☆☆☆Trigger Warning - post mentions organized ab*se & suic*dal urges☆☆☆
Hello,
I hope I don't sound too selfish in asking to be heard & understood today versus offering support. Please excuse me if I don't go into great detail. I don't want to trigger anyone. However, I need to say I'm a survivor of severe ab*se in childhood & adolescence including organized ab*se & bullying throughout school. Easter, springtime, & my May birthday are huge triggers for me. I suffer from Dissociative Identity Disorder, Complex PTSD, & Major Depressive Disorder. I'm dealing with flashbacks & abreactions (i.e., reliving an entire ab*se episode physically & emotionally) daily - & often multiple times a day - since late last March. For the past two weeks I'm also dealing with suic*dal urges that come in waves & originate from me & two of my child alters inside that went through some of my severest ab*se. I arranged to see my new therapist this coming Monday afternoon for an emergency session because the suic*dal urges are increasing in severity. (My last therapist retired & closed his practice.) They're especially strong the last few days including today. I stayed home from work today because I can't focus & concentrate due to everything that's going on. I hope my therapist can help me help myself diffuse things so that I can cope & function better. I'm getting very tired & beginning to think this is no way to live. I'm taking Paxil for my C-PTSD, but it's not helping me at all right now. I used to take Effexor XR, which helped me more with my C-PTSD symptoms. However, my family doctor switched me to Paxil because I also have hypertension & Effexor is known to increase blood pressure as a side-effect. That's where I am right now. I don't want to go on & on. I don't want people to think that I think I'm the only one with problems. I know I'm not. Thank you for reading.
Mosaic Hearts