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Took a trip to a small zoo yesterday with my client and his wife. He is a Vietnam war vet who suffers with dementia, and I'm his caregiver for 20 hours a week. This has been a challenging experience for different reasons, but we've had so many wonderful moments. Coloring, racing Hot Wheels, bird and butterfly watching, finding toys for him to play with, and exploring local parks. He even got a new puppy this year (a chihuahua named Pita). Him and I got to feed flamingos together for the first time, and we were tickled pink (pun inteded) by this (really, it was weird and amazing, would recommend lol). I just wanted to share this because it means so much to me, so thanks for reading. I hope you're all doing ok out there ✨️

#MentalHealth #ADHD #Depression #Anxiety #Autism #ComplexPosttraumaticStressDisorder #PTSD #Trauma #Caregiving #MightyTogether

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No clue#CPTSD #AdrenalInsufficiency #justalabel

I realized last week, the efforts to keep me in the dark, they worked. I was isolated and taken off line and now, I would like to know whats transpired in peoples lives, for the last year.
What has, happened to everyone? I was not told of births, illnesses or deaths or celebrations, I was excluded from knowing. Im asking the air, the clouds and prayer.
There is a downside to being phased https://out.You are not included on the good or bad https://news.Then called insensitive for not knowing https://anything.I find it fascinating and https://confusing.Do other couples revisit, all that was missed, withheld and kept? Do you have to sit with the surprises? Time cannot go backwards and placing a timeline for punishment and resolutions, is https://wrong.Tell the person, tell them what you missed and expect, even if it https://hurts.Its the right thing to do.Ecspecially, if its been a cause of hurt https://before.Let them have their feelings.

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No clue#CPTSD #AdrenalInsufficiency #justalabel

I realized last week, the efforts to keep me in the dark, they worked. I was isolated and taken off line and now, I would like to know whats transpired in peoples lives, for the last year.
What has, happened to everyone? I was not told of births, illnesses or deaths or celebrations, I was excluded from knowing. Im asking the air, the clouds and prayer.
There is a downside to being phased https://out.You are not included on the good or bad https://news.Then called insensitive for not knowing https://anything.I find it fascinating and https://confusing.Do other couples revisit, all that was missed, withheld and kept? Do you have to sit with the surprises? Time cannot go backwards and placing a timeline for punishment and resolutions, is https://wrong.Tell the person, tell them what you missed and expect, even if it https://hurts.Its the right thing to do.Ecspecially, if its been a cause of hurt https://before.Let them have their feelings.

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Greiving#CPTSD

I was told, a family member is in hospice.I asked for details but were given none.Not when or how.I asked, I feel aweful for all of them.This is four days after and I will approach the topic again, Im taking care of situations as they are revealed,all after the fact.I feel aweful for her.I do know she said goodbye at a prior visit and she expressed that to me.I felt a bond with his mother,our lives mirrored eachothers.Same circumstances but different outcomes, a generational difference. She says it morals and values.I say its life experience and risk. Living a full long life to 70, is a privilege, to 80!!! Holy cow. I believe we take that for granted, getting older. That is, something to be celebrated and joyfulling celebrated.I missed witnessing this with my own.My Aunts and Uncles,I will be writing them.Families all greive different and I was wrong to push my way upon them,years ago.I regret that.

When remorse cant be shared, it is sad to see those hurting.I wish and hope them well.

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Greiving#CPTSD

I was told, a family member is in hospice.I asked for details but were given none.Not when or how.I asked, I feel aweful for all of them.This is four days after and I will approach the topic again, Im taking care of situations as they are revealed,all after the fact.I feel aweful for her.I do know she said goodbye at a prior visit and she expressed that to me.I felt a bond with his mother,our lives mirrored eachothers.Same circumstances but different outcomes, a generational difference. She says it morals and values.I say its life experience and risk. Living a full long life to 70, is a privilege, to 80!!! Holy cow. I believe we take that for granted, getting older. That is, something to be celebrated and joyfulling celebrated.I missed witnessing this with my own.My Aunts and Uncles,I will be writing them.Families all greive different and I was wrong to push my way upon them,years ago.I regret that.

When remorse cant be shared, it is sad to see those hurting.I wish and hope them well.

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#CPTSD #Trauma #Anxiety #Depression
Here's an insight.
Have you ever had a devotional that meets you at your lowest and lifts you up? For me, "Heavenly Whispers" is such a book.

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#CPTSD #Trauma #Anxiety #Depression
Here's an insight.
Have you ever had a devotional that meets you at your lowest and lifts you up? For me, "Heavenly Whispers" is such a book.

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I knew#CPTSD #artheals

I knew they hadn't accepted me, I felt https://it.I was placated and dismissed, my entire life, by them, my own. A last thought, the forgotten one, the one who was always asked about,Where's Amy, How's Amy? They heard it, their entire lives and they hated me, for it. They, did that. Not https://me.They said I wanted https://attention.They told me, they were sick of https://answering.And they thought Id tell people first, what they did.
So discredit my word first, paint a victim role, a dependant moron,who is incapable and is a bad mother and sister. Yet, no one had a role in, our lives and I asked, I attended and https://waited.Funny how that plays out.no one had a front seat. All hearsay and gossip, all from a couple players. I ask, I confront and bite back.
They did not like https://that.I am not stupid or psychotic, I have extremely hypo emotional intelligence, high scores 😆 🤣 😂yikes.I cant compute the nuances of socializing.
It was a cycle. And, if Im kept in the dark, I'd definitely react stupid, being kept, in the dark.
I no longer wanted to be that charactor for them to mock, belittle and https://chastise.I was, the punching bag. Years later, thats funny, to https://me.I remove myself self but I was,still a problem, to be dealt with.
I have been, judged and disrespected, countless times, for no reason, other than a gossips gifts for sport. Has to do with,economic status, image, titles and education status, that is all. Labels and status for comparison.
And to me, that is a NOT, a great bar for, character.

