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Jan 18, 2020, 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Have Hope
@ seesaw, good question and I don't know! Count to ten? Take ten deep, very slow breaths? Take a brief or long walk and come back to it? Distract myself with something positive & come back to it? Eh. Who knows! I'll try all of the above.
To answer your question though, I don't have a strategy in mind. Perhaps something for me to research further. I am proud of myself though for not losing my cool very recently over something I was triggered by, and instead, I drew firm boundaries (because people were crossing them) and I kept my cool. That was progress. |
That is great! I'm glad you were able to keep cool and be firm.
I asked the original question bc its something I've worked on over the past 2 years and has definitely been a challenge but I've made a lot of progress. The biggest challenge is to even know I'm reacting. There's a lot of self awareness to be built.
Good for you!
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Primary Dx: C-PTSD and Severe Chronic Treatment Resistant Major Depressive Disorder
Secondary Dx: Generalized Anxiety Disorder with mild Agoraphobia.
Meds I've tried: Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa, Effexor, Remeron, Elavil, Wellbutrin, Risperidone, Abilify, Prazosin, Paxil, Trazadone, Tramadol, Topomax, Xanax, Propranolol, Valium, Visteril, Vraylar, Selinor, Clonopin, Ambien
Treatments I've done: CBT, DBT, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Talk therapy, psychotherapy, exercise, diet, sleeping more, sleeping less...
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