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Dear Barb, Nancy said it so well, I’m just going to second HER post. Hang in there, okay? I can’t tell ya when, where, or how long, but I DO know that it was the tortoise that won the race, not the hare. We’ll get there. It just takes a lot of time, to undo the years of damage. Look how many years it took us to get where we are to begin with, ya know? Hugs if you want them, kat "Nancy Irwin" <ki…@cris.com> wrote in message
news:9hv3ji$pps@dispatch.concentric.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi Barb! > > my psych said I > > haven’t accepted PTSD > Denial in my heart of the reality I could see around me was a really big > battle for me. > I believe that awareness and acceptance of myself … and pushing on along > my ‘path’ with this concept … is one of the most difficult times I have > with PTSD. It is very easy for me to see what _I_ want to see and here > comes the depression again! > > Its acceptable to put down animals… why not people > I understand this for physical ailments, like terminal painful cancer. I do > not believe it is an acceptable solution for PTSD. I believe that if I do > not learn to live with PTSD now, I’ll have to learn to live with it later. > Might as well get the learning done with IMO. > YMMV > Smile and there will be something to smile about! > Nancy
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Barb, The rest have said it better than I could, because I’ve had that same discussion with my therapist. It seems to me his answer was "that there was hope, and because I was so depressed I just couldn’t *see* it, but that he could. But for the life of me, I get to that place alot of times too. Hang in there, as we’re all trying to do, tiny dancer "Barb and Greg" <cook…@primus.com.au> wrote in message news:3b42caac$1@news.iprimus.com.au… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I am at an interesting part of my life, I see no future and little hope of > recovery for PTSD. > I have had perhaps too much time to be my own counsel when my psych was away > for 7 weeks so when I saw him last week I asked what hope future does one > have with PTSD, after all animals are put down when suffering. He said I > haven’t accepted PTSD but heck what does one have to do- run around with > PTSD hat on their head and act real loopy, which is what society expects! I > am determined to be functional in this life but instead I am now thinking > what is the point? > Does anyone know a future? > — > Barb Cook
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I am at an interesting part of my life, I see no future and little hope of recovery for PTSD. I have had perhaps too much time to be my own counsel when my psych was away for 7 weeks so when I saw him last week I asked what hope future does one have with PTSD, after all animals are put down when suffering. He said I haven’t accepted PTSD but heck what does one have to do- run around with PTSD hat on their head and act real loopy, which is what society expects! I am determined to be functional in this life but instead I am now thinking what is the point? Does anyone know a future? — Barb Cook
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Sorry Barb, I am struggling with that concept myself at present. Wish i could shed some light for you. helski
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Hi Barb! > my psych said I > haven’t accepted PTSD
Denial in my heart of the reality I could see around me was a really big battle for me. I believe that awareness and acceptance of myself … and pushing on along my ‘path’ with this concept … is one of the most difficult times I have with PTSD. It is very easy for me to see what _I_ want to see and here comes the depression again! > Its acceptable to put down animals… why not people
I understand this for physical ailments, like terminal painful cancer. I do not believe it is an acceptable solution for PTSD. I believe that if I do not learn to live with PTSD now, I’ll have to learn to live with it later. Might as well get the learning done with IMO. YMMV Smile and there will be something to smile about! Nancy
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May a time i have been hard to say ‘if i was a horse i would have been shot by now’. Somedays giving up seems the easiest way but i try to be positive. I’m lucky i have a really grat husband. Joanne Barb and Greg <cook…@primus.com.au> wrote in message news:3b42caac$1@news.iprimus.com.au… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I am at an interesting part of my life, I see no future and little hope of > recovery for PTSD. > I have had perhaps too much time to be my own counsel when my psych was away > for 7 weeks so when I saw him last week I asked what hope future does one > have with PTSD, after all animals are put down when suffering. He said I > haven’t accepted PTSD but heck what does one have to do- run around with > PTSD hat on their head and act real loopy, which is what society expects! I > am determined to be functional in this life but instead I am now thinking > what is the point? > Does anyone know a future? > — > Barb Cook
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