Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Support Group
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The things that happened when I was young - extreme physical and emotional abuse, being locked in a closet for long periods of time, starvation, "failure to thrive", being shunted from one family member to another and not getting to stay with the nice ones, more, more and more.....those things will never go away, they'll always be part of me.
And they should be. I don't want to forget those things.
What I despise is that sometimes my reactions to things show the self-doubt, the belief that I can be abandoned at any moment. My decision-making can be so strongly influenced by these ghosts from the past.
Overall in life, somehow, I've thrived. But also I see that I've been limited and influenced in so many ways, that every relationship I have also has my past playing a hand in the card game of life.
And they should be. I don't want to forget those things.
What I despise is that sometimes my reactions to things show the self-doubt, the belief that I can be abandoned at any moment. My decision-making can be so strongly influenced by these ghosts from the past.
Overall in life, somehow, I've thrived. But also I see that I've been limited and influenced in so many ways, that every relationship I have also has my past playing a hand in the card game of life.
Do you think there is connection?
so bad sometimes i want to chop off my head lol--hurts so much.
I relate to the self-doubt , and abandoment issues also, these are big for me. Separation anxiety is another.
I've given up on relationships, i always nebulize them if they're good--i go along with them for awhile if they're hanging onto me for friendship and affirmation...then i get tired and drained and drop them-I'm talking all relationships-friends-i do not get involved
romantically at all- married once, burnt forever...welcome-vangie