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Sending you tender hugs @Former-Member my friend

@Former-Member .... are you okay ?

How is therapy group going ?

Missing you .......... ❤️💕

Hi @Faith-and-Hope

Thanks for thinking of me.

The group sessions have been good. She is teaching us to get in touch with our inner child/teenager. We are supposed to practise at home, but I find it hard to do that at home.

I've only had one private counselling session so far and will be having another one next week.

Emotionally I am coping ok with it all, but physically, not so. I am finding it very draining and am struggling with aches and pains (like having a bit of the flu). But it's just my body telling me that I've had enough, lol.

I know that the end result will be good, so I will keep on going.

I used to wonder and be very frustrated as to why it is taking me so long to heal and have been realizing why. I guess it's because I have spent most of my life trying to keep people happy and try and help them (family etc) and have tried to keep my own feelings buried (because I didn't know what to do about my feelings). Everyone else just overlooked my traumas, so I guess I had to do the same. Crying and being down about it didn't make anyone want to be there for me to comfort me, so I tried to move on without really dealing with it all. Not easy to deal with things you have no idea how to. I did my best in trying to get help etc. It seems that not many people know how to help people with complex PTSD (and the rest, lol).

The lady who runs the group, seems to know how to help people and she has suffered many traumas in life and is now free and happy, so it is possible.

Have had other huge stresses going on at home too, which hasn't helped, but that's life. We just have to try and deal with "life" the best we can. One step at a a time.

Was hoping to feel more on top, but I guess it's a bigger "inner operation" than I thought.

People can see when someone has had a physical operation, but not an emotional operation. Makes it hard to go out and pretend that all is ok. It will be ok, I know, just hard going through the process. It is taking ages.

I look forward to the day that I feel that I can go out an start afresh again and make new friends etc. It's not nice being alone.

Sorry for the big long reply. It somehow helps to chat about what's going on and I appareciate that you care enough to ask. Thankyou. xoxo

How are you going @Faith-and-Hope ?

Hi to anyone else who is around. How is everyone? Thinking of you all.

Not sure when I'll be on again, probably check in a bit later. See how I go, really need to get things done around here. xoxo

Hi Fath-and-Hope good to hear from you. Had a bit of a downer as a close relative will be away for 2 to 3 months but we still have friends to cheer me on. Hope your day is going well and wish you all the best. Bimby2

Hi @Former-Member

I ended up having a crazy-busy day .... but I had read right through your post when I picked it up .... I was out at the supermarket ... and thought I had "liked" it to let ou know I had read it .... maybe I double-clicked which meant you would have got the notification anyway ... or maybe it didn't depress properly in my phone, which sometimes happens.

In any case .... Here is my long reply back again .... 😊💕

It is wonderful to hear that you are making break-throughs. It has been a long time that you have been carrying these issues, trying not to make them count, and getting on with the job of caring for others in your life. Now it will obviously take its own time to be unpacked an sorted through under the care and experience of someone who can help you with it all. I am so pleased for you, even though there will be a lot of hard work involved .... you are obviously not afraid of the hard work when you can see purpose to it, and the breakthroughs ahead of you.

We have been here with you through the earlier part of your journey, and we will continue being here for you now.

Take care, and I will catch up with you again soon.

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Hi @Faith-and-Hope, @Shaz51, @Former-Member, @Bimby2

How is everyone today? Well I hope.

I just noticed your msg flash up on the 'recent posts' list Faith, and I thought "yeah I need a brief chat right now, and a nice hot cup of tea", so decided to drop in.

I have a psych appointment this morning and am stressing out about it. So just need to try and settle down a little bit I guess. Thinking some company for a while might help.

Sherry xx

Hi @Former-Member .... took me a little while to register that I had new mail ... hope you're still here ....

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