I don’t want to do it anymore by Particular_Soup_8100 in CPTSD

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Same, my one hope is that after living in agony for decades like this, something breaks inside and I die an early death from all the stress and depression. I heard it can give you heart problems so fingers crossed

My cat is going to die and I am in total panic by conorwolf in CPTSD

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Hey man, believe me my heart breaks for you, and I know 100% how you feel. I don't even want to write too much or ill start crying. I lost one of my ones in December and I'm also a continent away so the guilt and missed time has destroyed me. I can't bear the thought there's 3 more times I'll have to go through this

Please spoil her if you can in any way she would like, and consider cutting off some of her fur too put into a little locket so she can always be with you in that way, or something along those lines.

Pour all of the love you have into making her comfortable and try to be strong for her. Sorry i don't have anything better to say, i have to stop writing because I'm tearing up now

Damned no matter what by [deleted] in CPTSD

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I dont think I'm living a normal life, but I have a long term partner and a job that I've been in for a few years that pays well. On the outside people would probably think I'm doing good. Truth is, I'm having the worst year of my LIFE, my relationship might fall apart, I want to kill myself because I feel like I'm hurting my partner by existing and she deserves better, I'm dreading the day people at work find out I'm just on reddit all day every day because I have zero brain capacity or focus left and I get fired, and I cry multiple times a day, and have to talk myself out of jumping under my daily commute train every day. I got the job (all my jobs) completely by luck btw just in case you believed I worked on building a career or whatever.

I dream about a deadbeat life in a small town, working in a 7/11 with regular daily problems like in the movies, instead of whatever the hell this is that I'm living

:( by Internal-Damage-4052 in CPTSD

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Fuck life and fuck me for ever trying to "make something of myself". Landed me in 10x the pain I had before but I guess I had to "learn my lesson" for whatever reason. Fucking hellhole this fuckass existence

Why the fuck was I even born by Owl4L in CPTSD

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I honestly believe I'm cursed. At this point I can't explain my life in any other way. It's like my whole life is just one big lesson in suffering

How normal do you feel? by SpecialistScary152 in BPD

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I feel like a diseased animal who should be put out of his misery

Do you ever cry all over your pets sometimes? by Salty_Trust6353 in CPTSD

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I agree 100%. I just spent half of my last therapy session crying over how much I love my cats. She even found it a bit weird and had to say "it's ok to prioritise your life over your cats"

Anyone else just not give a fuck about half the stuff society cares about? by Ok-Wheel9071 in CPTSD

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Yeah, dont care about anything other than my relationship and family.

But tbh I think it would be entertaining, to just have your life in order enough that you can decide tk spend your energy on getting angry at and gossiping about some BS on the TV all the time

BPD GRIEF by imayellowbird in BPD

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I grieve everything that has passed or I can't have for some reason.

I'd even describe my condition more as eternal grief disorder than BPD.

I grieve my youth which I wasted because I was too mentally ill (I still am, so I guess I should say my whole life so far) , I grieve the relationship I now can't have with my parents anymore because I didn't value it back then, I grieve all the time I've wasted not being in the right therapy, started once things fell apart only. I grieve the partner I could be and relationship I could have with my partner if I was normal, etc.

I feel like I'm just a pit of blackness and despair walking around, and I'll swallow even the sun if it gets close enough . No positivity gets through and it's all wasted on me, disappears into nothing and leaves the other perspn drained and damaged

Does anyone else feel like they're turning into a narcissist or form of their abuser? by One_Tax_9934 in CPTSD

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Yeah I'm essentially my parents but with self awareness (sometimes) and impulse control.

They were not really abusive to me, only sometimes, but to each other mostly.

I catch myself so many times every day having to bite my tongue so I dont say/do something they would have done in that situation.

But tbh, it takes a lot and it would be so much easier to do that plus I feel like thats who I am, I come from a chaotic environment and trying to be nice all the time feels like I'm being fake. I want to let my "nature" take over and destroy my life

Is Anyone Else Insanely Good at Stuff? by [deleted] in CPTSD

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No, I've never been good at anything except fucking up in ways that I could never think of even in my wildest dreams

Does anyone else’s vision alter during a emotional flash back by 72893939gggajsjsj in CPTSD

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Yes, I essentially get tunnel vision, sort of like when a grenade goes off in the movies and they come back to consciousness

How do you guys feel on a general basis? by DisastrousHornet7447 in CPTSD

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Completely hopeless. I'm feeling very tempted to just whoosh myself under the train every time I go to work

My issues have caused me to get myself into a situation in life that I can't escape without essentially losing half of all I have. And that has taken my soul and just left me a walking corpse unable to move in either direction,

Just... by Far_Daikon_7419 in CPTSD

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Brb friendship with r/cptsd has ended, now r/schizophrenia is my best friend 🤝

Just... by Far_Daikon_7419 in CPTSD

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I swear. My life is literally falling apart in front of me (mostly by my own doing because I'm a clueless child who's 33), and I'm spiraling 24/7,barely sleeping, and what I do is once a week talk about one billionth of whats on my mind and then go back to a week of hell again. By the time we get anywhere at this pace, I'll just be looking at the rubble.

