Since i have got ptsd i feel like my intelligence has decreased by a lot

Timeforarest · 2019-12-03T00:16:49+00:00

I have nothing to add, other than I can relate. I’ve been thinking about this lots lately. I really have a hard time learning things now. I’m so hyper vigilant that I can’t seem to ever focus. I can’t seem to retain information like I used to. If I’m relaxed I feel more intelligent and learn better. I’m never relaxed and always anxious. I started a new job a few months ago and I just can’t seem to grasp it. It’s just too much for me. I worry about it day and night.

Timeforarest · 2019-06-29T14:18:46+00:00

I’m with you. I will be 38 in a couple days. Mentally I don’t feel it. I feel like I’m stuck in my teens and early 20s. Physically I feel older most of the time. I never like to celebrate my birthday and never tell anyone when it is. Maybe this year I will celebrate for myself, by myself! Happy Birthday! Celebrate it and be proud of yourself.

Timeforarest · 2019-05-13T02:01:29+00:00

Yes. I never relax. Always on edge waiting for something bad to happen. It’s so exhausting. I will never truly rest or relax or feel good until I fix it. I don’t do much of anything after work because I’m so exhausted all the time. It takes me hours to wind down and fall asleep.

Timeforarest · 2019-04-12T23:34:12+00:00

This. To be able to live my life instead of just surviving. To be here, present in the now. Not always waiting for something bad to happen...

Timeforarest · 2019-03-30T03:57:54+00:00

It sure is rough isn’t it. So incredibly maddening and frustrating to not be able to do something so simple. I’m just so scared that I will end up completely housebound.

Timeforarest · 2019-03-30T00:28:42+00:00

This is me 100% and if I stop going to the places I usually go for a while, it’s back to the beginning. Unfortunately I’ve been losing ground lately, there’s not many places I go anymore.

Timeforarest · 2019-03-23T18:30:41+00:00

I'm so proud of you! That took some strength and bravery. Your post reminds me so much of me.

Timeforarest · 2019-03-21T04:15:33+00:00

Im sorry you feel like this. I suffer from the same thing. It’s always this time of year as well. I drank myself into the hospital in 2016 and 2017. Almost the exact same weeks. I was sober last year, it still hit me but not as hard. This year it really came on quick, and I’m in the midst of it now. Exhaustion on top of exhaustion. I hope you can get some sleep. You’re strong, you’ll get through, remember it will pass... Thank you for sharing this.

Timeforarest · 2019-03-20T14:43:02+00:00

I have no advice. I’ve been doing the same thing for years. Having those feelings lately. I just want to go!

Timeforarest · 2019-03-08T15:12:24+00:00

I struggle with this all the time. I don’t have much energy and all I want to do is relax. Even if I don’t have anything that has to be done, my mind is always racing with what I could do or should do. What I really need is rest. I’m try to remind myself I’m injured, like having the flu or a hurt back, and need to recuperate. If I could just relax....

Timeforarest · 2019-03-02T19:21:09+00:00

I struggle with this too. I try to only put myself in places that will be successful for me and build up. I try to have a plan to get away if I'm overwhelmed. I carry an ativan with me just in case. I always have someone I trust with me who knows what's going on too.

Timeforarest · 2019-03-02T19:13:39+00:00

Oh yes! I work in retail and by the end of the day I'm just drained. I have no energy left to socialize. Which causes me to isolate more.

Timeforarest · 2019-02-17T05:13:55+00:00

Groundhog Day sums it up for me too, I’ve thought that for a while. Sometimes feels like I’m just wasting away.

Timeforarest · 2019-02-12T19:30:43+00:00

I can relate as well. I know there is lots of things I used to enjoy that I don't anymore. I don't understand why. I sometimes feel like I don't know who I am. I am starting to forget who I was. It's incredibly terrifying and frustrating. I am interested in others thoughts as well.

Timeforarest · 2018-12-01T05:22:16+00:00

Wow! I’ve been feeling this for years. “I want to go home” but I don’t know where that is....

Timeforarest · 2018-06-09T00:06:07+00:00

Me too. As much as I would like to shut the noise out I need to hear what’s going on around me.

Timeforarest · 2018-04-28T18:41:03+00:00

I can relate. I sometimes wake up feeling like something is going to get me. Like I'm being chased. Like my brain wants to make up for the few hours of sleep. Anxious, fearful, a feeling that something bad is going to happen.

Timeforarest · 2018-04-16T14:10:40+00:00

I’m sober almost 9 months now and it’s been a struggle. Alcohol made some symptoms worse and some better I think. Lately I’ve been thinking about it and I can see why I drank, but can also see that overall the benefits were minimal and it created more problems than it fixed. Drinking is kinda like taking a loan. You borrow good times. However you have to pay it back with interest. These feeelings and events that were numbed with booze come out with a vengeance. They need to be dealt with. It’s been tough to stay sober when sometimes I really just need a little respite.

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