ptsd trauma and flash backs

[AmberDanielle]

lately I’ve been having flash backs and episodes of my PTSD trauma I don’t wanna live this way no more I feel so drained mentally and physically I wish I could get the help so tired of feeling and dealing with this shit

[Dolphin14 Moderator]

AmberDanielle

Flash backs are horrible and I'm so sorry you are experiencing so many.

My psychiatrist prescribed a medication for my nighttime flashbacks that did help me sleep a bit better. It did not do anything to help with the daytime flash backs.

It's so disrupting to have these take over.

Thinking of you

❤️🐬

[AmberDanielle in reply to Dolphin14]

Yes it’s terrible having flash backs I wish I could wake up from this nightmare I wish I didn’t have to go through this I don’t understand how someone can hurt there own kid like my mom did me it doesn’t make sense to me she makes it seem like it’s my fault

[Dolphin14 Moderator in reply to AmberDanielle]

Please keep telling yourself this is not your fault. You were an innocent child and none of this should have happened to you.

It's very painful to think about how they could do this. We do get told they had their own issues that led them to behave this way. I understand that part but that doesn't make any of it right or make it hurt any less.

Thinking of you

[AmberDanielle]

yes it’s just so hard because everytime I try to tell them how I feel they say nothing is wrong with me they don’t understand me and never will :’( I’m just tired of being tired

[Daylightsaving]

I had some integrated eye movement therapy some years ago which reduced the frequency and severity of my flashbacks.

In my experience, it's a waste of time and emotional energy trying to get some abusers to acknowledge the impact of their behaviour, I think this is something they must come to by themselves, often they don't. This is when I set my own boundaries. It was hard to stick to them at first but got easier with time. Remember, what happened to you was not your fault 💗