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Depression & Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?


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Hello again Heather and Anne Marie, Thank you for replying. Heather, I totally understand what you mean when you say you feel as if you can't get past this thing. I feel like that too, and it makes me feel a bit better to know I'm not alone. I think that especially when you are suffering with depression too it is hard to see the bigger picture and day-to-day there never seems to be improvement. Having said all that, I also think that although it feels worse at the moment it might mean it is getting better, because we are facing the things which haunt us. Imagine that as time goes by and it gets easier, it will be because you are finding peace, rather than hiding the past from yourself. I think in both our situations, although we have been through vastly different things, the question of how to recover must be similar if not the same, and although the things we have seen and been through will never leave us, there must be a chance that we can come to some kind of terms. I hope you start to find some peace soon, and I hope that you feel better reading this as I have made myself feel better writing it. Is that selfish? I hope it makes ense anyway. Anne Marie, thank you for your welcome. I have been to other boards and I feel there is a really healing atmosphere here, as the emphasis is on making yourself do things rather than letting the depression beat you. It is hard, but I promise I will try to keep my spirits up while I am talking on here. In answer to your question, my mom has thought of moving for my sake but I keep talking her out of it. You see the house is not just where they died. My brother and I were babies here, we grew up in this house. It might sound silly considering what I have talked about to want to stay here, but I keep thinking that one day it will be better and I will feel good here again. I suppose I am saying that there are friendly ghosts here too. There are 24 years of good times here, christmas as kids, learning my bro to read, family parties and water fights in the garden... <<>> The time they died was one week, and although it will never go away, it might one day get itself into perspective. Does that make any sense? Pip :)
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Hi Pippychick. It's easy to understand how living in that house can trigger houghts. Have you and your mom thought of moving?
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Hi Pip I did get to read your message. Thanks for posting. I am really sorry that you had to go through such a terrible ordeal. Maybe we will both find the answers eventually. It helps me to know that someone else has the same problems as I do. I was starting to feel like I should be able to get past this but....I dont know how. It has been worse for me also since seeing a counsellor but the therapist and my shrink both say it will improve eventually and I should be able to move on....I am not sure about this but am still hoping it to be true. I hope you improve soon too. Thanks again Heather
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Hi Heather, I took the test thing on here and found I had PTSD as well as severe depression. Mine comes from the suicide of my Dad and brother. My bro was a heroin addict who took an overdose. When my Dad found him dead he took an overdose of painkillers. A couple of days later I walked into their house and found their bodies. Due to me being off work, I have no money and have had to move with my mom back into the house where I found them. I have nightmares and trouble sleeping. I feel really scared here too sometimes. I think it may have something to do with guilt - it's my dad I'm scared of. It also seems to have got worse over time and now I am finally talking to a counsellor, it is seeming to get worse still. I don't really know the answers to your questions and I haven't been through the same thing but I know how it feels to be scared. You are not alone. I hope you get to read this. Pip :)
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Has anyone suffered from depression and PTSD? I am seeing a therapist but still can never sleep because of flashbacks and nightmares about stuff that happened to me as a kid. My therapist said to let the flashbacks come and try to think about it but I dissassociate when I try to think about this stuff and I start to think about insignificant things on a loop when I try to work out the past. I have no control over this. How do you deal with this and how do you get to sleep and not wake up from nightmares. All my nightmares are someone chasing me or someone dying or the past recurring and I am being victimized. When I was in the hospital they tried every kind of sleeping pill and none worked. Help. thanks heather

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