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I don't know if it matters anymore how or why I am down in this black
hole. I don't know if the light I sometimes catch a glimpse of is real
or just me wanting it to be. To those around me I look normal, I sound
normal but I am anything but normal. But. When you stop to think about
it, who and how I am today is totally a normal reaction to what
happened. So why can't I climb up and out of where I am. Why after 5
years I still seen and feel and dream and react and avoid like it was
yesterday. Why has my life continued to slope further down into this
hole to the point I can't work, can't handle even the smallest bit of
stress, I feel hopeless, helpless and so very angry. People can't seem
to understand that I am no longer the strong, self assured and capable
person I once was, they don't get it. How do I change me back or at
least find myself, even if different from before, and quit being
afraid, quit punishing myself for being in this hole, quit disappearing
into myself. All I want is to be able to live, support meself and find
a was to enjoy being alive again without being afraid of the world
around me. I would like to believe again that there is good out there
and trust is possable.
If anyone out there has any suggestions, please share your ideas





Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:19 pm

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I don't know if it matters anymore how or why I am down in this black hole. I don't know if the light I sometimes catch a glimpse of is real or just me...
judy_trapp
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Aug 28, 2008
7:21 pm

the first thing i always reccommend is getting a notebook and starting a journal - write down everything - even the mundane - it will help you sift thru all...
iiovelife
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Aug 28, 2008
7:22 pm

... Judy, All I can come up with, and it feels inadequate, is that we all struggle to create the "new normal" after critical incidents, especially the profound...
Nick Arnett
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Aug 28, 2008
7:35 pm

Thank you for your suggestion, I have always kept a journal, somehow it helps get it out of me when I write, at least for a while. ... From: iiovelife...
Judy Trapp
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Aug 28, 2008
7:37 pm

I certainly don't have the answers to what helps.  For me journaling has helped as well as talking with a counselor.  The event (an ambulance run) for me...
Debra Brice
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Aug 29, 2008
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I understand the feeling incapable...i have gotten tot he point where i do sleep...but that is about all i do, and all i want to do...i joined a gym and i have...
iiovelife
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Aug 29, 2008
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... Do you (and others here) have a peer support team? I think it can really help by being a safe place to let go of the attitudes and appearances that help...
Nick Arnett
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Aug 29, 2008
4:48 pm

for many of us THIS IS our peer support system...especially for those who have left the job...because as close as everyone is when your there...is as far apart...
iiovelife
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Sep 1, 2008
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... I understand... but a large part of why I'm on our regional CISM team is because I moved away from where I was a medic and lost touch with people who could...
Nick Arnett
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