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PTSD reliving

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AmazingGrace16 · 09/08/2018 23:46

A few weeks ago I was diagnosed with PTSD. That itself feels odd to me as its from an event over 16 years ago. I guess it's affected me a lot more than I like to admit and tbat realisation is a bit scary.
I am to do a reliving of the event in CBT therapy. I'm scared.

Numb but scared.
I feel worried that this might not help and like it would be so much easier to carry on just as I was.
Hmm.

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thelongerhaul · 09/08/2018 23:58

Hi amazing. I have ptsd and am in trauma focused cbt currently. It's extremely hard - but you might say if it was fairly easy then I wouldn't need to be doing it. I'm feeling awful at present due to a rollercoaster of emotions I don't feel I have much resilience to cope with but I will get there I'm sure.
Do you have many symptoms like intense anxiety, nightmares, avoidance , reliving etc?

AmazingGrace16 · 10/08/2018 07:27

Avoidance and anxiety are my main symptoms.
It sounds like a similar therapy to the one I'm in. I am finding it very hard as initially my therapy was just for my anxiety so I didn't really think we would talk about the trauma.

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thelongerhaul · 28/08/2018 00:33

How are things now Amaziing?

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