PTS that has lasted for 5 years? is it really PTS or something else? and how can i cure it?
HI! my name is ruby, i am 16 and my mom says that i have been suffering from PTS Post Traumatic Stress. But i’ve been fighting with it for 5 really really long years! i went through katrina, and it was hell for me, but i got through it some what, and then last year gustav hit. and that brought it all back and since then it has been a every day fight with it! hurricane season is one month away!
i’ve been going crazy trying to find a way to make it easier on me but nothing is working!
-i’ve kept a blog *privet so it’s more like a journal* just so i could keep track of my thoughts on this, and try to stay semi normal.
-i’ve got alot of pets and i’ve been dealing with them alot! you know as an anit-pts thing. it’s not really working because when i deal with them it’s more like "I do not have a record of you yet… lets go make one!" i’ve made records of my pets that way if any of them get’s lost i have all of there information with me at all times.
i know what has caused it. or at least i am pretty sure of it.
when we do go, we stay at my uncles house. it’s hell. my life is sorda insane, i go to sleep at 3AM and wake up at 11PM
do school, train my budgie, clean cages, break and write in journal, and work wth pets more. out there it’s nothing litke that it’s go to bed at 10PM and wake up at 5AM, eat 4 times a day, and they do not watch TV nor do they allow us to so i do not know what is going on, they don’t have internet, and the nearest place that does is 3 hours away! and radios don’t get great signals out there. i have to stay in the house because i am allergic to the bugs they have they also make my pets stay outside, so i don’t get to play with them. it’s just hell but that’s all mom goes to.
i’ve been in panic mode for the past 3 months, i do not know what to do!
i have gone to mom and she tells me that it’s my fault because i focus on it to much but i do not! i try my hardest to get away from it but sometimes the TV will air something about it and i’ll sorda freak out.
i want help from a therapist or something but mom won’t let me, and everytime i try to talk to my doctor about it she tells me to be quiet….
please help me i don’t know how much longer i can keep fighting with this
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Your on the right track as far as getting a therapist and are you on any form of meds? You need them to help deal with PTS. Yes talk to your doctor about it . This is not fair on you your mom shouldn’t be stopping you from getting help. Tell her it is really affecting you and you need someone to talk to . Because you do to get through this. I wish you the best of luck and hope she considers this is your mental health and you can’t just ignore it!
Fellow PTS who is on meds and sees a therapist..again Good Luck!
Well moving might help….or going to school somewhere else or something.
i know your mom wont let you talk to a therapist but if you really do have PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) then that’s what you need to do. i recommend going to talk to the school counselor. but in the meantime you need to learn some breathing exercises learn that when you are about to panic that you need to take deep breaths. also try and socialize didnt isolate yourself because the more you are alone the more time you have to think about it. also if you do start thinking about it try and tell a Friend that you know can help calm you down and say that everything is alright. you need reassurance from those around you that you’ll be ok.
i hope you get the help you need soon. and i hope you work things out.