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Old Jun 09, 2025, 08:46 AM
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Thanks @Scooter9 and @divine1966. I'm talking to my doctor on the phone this morning. I can't go see him in-person because the PTSD makes it impossible to leave the building, i'm so petrified of debris falling on me again. I also use public transit and the tsunami of sensory input of taking the bus is also intolerable with my PTSD.

Yes, i've kept up with photos. Last week was messy because the PTSD had not set in yet and i started two new projects (starting a support group and moving). That's not going to look good for me. The question will be: if you were well enough to start projects, in what sense were you sick from PTSD?

The thing is, i've abandoned both projects as extremely foolish, stressful, and triggering of my PTSD. I just launched them both out of immediate panic after the accident. I was disoriented and not thinking clearly. I was so busy with appointments, investigations, questions, emails, phone calls, confrontations, decisions, etc., that the PTSD did not set in until the weekend.

I'll be asking my doctor for a referral to an EMDR therapist. This is "Eye-Movement Desensitizing and Reprocessing" therapy done for PTSD victims. It's the only therapy i know of. Medication is not effective for PTSD. I'll see if my doctor has any knowledge of new meds or therapies, but i am generally more up-to-date on medicine than my doctor.
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bizi
Thanks for this!
bizi