This is such an accurate and articulate description of the way I’ve been feeling in the last three years.
The update is hopeful. The issue for me though, seems to be that there are no specialized therapists available in my area who are covered under public assistance.
Without an income I’m on my own and that scares me.
Even attempting to reapply for disability seems daunting and scary.
Last time I had a lawyer that showed up two minutes before my hearing, giving us no time to discuss anything and then blamed me for not doing well/saying the right things in the hearing.
Other attempts have been met with feeling like I wasn’t taken seriously. I think I struggle with telling people exactly how this feels and why I can’t work, so they don’t take me seriously.
Complex PTSD is a very isolating, exhausting and devastating severe illness.
The psychiatric equivalent of cancer.
It affects every part of your life, magnifying every problem intensely and affecting daily function.
PTSD is a very severe, but normal reaction to severe abnormal trauma.
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It really is all the things you say. I think part of the problem (though definitely not all of it) is that it isn’t recognized as a real disorder in the official psychiatric literature, DSM, etc. Maybe that will change. I hope so. But in the meantime, people with C-PTSD continue to get under-diagnosed (“oh, it’s just nerves,”) and given meds that are supposed to fix the problem, or they are given a stigmatizing PD diagnosis like BPD and then no therapist wants to deal with you (though things are getting better for BPDs).
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I can’t take credit for the post starting just above the photo. Wasn’t sure if you knew it’s a re-blog.
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No, I didn’t. 😳 You can remove my comment if you want
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Oh, yes, of course. I see it now, and I remember Linda Lee’s post too. I do like the intro you added though.
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Thanks.
I’m not sure…should I remove it. I like your comment. I guess I need to figure out how to close comments on individual posts.
The last time I tried, I didn’t see an option to just do it for one and it would close them for all my posts.
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Nah, you can leave it there.
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OMG! What is wrong with me today? My brain isn’t working at all. How embarrassing. I clicked on the link and then realized it wasn’t Linda Lee’s blog, but because it has a similar title I always get confused. But I’ve seen this post before and remember the remark about C-PTSD being like cancer.
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Huh…sorry if I’ve contributed to any confusion.
I’ve done some searching around for healing info and have come across some older posts I guess.
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*runs and hides*
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Lol…don’t do that. 🙂 I have to admit, confused or not, I like that you are here, visiting and reading what I’m posting AND commenting.
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So isolating
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