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starsmileSenior Contributor
I hate how random flashbacks are. I’m just trying to go back to sleep for a little longer but no, my brain has other ideas. I keep remembering it and I don’t want to, it still hurts me. I so would’ve done things differently if it had happened to me today though. I’m glad I got the option to press charges (and I’m doing so).
But I guess the point of this post is; why can flashbacks just come out of nowhere with no trigger?
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MissGremlinSenior Contributor
@starsmile oh it's horrible when they come out of nowhere. I'm glad you got the options to press charges and are doing so but it doesn't change what's happened and the impact it has on you.
Have you found anything that's worked with helping you when you are having flashbacks?
You are not alone ❤️
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starsmileSenior Contributor
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MissGremlinSenior Contributor
@starsmile some good options there, I haven't found anything that really keeps me in the present yet. I have been trying so many different things, I know it's trial and error but when I can see and feel things happening to me all over again it's really hard to know what's real and what's not in those moments.
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GlistenSenior Contributor
Morning @MissGremlin Flashbacks are (enter swear word).
You are safe now so your brain 🧠 is using Flashbacks to process the trauma.
It is a sign that you are making progress.
Keep going sweetheart. Just keep going. You are doing great!
HUGS
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MissGremlinSenior Contributor
Morning @Glisten, but that's the thing I'm still not safe. I'm constantly put in the same situations so it's a never-ending cycle.
Thankyou ❤️.
How are you going today?
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GlistenSenior Contributor
@MissGremlin in the outside world, but you are safer here in SANE Forumland. Maybe that’s enough incentive for your brain 🧠 to do it’s thing?
Me. This is my morning hello 👋🏼/ Checking while I’m waiting for motivation in a bottle to kick in.
Then, finding the outline of my geography units that I did 20 years ago and give them to Chat GPT to write my resumes.
I want to get a job in mining or some sort of land reclamation regeneration project.
I’ve successfully put off doing this for two weeks. My medication for ADHD doesn’t work as well as what it used to.
A combination of my trauma and ever decreasing estrogen. Life - fun on a bun.
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MissGremlinSenior Contributor
@Glisten but even here's not safe anymore, not knowing that I'm being watched 😞.
Hope that motivation kicks in for you soon, I'm sending some your way aswell.
I've heard about this Chat GPT but I have no idea what it's about 😂.
Oohh those jobs sound interesting and sound right up your alley 😊.
Isn't it great how we can put off doing things for so long, like c'mon i need to get this done 😂. Silly ADHD medication not doing it's job.
Life's tough that's for sure, the fun on a bun bit got me laughing 😂.
Sending you big hugs sweet ❤️
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starsmileSenior Contributor
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MissGremlinSenior Contributor
@starsmile sure, go for it. Maybe you can think of some things that I haven't tried yet 😊
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starsmileSenior Contributor
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