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(JD) · Jan 16, 2010, 11:17 AM

I think you've received the diagnosis of ptsd because of the abusive relationship, not because you got out of it.

It's because you're not being abused that you can let your guard down a little, and begin to acknowledge the garbage?

Nightmares imo means the brain is trying to file those memories.
PTSD makes it so the brain doesn't know where to file the memories, because something happens during trauma that changes the normal chemical processing of events.

Realize that what you are feeling and thinking is caused by the PTSD.
Your therapist needs to be expert in the treatment of PTSD, if he/she isn't, then you need to discuss this with them. That person will be your primary source of support, because others just don't "get it" when it comes to PTSD symptoms etc.
It's a very long and arduous road, but worth travelling since you're already on it.

I'm sorry you've lost everything. Use the time now to find a balance in your life, clear it out and reorganize...and set about the work of retraining your brain about those memories?