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Originally Posted by liz643
I hate having to relive all the stressful stuff I have had to go through the past two
weeks. My mentally ill son has had several melt downs and has been verbally abusive. When I become anxious, I can't help it. Things affect me, and I have no control over my reaction (stomach pains mostly) I haven't been sleeping that well and my xanax is starting to not work as well.
I follow my therapist's advice, but it still makes me so anxious when things start to go wrong. I don't want to talk to him about it. It makes me feel worse.
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It's understandable you feel this way given that you struggle with PTSD. Not only struggling with your son's melt downs that can be very triggering, but also sitting in front of a therapist talking about it which can serve to bring up all the stress you experienced when dealing with it all.
Maybe therapy would be more helpful if you worked more on practicing calming therapies instead. Sometimes, art therapy helps because it allows the person to sit and create and enjoy something where they are distancing from all the stress they are experiencing.