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Old Apr 13, 2012, 09:33 AM
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Yes this can happen when working through PTSD, so be patient. You are going to get angry and frustrated and don't be hard on yourself if you get short tempered. PTSD is a lot of work, can be tiring so make sure you get rest whenever you need it. You can't stop this, your brain needs to go through a recovery process and this takes time and therapy and a lot of patience. This is not about punishment of failure, this is all about "HEALING" and your brain does have a lot of work to do to get through this.
You honestly have to make sure you do your best to protect this and self sooth and be patient. Other people around you are going to have to allow you to do what you need to heal too. You cant be feeling guilty about their needs right now. I wish someone told me all this when I was struggling. And as I have said if you can get one family member to sit down and be told that this is a REAL difficult problem that is going to take you time to heal from and to lay off and give you support and space, then that is very important.

SERIOUSLY, be kind to yourself no matter what, allow yourself plenty of space and time to work through this. It is a lot of work and hard to understand and yes it can get harder if you push too hard or worry too much about how much other people are so unsupportive. Wow, if I understood that better, I would have not been so afraid and felt so guilty. If I could go back the one thing I would demand was my therapist to tell my family that I need plenty of space an understanding to work through something I cannot help and that they need to support me to do just that.

Please be very KIND TO YOURSELF RIGHT NOW, understand that THIS TRUELY TAKES TIME. Allow yourself to HEAL and it will be so much easier.

((((Hugs))))
Open Eyes