It's been a while since I've posted in forums here. I'm becoming symptomatic again, mostly with hypervigilance and some other obsessive/compulsive symptoms worsened by high stress. I will probably be reaching out more often now (again) in more forums under various topics (lots of different experiences in my pocket) but I feel the need to reach out right now, before it becomes completely unmanageable.

Long story short, in addition to living with C-PTSD and the associated anxiety and panic, I also have a worsening chronic pain condition, and have been going into another cycle of insomnia. I've had to drop out of school for the final time (this was my last chance with student aid) due to my health; my worsening hearing loss has me all but completely isolated. I basically feel completely alone. Most of my friends and family don't talk to me anymore because I can't talk on the phone and that's the only way they feel comfortable with staying in touch (as opposed to text, email, and other ways I can participate in being deaf). I am just learning to sign so I feel equally alienated at this point from the D/HoH (Deaf and Hard of Hearing) community. School was kind of the last straw. I haven't been able to work in years, and attempts at volunteering have been disastrous.

Anyway. That's a bit about what I've been going through. Glad to reconnect. I welcome responses on here, but also in private; I'm hoping to connect with people and just have people to talk to. It's really lonely living with the triple whammy of chronic mental and physical health issues, and a sensory disability.