Hello, everybody.
I'm new in here and I hope you're all doing OK.
I was diagnosed with c-PTSD quite recently, about 4 months ago. My previous diagnoses were rapidly cycling Bipolar II and BPD, but nothing really seemed to make full sense until now. C-PTSD is rarely diagnosed in Eastern European countries (my psychiatrist thinks so, at least), so that might have been the reason for the delay. I'm in therapy, still trying to make sense out of everything and taking it one day at a time. I wish I could say I'm doing great, but that would be a lie.
I have a long and disturbing history of domestic violence and childhood sexual abuse. My parents, belonging to the pre-dissolution generation were hit by a wave of depression, alcoholism and existential despair. It is unfortunately a very common scenario, and even some mental health professionals have the attitude: "Your father was an abusive alcoholic? Nothing particular about that, stand in the line."
Times are changing, but trauma remains. Still, I hope that there is a light at the end of the tunnel now that I have the right diagnosis.
I'm happy to be here, maybe someone will understand what what this condition really means in daily life.
I'm new in here and I hope you're all doing OK.
I was diagnosed with c-PTSD quite recently, about 4 months ago. My previous diagnoses were rapidly cycling Bipolar II and BPD, but nothing really seemed to make full sense until now. C-PTSD is rarely diagnosed in Eastern European countries (my psychiatrist thinks so, at least), so that might have been the reason for the delay. I'm in therapy, still trying to make sense out of everything and taking it one day at a time. I wish I could say I'm doing great, but that would be a lie.
I have a long and disturbing history of domestic violence and childhood sexual abuse. My parents, belonging to the pre-dissolution generation were hit by a wave of depression, alcoholism and existential despair. It is unfortunately a very common scenario, and even some mental health professionals have the attitude: "Your father was an abusive alcoholic? Nothing particular about that, stand in the line."
Times are changing, but trauma remains. Still, I hope that there is a light at the end of the tunnel now that I have the right diagnosis.
I'm happy to be here, maybe someone will understand what what this condition really means in daily life.