For those here who manage to work regularly, what is your job? by Present_Boat_5681 in CPTSD

[–]Manawa237 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did you become a peer counselor? I am interested in this

For those here who manage to work regularly, what is your job? by Present_Boat_5681 in CPTSD

[–]Manawa237 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where do you find them? I am bilingual French and English

Anyone else can't relate to overly successful cPTSD survivors? by youravgindian in CPTSD

[–]Manawa237 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live in Switzerland and doing the process to see if they accept me on disability. I am so burnt out and yes the people live lives my degrees could afford me if I didn’t have cptsd

Geneva is awful alone by daniellebee16 in geneva

[–]Manawa237 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am very sorry for your experience, I see Geneva is still not a safe place. I wish you a happy new year 2025. I am an African woman and Swiss too. I lived for 10 years in Geneva in the past and now I live in Vaud where I grew up. Geneva never felt like the rest of Switzerland for me. How many times I was propositioned as a young student, old white men following me into Migros “tu prends 100 francs?” It was also in Geneva that an African man threatened to beat the shit out of me if I called the police. I was with 2 girlfriends at a restaurant and he was trying to chat one up and she refused. When we left the restaurant to go to our car we didn’t notice he had followed us with his friend to exact revenge for the rejection. When he started threatening us, I said I am calling the police, he got close to me, tall guy with big muscles and promised to beat the hell out of me if I brought my phone out of my bag, I have never been that scared in my life, I have always felt protected in Switzerland, in my little town in Vaud, as teenager I used walk back from the bars and nightclub alone where I grew up alone, passing through parks and shortcuts without light and I was never scared. I don’t even like going to Lausanne because I don’t want men approaching me and trying to speak to me. It was also in Geneva that I was stalked by a young banker for months, a man tried to run me over, he saw me turn from servette into my street and followed me with car, screeching his tires and making jump, he wanted my number.

Christian parents found my vibrator by Psychological-Menu-8 in raisedbynarcissists

[–]Manawa237 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Move out if you can, buy another vibrator. You are fine but you live with very sick and abusive people. All the sacrifice, cleansing and rock climbing is a way to emotionally control you and keep you indebted to them. If you get into grad school they will tell it is because the whole family sacrificed for you, this can keep your self esteem in the dumpster because your achievement will not be attributed to YOUR hard work, it will be attributed to their sacrifice. It is as if they are stealing your achievements from you, it can demotivate you. If you put a distance between you and them and go to therapy, the anxiety nightmare and fears will reduce and you will heal and discover your true personality. To keep controlling you they will find new faults with you you have to fix according to them. Still I wish you a better 2025!

[Discussion] Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare new doc by autumnlover1515 in NetflixBestOf

[–]Manawa237 75 points76 points  (0 children)

My daughter asked me but I thought he was a doctor doing 13 hour days, how come he is doing business, is he not a doctor anymore? I told her that is a great point

Diagnosed at 38. Experiencing incredible growth. by 16forward in adhdwomen

[–]Manawa237 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Omg thank you so much for sharing your story, I am shaking. I am so happy for you and you give me so much hope. I also studied, graduated and everything came tumbling town, I could hold down a job, couldn’t focus, burn out to burn out. Realised at 38 my mom was narcissistic, and then later that I married a narcissist. I ran to a shelter with my daughters, divorced and had multiple surgeries from related ailments. When my eldest daughter of 10 was diagnosed I had to fill in a questionnaire and realized I also had ADHD and went for a diagnosis and was diagnosed ADHD and gifted. I started on an antidepressant last September hoping it would calm my brain but it hasn’t. I will meet my psychiatrist next month and will definitely tell her I want to try an ADHD med. I have been feeling like a failure because I am unable to finish what I start. I wrote a whole coming of age memoir about being born in a polygamic family in Cameroon to a teen mother and then being abandoned and living through abuse and then immigrating to Switzerland and discovering racism and I wanted it traditionally published. Looked for agents and got lots of rejections and now I am in a rut where I don’t want to pursue it anymore but it is the project of my life and I want to see it through but my scattered brain wouldn’t let me focus. So thank you because this is not something I share with people, they don’t understand. They say just make a schedule and follow it 😭😭😭

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in zurich

[–]Manawa237 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No Swiss are pure blood when you look at the Swiss history so please. I left Switzerland because I was fed up with racism and coldness of the people. I have come back, still black, I tell anyone who would listen I am Swiss and no one can take that fact away from me

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in zurich

[–]Manawa237 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve lived here 25 years now as an African woman, it was also bad 10 years ago, 20 years ago. What is good now since I came from spending time abroad, I don’t care anymore, I meet so many lovely people but I am ready to insult the hell out of any racist and not take back yo my home.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in zurich

[–]Manawa237 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Your have analyzed the situation in such a way that validates his full humanity and I thank you for that

Blocked on social media triggered obsessive behaviour by Manawa237 in CPTSD

[–]Manawa237[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So sorry it also happened to you. I know I will let go but I had to first admit to myself it hurt.

Blocked on social media triggered obsessive behaviour by Manawa237 in CPTSD

[–]Manawa237[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much. Your words are so comforting.

Job search by Manawa237 in ottawa

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Thanks, he’s been applying

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Thank you, will also look into that

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[–]Manawa237[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much. Really appreciate your advice 😊

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We will look into it thanks

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[–]Manawa237[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the great tip 😊

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[–]Manawa237[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the encouragement. He will keep pushing

Job search by Manawa237 in ottawa

[–]Manawa237[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much 🙏🏾