Hello everyone.
My psychotherapist directed me here today and I thought it would be good to get involved. I was finally diagnosed with CPTSD in 2014 after a 10 year battle to be "heard" and "understood" by our local medical professionals.... My injury/illness has a long and complex history, but enough to say that I lived through a terrorist insurgency overseas and experienced a time of prolonged duress and hypervigilance between 2002 and 2004... As I child I may have suffered emotional trauma. In short a combination of "complex" factors has led me to where I am today. I hope my input will prove useful to others and that I might get a bit of support in return. One of the biggest issues I have had since 2004 is "Being understood." It's clearly very difficult for those who don't have this illness to understand it. I have directed friends and family to the web-site and HOPE that they will read and learn. My very best wishes to everyone here and a big Thank You to the founders of the site. :)
Welcome, Northern Soul! :)
hey, northern soul, glad you made it here and welcome. terrible stuff to have had to go through. also very glad you found a therapist who 'knew'. hope you find the support you're looking for here - i did. it's been a wonderful experience.
Thank you. I am doing ok. ;)
Hello and welcome, Northern Soul! Thanks for joining and adding your voice here.
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