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#1
Feb 22, 2011, 09:23 PM
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Hi everyone, I'm very new to this site and I'd really love to get the balls to share my traumatic experiences...all I can say now is that I've been sexually abused since I was 5, again when I was 13, again when I was 15, and yet again through 18-19 due to rape every night, along with physical and emotional abuse. Describing it in intricate details hurts for some odd reason...but saying it like this doesn't hurt as bad.
Along with PTSD, I have Bipolar Type 1, social phobia, and self mutilation, drug and alcohol abuse, and EDNOS. |
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Feb 28, 2011, 12:03 PM
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Welcome to PC!!!
I understand not being able to say it in detail, but saying it the way you did is easier. I am the same way. I can say I was molested from the age of 8 - 12, but giving details is a no-no in my mind....can't do it. You are not alone here and you can talk about whatever you want, but you don't have to talk about everything, that's the cool part about this place. Anyway, nice to meet you!
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Feb 28, 2011, 12:33 PM
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PTSD drives me nuts too DarlaKat. I don't feel like talking about the stuff that happened to me, but, yeah, I know what you're going through.
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Feb 28, 2011, 02:33 PM
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I think PTSD drives us all nuts! Hang in there DarlaKat!
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 Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives. ~ Maya Angelou Thank you SadNEmpty for my avatar and signature.
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Mar 14, 2011, 07:48 PM
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Ok, Im new to this too. I have never chatted before. I have Complex Post Traumatic Disorder. I was diagnosed with PTSD but I have learned that it is more than that. I have been reading Dr. Scaer's research and cannot believe he has not only nailed it but driven in all the way in. My problem is that I have been misdiagnosed and I did say all the right things.
I want to heal but I can't seem to find the right place to go and get the right help. Not only that but I have had damage caused to me by a neighbor and it has affected my business and my funds to get help. I am trying to find someone to talk to. Someone who has passed my way and gotten further along |
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Mar 14, 2011, 08:01 PM
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I am new to this, never chatted before and not really great with the computer, trying.
I have Complex Post Traumatic Disorder. I was diagnosed with PTSD and sent on an awful journey by psychiatrist and psychologist. So, I did some research and found the wonderful article by Dr. Scaer on Complex Post Traumatic Disorder. For the first time, I saw the me I had been trying to show therapists for so many years. I suggest anyone who is struggling with a diagnosis of PTSD and has been abused as a child and bullied to read his 14 page article. My problem is that I have not quite found the right therapy to address this diagnosis. And, I have my records that state disorders that are not correct. He talks about this in his article. What I find troubling is that this is New research and there are few therapists out there who know about it and know how to help patients with it. So, I feel lost. I feel relieved that I now know what I have but am not sure how to go forward. |
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Mar 31, 2011, 10:39 PM
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It does drive us all nuts. I am knew here too. It is hard to work up the courage for me to share any details. It was years of sexual, physical and emotional abuse. That is as far as I seem to be able to get.
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