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Originally Posted by MDDBPDPTSD
I have been more withdrawn than usual of late, but I do want to add my agreement to this. The election and now this storm, Sandy, are both very stressful and challenging to handle. I hope all of us find a way to come out the other side. Thank you for posting. Just because you do not hear from me, does not mean I am not thinking of you and reading your posts and sending you my concern and prayers. I am just very withdrawn now.
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((((MDDBPDPTSD)))),
Well, that is ok, really, just listen for a while and "slowly" you will realize that you are not alone in how you struggle. Honestly, that is why I decided to just let myself hang out there. I just somehow knew that others struggled too and that if I just opened up, well, somewhere it might encourage someone else to do the same, even if it is just to say "me too", that is a start. The one thing I have learned while I am struggling along is that it really "is" a challenge and it "is' lonely. But it is not as lonely when you hear someone else saying "your challenges" and also that they were bad and are "gaining".
I can relate to where you are MDDBPDPTSD, I have been there, but I want you to keep trying, give this time and that you truely "can" make gains. It comes slowly, it is up and down, but the days where you manage to find balance, well, they slowly "increase" and keep "self caring" and giving yourself time to work through the PTSD, don't worry, you are not as alone as you think, yeah you are going to make mistakes, but that is ok, you will learn from it every time, just keep giving yourself permission to do that and you will find you will begin gaining.
The brain is an amazing thing, it can heal, if you keep allowing it to, keep self caring no matter what. You say, "I have PTSD, it is very hard, lots of people don't get it, but I am going to keep working at it, take loving care of myself and remember that I "deserve to heal" and I will.
(((Hugs)))
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