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I'm dealing with PSTD, and I was lamenting about my anxiety a bit during a conversation with my sister. She then sighed and said "Yeah, we all have anxiety!" And I just..
People who aren't ND or don't have mental health issues literally can't understand it and lots end up minimizing it. My conditions are debilitating. I don't want to be like this, and people who make me feel like shit for not being able to function very well just make my life so much worse.
Fuck.
I find frequently even people who have the same disability or an adjacent one can say some really ignorant stuff, almost as if their struggles gives them a license to judge others. Relating to others' struggles is good and validating, but don't let it turn into a comparison.
Even for myself, I didn't understand the whole picture of what ptsd can do to you when I was dealing with just anxiety. Now that I've experienced it, I understand the fucking sheer terror that is living in hypervigilance mode, it really seems unfathomable if you haven't been there. And I have no idea if I experience it like others do. Not saying one is worse than the other but they are not just variations of the same thing.
I'm looking forward to the world being a better place when people in general understand it's best not to try and decide for someone else what their experiences mean to them, and nobody wins when you compare suffering. I hope we make a lot of progress in my lifetime.
Sad PTSD solidarity fistbump. I haven’t told anyone but my husband and a close friend about my diagnosis because I absolutely do not want to deal with the possibility of insensitive shit being said. Avoidance is also a PTSD issue, but since I’m acknowledging it that circles back to being okay again.
I hope you’re able to find a routine and/or medication that gives you some relief. I’m not “fixed” but my meds have definitely helped me.
I think keeping it more quiet is best and not irrational, tbh. Last thing you need are uninformed people giving a half-baked opinion about your mental health.
My ADHD meds actually help me deal with many of the more severe symptoms. I got into specialized therapy very recently, though, so I'm hoping that I will start seeing improvement.
Thank you. PTSD solidarity. 🤜🤛
Thank you and bless you for sharing.
People often seem to conflate "having chronic anxiety" with "being anxious" and cannot understand that they are not the same thing.