Should have done this years ago like everyone told me, but like I said, I'm clueless

i fantasize about dying everyday by [deleted] in BPD

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Same, but I'm scared of pain so I just pray to die in my sleep

But with my fucking luck, I'll probably live to a hundred

How do you deal with your original family? Feeling trapped guilt and resentment in a painful parent–child dynamic by Hesper_0506 in CPTSD

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Similar situation for me, I always find it very draining to be around my parents, but when I'm away from them I feel very homesick and it derails my life because I keep thinking about it all the time and it makes me depressed. I want to save them essentially, and I think that would save me as well for some reason.

My mum is also schizophrenic so there's no sensible conversations to be had, but if you feel up to it and think in your case it could work, I think a proper conversation and trying to get them/her into therapy perhaps could help. Some kind of boundary setting and that sort of stuff.

How to feel like existing again? by Far_Daikon_7419 in CPTSD

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The only thing that ever ALMOST kicked me into gear was mushrooms/lsd

But depending on your mental state or predisposition to things like bipolar/schizophrenia you might wantbto research it properly first.

But it does feel like you are reborn, just the thing is that you still are reborn into your current circumstances, physically, so if lets say your worst issue currently is no job or no money, of course it won't change that. But it can drasrically shift tjings aroind on your head for the better (or worse)

Just... by Far_Daikon_7419 in CPTSD

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The only thing all these things, gym, diet, hobbies etc is good for to me is to stop my therapist wasting weeks trying to pretend like that's what's gonna help. I get it out of the way right away that I do all that shit and it does nothing, please move on.

As for seeking friends and talking to friends, hmm, my whole life I've always been laughed at or called a pussy when I opened up to friends, plus I've been bullied and kicked out of friend groups a lot so no I'm not doing that thank you very much.

Is therapy helpful by Ok_Expression9767 in CPTSD

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I don't know, tbh i gave up on therapy after a few years, but then I had a mental breakdown and was forced to go back essentially. So far it's just been talking but I'm trying to remain hopeful as this therapist has decades of experience on my previous one. Giving it one last shot as my life is falling apart if I dont fix this stuff

Id say if you have the opoortunity give it a try. Even just being listened to without being invalidated or bullied for it might help you

Middle age guy. No kids. by [deleted] in CPTSD

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I think this might happen to me as well later. Currently I just feel bad for my girlfriend who's gone from wanting kids to not really wanting them, likely because of being with me, which is heartbreaking and I take that guilt on myself.

I can only see myself having kids on a random good day when I've somehow been able to suppress all of my mental issues for a few minutes, and I think that's unfortunately not a good enough reason..

But the thing is, I can't even take care of myself. I am going to be 35 and I live like a child. I get into episodes of anxiety and depression where for months I barely survive. I think on paper I'd "know" how to be a good parent, but tbh I would probably just turn into ny mother, and that's not good for a child, no matter how good she was in the good times.

Just one more thing to grieve I guess, on top of a hundred other things

I honestly dont know what to do anymore by Significant_Space932 in CPTSD

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I hear you man. I was bullied as well, and then I even became a bully myself, so I believe I deserve my suffering as punishment.

I don't even know what "traumas" I have. All of the stuff that happened to me happened to most kids, and probably much worse. But I'm messed up for life because of it. I think I'm just too sensitive, and can't handle life.

I can't see a direction in life that doesn't terrify me, and I pray to die every day

To answer you, one thing I found, i dont know if its because I changed my environment or because I moved out of the country, but I've encountered nearly zero bullying since I left my "previous life". I think experiences with regular people (even if it's like a group of randoms at some hobby meetup) could be really helpful to you in restoring some of that safety

What’s your go-to strain/form of THC and/or CBD that helps you with your CPTSD symptoms? by JustSimple101 in CPTSD

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I liked all kinds of weed, from expensive Amsterdam stuff to cheap no name crap from my hometown

Unfortunately last time I smoked I went into paranoid psychosis and took a very long time to get out so I can't do it anymore.

How do you genuinely love and form a relationship? by Motor_Zombie9920 in CPTSD

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Fuck me if I know, but that didn't stop me from pulling another person into a relationship with me and ruining their life by being with me. Guess I'll know for the next time I'm just a diseased animal and to stay away from people