PTSD

In many ways, being diagnosed with PTSD has affected my mental and emotional health. I was sexually and mentally abused as a child. Growing up, I often felt anxious and scared. I did not trust people and often put a guard up around people because I was afraid to let them get close to me.

I was put in assisted living for 7 years. Finally, I’ve been out on my own without a caregiver for almost a year now. I'm not going to lie, it's very hard. I suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety.

I always heard the phrase "I miss the old me" when I was growing up. Well, here I am 41 years old and saying exactly the same phrase. I've been dealing with depression most of my adult life

I was diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) about 2 years ago after I got into a car accident, when I was racing at the race track in the town I live in.

I am one of those who experienced panic attacks and tremors, neurosthenia, physical and mental break down, which led to occupational burn out.

What I do see is that alcohol is a leaning post for me; like a stop along my journey for a few minutes, I feel like a functioning alcoholic because I know what I'm doing

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Where to start? I grew up in a family with good funds and resources but it wasn't a healthy childhood. I didn't follow in my biological father's or birth certificate father's footsteps of drug and alcohol abuse or promiscuity. Since I went through so much, it scared me into not doing those kinds of things.