PTSD Advice

Hi @Jennifer3 what you are doing is a great first step! Getting a mental health care plan and booking in to see a psychologist will be important in your recovery. They will then be able to provide you with support. The counsellors at the SANE help centre are great also

Thank you for the feedback and great advice 🙂

hey @Jennifer3 ❤️ I'm TuxedoCat, one of the peer workers here. It's lovely to e-meet you. I hope we can find you some ideas!

It sounds very understandable that you're having a difficult time at the moment. It sound like it has been a really big time. The fact that you picked up the phone is a real testament to you.

I know for me, when I'm feeling a a trigger come up, I find the following things really useful. Maybe you'll find them useful too

• I tried to become really conscious of my "early warning sings" and body sensations for when I knew things might get a bit difficult. This helped me to intervene before things got too difficult
• I have built up my "toolkit" for strategies to bring things down a notch when I start to feel a crash coming. Here is a link to a post where people share theirs and another thread where people talk bout their physical, ACTUAL kits
• I also have a SHOCKING memory (which is common with PTSD and other MH diagnoses) so I have a list of all of the strategies I can do by myself. There is also an app called Clear Fear which can be useful. I use some of this companies apps myself and have found them very user friendly and useful for my mental health

Not sure if these sounds helpful or if you have other ideas?

Take care,

TuxedoCat

Hi there @Former-Member,

This is a FANTASTIC help. Thank you so much 🙂

Warm regards