Coping PTSD

@PurpleElephant01 Hi, I'm sorry you going through this, I can only say from my own situation I am currently going through my own PTSD, what I find helpful is to try make peace or netrulize thngs that I have developed, small steps. I feel making peace with the trauma helps a bit.

Like at the moment I find out what is the triggers, summer is one of them for myself. How I try to overcome I tell myself This current day is not the past and I assess the area and my home while taking slow breaths and trying to show myself that the past cant hurt me and things have changed since an event that caused me to become like that

@PurpleElephant01 If you can maybe get a note pad, this is what i did last week on paper

I wrote what I am feeling, then what are my potential triggers, try to change something so you are far away from the triggers if possible, then um, I'm not sure of brain fog my bf is currently going through this but hes got brain fog from medication he has to take. I guess if you could get some advice from your gp what could you do. I don't feel right to tell you what youi could do, as we are all different and what worked for me may be different for you. I currently take vitimins to help my congnitive function and I drink plenty of water and changed my diet it seems to be helping. Vitimins I take at the moment once a day. Ginko leaf for my brain, Magnesuim for my muscle relax, vit D3

@PurpleElephant01 I feel slow breathing helps when you get worked up or overwhelmed it slows it down for me so I don't have a panic I do 10 slow breaths and I repeat I am Safe I am fine, you could try if it may help and say reassuring words to yourself in that moment. Music seems to help at times, or any interest that is new or something you like to do? having somthing to do no matter what it is, I find this helpful so I don't feel stuck with my thoughts. I just automatically pick up my broom and say right I am going to sweep the sitting room and then i am doing something so I dont focus on the bad.. similar to this maybe you could come up with a few of your own if you can or if anyone else has more ideas I hope something could help you in these things I wrote. sorry

Being facing the same, i have started hating the lectures about exercises, keeping up with journals or visiting a therapist . For me, if you are able to keep yourself engage all the time with anything, anyone, you may start feeling happy. Be with the people who care for your attention

So I don't know if my experiance, can help others.

I went through an extremely traumatic childhood and the world is full of triggers and new sources of trauma. I have achieved partial healing but there is still plenty of pain.

I learned to celebrate the small victories, to have a multitude of things to hang onto and never get to attached any one thing, any one coping mechanism unless it was the only one left in that moment and then to find a bunch of new ones as soon as possible.

The "ground" under my feet has never felt stabile and I've never really felt safe - but what I am is extremely resilient.

Other things I did - I identified many of my triggers and found different things to map them to things that don't hurt. TV Shows, music, movies, games. And every time the really bad stuff tried to trigger I redirected my mind to those harmless places until I stopped having flashbacks so easily.

I also went through a process that edited my own worst memories so that they were observed instead of lived- a road to approach with a great deal of caution and a lot of preparation. I had to do it.

Two decades later I'm glad that I did - but very nervous about if this is safe and right to teach others while at the same time wanting to share.