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Member Since Mar 2009
Location: bako, cali but still a washingtonian!!
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Mar 29, 2009 at 01:18 PM
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I got ptsd when i was 12 from my stepdad and moms crazy fights!! its been 10 years and over the past year, the dreams stopped, no triggers and flashbacks, nothin. i thought i was healed!! but then around thanksgiving my stepdad yelled at me...in THAT voice!! and it all came rushin back. its like goin in reverse. it sux!!
im really really REALLY nervous cause this tuesday im goin to visit my mom/stepdad and im terrified. i really don't wanna fight with him and i wanna make my mom happy. i just wanna be good with everyone and not have any issues. anyone got some good copin advice?? koren __________________ I doubt sometimes whether a quiet and unagitated life would have suited me-yet sometimes I long for it. -Byron
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Mar 29, 2009 at 06:58 PM
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Hi koreniebear,
thats great that you have had some time without any symptoms of ptsd - shows you are on the healing trail   Your step dads shouting is obviously a HUGE trigger for you - and you want to go see your mum so you are bound to run into him - can you stay in another room? prob not practical - the only thing I can think of is to try and do some relaxation techniques before you go.... when I know of a trigger - I keep rehearsing the thing in my mind to kind of get used to it - going into a certain part of my ward was a trigger so I used to imagine going in there and being calm over and over - maybe you could do that with your step dads shouting - .... not much help..... Hope things go well for you on your visit
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