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Severe cPTSD need a hand hold

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ScaredAndPanicky · 26/01/2024 22:45

I suffer from severe complex PTSD. Rooted in abuse and my mum dying when I was young, but also after recently escaping from a 20yr long marriage with domestic abuse.
3 of my closest friends mums all died today. I am trying to be there for each of them but my PTSD is so triggered I feel sick with anxiety. I can't stop having flashbacks about my mum's illness and funeral and my dad abandoning me.
These are the people I would usually go to when I'm struggling, but obviously I can't do that.
I would really appreciate a hand hold so I can try and calm down and sleep.

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Rowen32 · 26/01/2024 22:46

You're not alone.. Take some deep breaths, maybe a meditation on YouTube for a nice voice in the room with you
Ground, focus on the five senses trick, keep telling yourself date and time and where you are now and that you're not back then xx

MyGooseisTotallyLoose · 26/01/2024 22:52

I am so sorry, was it a car accident for them all to be together?

ScaredAndPanicky · 26/01/2024 22:54

No they had all been ill for different amounts of time, I can't believe it.

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