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Believe

Member since
February 2023

13 posts

Posted Wed January 31, 2024 8:12pmReport post

Hi everyone, I haven't posted in a while. I was diagnosed with ptsd last year but I was doing much better in the summer, I met someone new and bought a new house and my life is moving on. I'm now nearing the anniversary of the knock and I'm going through high highs and low lows and I'm just really struggling with life. The isolation and lonely thing is that I can't explain to anyone why I feel like this. I've got counselling weekly but I just feel so alone and stuck. I'm so frustrated that all the progress I made seems to have gone out the window. I was hoping someone may have some advice or understand or something please.

Distressed and pregnant

Member since
November 2020

1001 posts

Posted Wed January 31, 2024 8:33pmReport post

Hi,
I recently saw a post about growth and what it can look like. It was depicted as a graph line with highs and lows. It made me feel better as the lows within the chart were never right down to the original starting point.

I can relate to this as sometimes I will have lows but when I think back I'm a lot further forward than I was in day one, week one or month one.
We all have times when the loneliness seems to take over but you are not alone. We're all here for you xxx

Smile through tears

Member since
September 2021

2554 posts

Posted Wed January 31, 2024 9:16pmReport post

I felt - especially in the early days - you can be surrounded by people but still feel so desperately lonely and easily lock yourself away in the comfort and security of your own thoughts.

It's not a nice place to be x