Wow, this site could not have come at a more perfect time for me. After spending the last 7 months since I came OOTF exploring my history as an unchosen, I am trying to start thriving, rather than just surviving. I just re-started EMDR on Monday and the focus is to work on the agaraphobia and worthlessness I feel as a results of my years of being both an unchosen and then a chosen non. I am officially diagnosed with PTSD by my T, but C-PTSD fits my symptoms better.
I'm also changing my meds, so my head is a bit out of sorts. The name emotion overload fits me even better during this med transition time. I am experiencing high high and low lows right now. I'm not sleeping well. I hope all this tinkering with my brain is a benefit in the long run, because right now it is just frustrating!
Thanks for starting this site, I look forward to posting!
Hi and welcome to OOTS EmotionOverload, glad you found your way here from OOTF.
I suspect we'll eventually see lots of people who are members in both forums - dealing with people who have a PD, especially as children just sets us up for developing CPTSD unfortunately.
I hope you are able to settle into your new med regime soon. It took me a good month on my current med (Celexa) and I'm glad I stuck with it as it has helped so much.
If you have any resources re CPTSD to share plse do - we're 'trail blazers' in that respect, just like OOTF when it first started I would imagine. Hopefully we'll build up a cache of good resources/information as we go along.
Happy posting ;D