Michelle welcome tot he family, my name is amy i am the founder here,
i also have PTSD, i hope you find all the comforts you need here,
please feel free to cry scream yell shout or any other emeoition you
feel you need to express we are here to listen. there are many
people here who have found us for various sources f the PTSd and if
you look thru the posts, we will offer up ways we have used to cope
the PTSD, learn to live with and and just learn to live again.

i cant tell you there is one way to beat it, i cant tell you it is a
quick process....but i can tell you it can be done.

I am not 100% over mine, but from 1/2000 when i started this group i
have gone from being about 20% to about 90% of the way back to who i
want to be.

Well i hate to cut this short but i am in on vacation and i must get
offline as i am paying by the minute

amy

--- In emsfirepoliceptsd@yahoogroups.com, Reggie Cervantes
<crquijote@y...> wrote:
> Hi Michelle,
> Welcome to the family. Like you I also have PTSD. This group has
helped me tremendously. We share and are here to be a shoulder and
listen. I write under two screen names, CRQuijote and
ClipedWingAngel. I am also a Ground Zero Survivor Rescue Worker. I
have come a long way in the process of recovery and still have a long
road ahead of me.
>
> My nightmares, day mares, flashbacks, insomnia and other symptoms
are better. Mine get worse when I get sick. I try to figure out my
triggers and of course avoid them until I can deal with them at my
own pace.
>
> I moved on to Oklahoma City with my two children to get
counseling. It has been nice living at a less hectic pace. It's
beautiful here. I never got CISD Counseling (critical incident
stress debriefing) but had some support. Here I have the tremendous
support of OKC Bombing Survivors and Family. They taught me: Dont
let anyone tell you not to grieve, Dont let anyone tell you how to
feel, Dont let anyone tell you to get over it and many more things.
>
> So welcome. Someone is around all the time. Try writing when you
need to get things out.
> Reggie
>
> M <mightymouseofnyc@v...> wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone:
>
> In an effort to try to find others who suffer from PTSD, I found
> this group online. About six months ago, I was diagnosed with PTSD
> which is caused from responding to the WTC (spent 3 months there)
> and losing several people I know. During this same time, my
> firefighter fiance became extremely abusive. I have just started
to
> grieve so my mind races often. It races because I have blocked out
> so many memories and visions. I startle easily, especially when
> someone comes up behind me. I have visions which my therapists has
> helped me determine when the PTSD is kicking and I get
claustophobic.
>
> Take care,
> Michelle
>
>
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