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>My next therapy session is four days away, which feels like forever.
How awful for you. Can you call your therapist and get in sooner, or at least get a short phone session to help you through? Try to take care of yourself. That means not doing things that you feel like you can’t handle. Take it easy for a few days. Risa Contentment consists not in great wealth but in few wants.
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In article <813upu$t6…@nnrp1.deja.com>, hannah81615@my- deja.com wrote: > x-no-archive: yes
I > don’t think we’re > babies – I think we’re warriors.
I think so too. Hannah, It might not feel very beneficial right now, but visiting that family was a huge step in healing. I’m not advocating getting down in the trenches on a regular basis, but I think it helps survivors of violent crime to help others in similar situations, if one can withstand the triggers. Although it’s very painful, I’m glad that I could find some use for such an awful experience. Later on, that is. Maybe it gives me a sense of mastery over a situation that I initially felt powerless in. I also think I needed to see how the trauma was affecting another person in order for me to connect with my own feelings-otherwise I’d keep minimizing them. You really helped that family by being there. I’ll bet that family thought they were living in a black hole. They’re not alone and you aren’t either. God bless you. MAO * Sent from AltaVista http://www.altavista.com Where you can also find related Web Pages, Images, Audios, Videos, News, and Shopping. Smart is Beautiful
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> I think it helps survivors of violent >crime to help others in similar situations, if one can >withstand the triggers.
Which is what I feel this ng community is (when the trolls are baiting elsewhere). Kristine
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>How many of us are very intense and perfectionistic? How many of us come >out fighting when someone else is threatened?
Count me as one. K
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BarbieEnvy wrote: > >How many of us are very intense and perfectionistic? How many of us come > >out fighting when someone else is threatened? > Count me as one. > K
Me too. And I desparately need to start fighting for myself lately. But gave me some advice for fighting for yourself… "if it’s easier for you to fight for others, think of someone going thru what you’re going thru, then fight."
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Kitty wrote: > x-no-archive: yes > > BarbieEnvy wrote: > > > >How many of us are very intense and perfectionistic? > How many of us come > > > >out fighting when someone else is threatened? > > > Count me as one. > > > K > > Me too. And I desparately need to start fighting for > myself lately. > > But gave me some advice for fighting for yourself… > > "if it’s easier for you to fight for others, think of > someone going thru > > what you’re going thru, then fight." > Hi, > I’ll agree whole heartedly with this! Seems so strange to me > that when someone that I "care" about is under attack, I > immediately go in to battle mode. No second thought at all > about the risks, or situation I’m placing myself in. I don’t > know, maybe it is easier to help others fight, because it > gives me a rest from my own crap……. > Lurking in the shadows > Kitty
I didn’t have "my own crap" until the onset of PTSD. I would do just as you said, no second thought at all about the risks. Then I was shocked when others didn’t do the same when I needed them.
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