Id try and engage but the seed was planted, by my choices, years prior. Theyd ask odd questions, to try to weave, the answers they had, assumed, over years of watching but never engaging.

Some people CANNOT handle being wrong, for anything. And will never admit their wrong doings, ever.

Straight questions get straight https://answers.When you play vague games, I'll make you walk the maze as well.im not playing nice to people, who treat me like https://dirt.When a family, tries to write your own script, they abandoned, all truth and the chances of real connection,to become https://obsolete.I am vulnerable and open to building, when all, are forthcoming.
Being a target and singled out, isnt mending or fostering, it is, controlling and https://manipulating.I have not spent years recovering to be placed back in a position to be shunned, boxed or https://used.My best is ahead of me, it could be one day a week of being fulfilled to everyday, that is my choice.my future, IS mine to decide and build.im going to keep being transparent and intentionally https://present.I will beable to stand my ground, I will listen and will continue to give grace to those people who hurt https://us.I have wasted time out of fear, of facing what has transpired and it hurts too much,to face another label and https://loss.I am over https://it.Done.My husband, my son, my home, my pets, is my concern.it is, has been and will continue to be, for him. Will.
Those without him, will never understand, https://why.Because they never asked.
We are, too much, but I'd rather be that, than, not enough.
And we are.

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I knew#CPTSD #artheals

I knew they hadn't accepted me, I felt https://it.I was placated and dismissed, my entire life, by them, my own. A last thought, the forgotten one, the one who was always asked about,Where's Amy, How's Amy? They heard it, their entire lives and they hated me, for it. They, did that. Not https://me.They said I wanted https://attention.They told me, they were sick of https://answering.And they thought Id tell people first, what they did.
So discredit my word first, paint a victim role, a dependant moron,who is incapable and is a bad mother and sister. Yet, no one had a role in, our lives and I asked, I attended and https://waited.Funny how that plays out.no one had a front seat. All hearsay and gossip, all from a couple players. I ask, I confront and bite back.
They did not like https://that.I am not stupid or psychotic, I have extremely hypo emotional intelligence, high scores 😆 🤣 😂yikes.I cant compute the nuances of socializing.
It was a cycle. And, if Im kept in the dark, I'd definitely react stupid, being kept, in the dark.
I no longer wanted to be that charactor for them to mock, belittle and https://chastise.I was, the punching bag. Years later, thats funny, to https://me.I remove myself self but I was,still a problem, to be dealt with.
I have been, judged and disrespected, countless times, for no reason, other than a gossips gifts for sport. Has to do with,economic status, image, titles and education status, that is all. Labels and status for comparison.
And to me, that is a NOT, a great bar for, character.

Id try and engage but the seed was planted, by my choices, years prior. Theyd ask odd questions, to try to weave, the answers they had, assumed, over years of watching but never engaging.

Some people CANNOT handle being wrong, for anything. And will never admit their wrong doings, ever.

Straight questions get straight https://answers.When you play vague games, I'll make you walk the maze as well.im not playing nice to people, who treat me like https://dirt.When a family, tries to write your own script, they abandoned, all truth and the chances of real connection,to become https://obsolete.I am vulnerable and open to building, when all, are forthcoming.
Being a target and singled out, isnt mending or fostering, it is, controlling and https://manipulating.I have not spent years recovering to be placed back in a position to be shunned, boxed or https://used.My best is ahead of me, it could be one day a week of being fulfilled to everyday, that is my choice.my future, IS mine to decide and build.im going to keep being transparent and intentionally https://present.I will beable to stand my ground, I will listen and will continue to give grace to those people who hurt https://us.I have wasted time out of fear, of facing what has transpired and it hurts too much,to face another label and https://loss.I am over https://it.Done.My husband, my son, my home, my pets, is my concern.it is, has been and will continue to be, for him. Will.
Those without him, will never understand, https://why.Because they never asked.
We are, too much, but I'd rather be that, than, not enough.
And we are.

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How do you ask your friends for support? #CPTSD

I've told a handful of friends that I am undergoing #emdr for my #ComplexPosttraumaticStressDisorder and find it disappointing that no one checks in on me to ask me how it's going. I understand that they may not know what to say or that they don't know what that means--but I don't have to know what it's like to have a mom with breast cancer or Hashimoto's Disease or a mean mother-in-law to ask any of them about their struggles.

I do my best to show up for my friends, to listen to their down days and celebrate their good ones. All I ask is to be acknowledged for my reality and maybe a phone call or text to check in and see how I'm doing. That would go a long way. Instead, I get idle chit chat about what "activities" I'm doing, how my worklife is, general blah blah blah about nothing of import.

Living with CPTSD is a daily challenge and I wish people could not ignore my experience. If you can relate, what are some things you've tried to get support from your friends?

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