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Try Not to Fill in the Blank Before You Have the Answer
I don’t do uncertainty well. My brain likes to fill in the blank when I don’t know something. Unfortunately, to fill in the blank it goes searching through all of the files that are negative and finds any number of negative files to use. It doesn’t go looking for positive things with which to fill…
New Soundtrack
New month, new heartbreak, new soundtrack. heartbreakKhalidrelationships with PTSD
Testing Out “For Better or For Worse”
I’ve never been married. The closest I got ended in a relationship nuclear explosion, so my prior experience with long-term was not a great one. Worse definitely went worst. In the relationship I’m in now we have definitely been testing out “for worse” in our circumstances. Me having PTSD, him rebuilding his life after loss,…
How a Commitment to Kindness Saved My Relationship
Relationships with PTSD are hard. My brain reads so many things as a threat, including many personal interactions. It makes most of my relationships very difficult, and I have spent a lot of time being cold, aloof and out of contact for periods of time that vary with the severity of my symptoms. I can…
Anxiety, Heartbreak and Working with PTSD
I get tired of reading my own stories of struggle. For everyone who thinks it’s just a matter of thinking positive, or having a better attitude, or trying harder, I wish so badly that were true. I wish so badly that I didn’t have to face the incessant hell of my existence every morning, and…
Girlfriend of the Year
I am snowed with work obligations right now. I am struggling a bit to keep up and complete tasks successfully. My boyfriend called me this morning to ask how I felt about him heading off on a snowboard trip in two hours. I cheerfully sent him off for several days to play while I trudged…
