in life for me as a kid. But to the extent that I've accepted that and switched from having "normal" as my goal in vain to having "functional" as my realistic goal, I've gotten better at the things I've wanted to do. Work in progress now is functioning to retire next year, and that's a challenge all over again.
Lots of support to you as you deal with this stuff, Marah.