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I overcame

01 November 2012
Posted by rallying_defenses  
Apparently I haven't written a blog since September of last year. I have to say that the end of last year really beat me down. I was finally formally diagnosed with ptsd after so many years of not so fitting diagnoses after I landed myself in the hospital again. I was pushed to my limit in therapy, contemplated suicide for what I hope was the...
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sick with worry

17 September 2011
Posted by rallying_defenses  
3 weeks into CPT and I've been assigned some work that I've been dreading, but I guess it's time. I've never described the SA in detail before. I trust my therapist more than anyone right now and I'm trying to put my brave face on through this PTSD treatment, but I'm sick with worry about the written account I have to...
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What's worse?

15 September 2011
Posted by rallying_defenses  
This isn't fun at all :tear: I now have places to be on a regular basis, but I carry with me so much anxiety. I'll have to find a way to really work it out in therapy. I now have college and my personal life to deal with. It's all so bleak. I don't have a social life at all. It's pathetic. CPT is really hard. I know it's...
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Posted by rallying_defenses  
Finally after some preparation, my T and I are going to try Cognitive Processing Therapy focused on PTSD. I've always liked my T but was never able to confront my real issue. All of a sudden all I want is to face the real issue. I've never been under so much stress over my trauma. It's clearer than it has ever been before. If I...
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I have zero emotional support from my family. It's been painful to be in my house. Everything looks fine I guess but my T validated for me that my house is a dark place to me. I talked about how I've noticed that I don't want to come home sometimes. I spend time driving from public place to public place because I'd rather be in the...
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