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After a decade of therapy and meditation, I was able to use exposure and flooding therapy to navigate socially.
I visited my trigger situations until my nervous system calmed down.
This was a monumental success for me, I was agoraphobic for six months.
Two PTSD Symptoms persist, dissociation, ruminating in the past and avoidance
I can navigate socially, it can be awkward, triggering or tolerable.
Why do I stay in my room then?
I rarely make plans, the desire to go out has no energy, no purpose for me.
The one exception, I engage the world if it involves my grandkids.
Absent my grandkids, I end up in my room.
That’s the reality of my PTSDs damage.
Look what I have become.
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Posted by susanraustocker on August 14, 2022 at 5:38 pm
Yes, look what you have become. Someone with the courage to write a blog and try to help others. Damn impressive!
Posted by Marty on August 14, 2022 at 5:46 pm
Thank you
It feels different inside me