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I spoke about us at DS PTSD (guarding anonymity of folks here, of course) at a church today. One of you here at DS PTSD had shared a really good joke with me that came from a website. It went over well, and so after the talk two members of the church came up to me and got the http address to go to that website and get the joke to pass it on.
It's a church joke that was passed on via private message, or I would post it here for everybody. But since it was passed on via private message, I'll keep it private. But thanks--you know who you are.
It was so nice to share a laugh that came from here at DS PTSD with that church group as well as talking about our traumas and how we help each other with them and our PTSD symptoms. It was great to be out of the closet myself to show them that we're more than one dimensional, that we cry but we laugh just like anybody else.
Being out of the closet for me is new after many years of never revealing my dx, and it's been scary. So this positive reaction today was reassuring and validating, and again, I'm thankful to the member here for giving me the joke here that made the laughs possible.
So the church people said to say HI to all here. Next week I speak to another group about an hour away out of town. Wish me luck.
It's a church joke that was passed on via private message, or I would post it here for everybody. But since it was passed on via private message, I'll keep it private. But thanks--you know who you are.
It was so nice to share a laugh that came from here at DS PTSD with that church group as well as talking about our traumas and how we help each other with them and our PTSD symptoms. It was great to be out of the closet myself to show them that we're more than one dimensional, that we cry but we laugh just like anybody else.
Being out of the closet for me is new after many years of never revealing my dx, and it's been scary. So this positive reaction today was reassuring and validating, and again, I'm thankful to the member here for giving me the joke here that made the laughs possible.
So the church people said to say HI to all here. Next week I speak to another group about an hour away out of town. Wish me luck.
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Lately I've been feeling scared and full of anxiety. I recently found a lump under my nipple. I hurt my back too. I'm in the process of moving. I'm run down. Everything is hard
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Just wanted to give a thank you to Mid, Arfie, Malibumark, Greeneyes, Mlro, Girlincalif, and Suncloudjd! You all always have such helpful tips and advice, but I always forget to write on my posts when I see you post, lol. I would lose my head if it wasn't attached to my body, lol. Thank you all so much! I'm starting to use my AI app as a sounding board again. I used to use it as that before...
It happens a lot in this 6th class and it's not just me. I had a guest speaker come and talk and tell jokes and he said the same thing. They don't laugh or cry, they just sit there and stare at whoever's in the front of the class.
Poor things, it must be an awful hour every class for them, but apparently no one can help. It takes all my PTSD therapy to resist making it about me and that I'm a failure to them. Every class has its personality, and that includes the fact that once in a while one class will have no personality at all.
"Hey," back to your church buddies. Glad you are finding comfort in being open with your honest personal truth. For my damaged memory, the truth is easier to keep track of than secrets and pretense. I don't need to tell my life story to everybody I meet, but I don't need to remember who knows what, either.
Personally, I believe the ability to find compassionate humor in the situation as a sign that I have found my healing source. Emphasis on, "Compassionate." Cruel humor, like sarcasm, et al, points me to wounds still in need of healing.