I'm very glad I found this place.
All the same, I'm having a hard time introducing myself. I feel like I've hit rock bottom lately, life-wise and mentally. I have what feels like super intense brain fog, and can't communicate as well as I used to anymore. So much static in my head that I can't access most of my thoughts.
I'm in my late 20s, Canadian. I'm autistic and have cptsd. A few summers ago my life changed forever from my dad's suicide (please let me know if I need to add a trigger warning for a mention like that, unsure of the etiquette) and I've been picking up the pieces ever since. In the years since then I've had a lot of traumatic events one after another and I am burnt out and exhausted and feel like a shell of a person. I've experience a lot of trauma specifically from and with my family, who I still live with at the moment (it is very hard to leave, but I know its in my best interest).
The past 6 months have been some of the hardest of my life so far and I've been off work for the last 2 of those. I found this forum after really deciding that I want to be better and feel better. I've known I have cptsd for a few years now but I hadn't made any steps to connect with others who have similar lived experience.
I don't know how active I'll be here yet.. I want to be, but I might just lurk. I have a hard time with my memory lately and I forgot I'd even signed up here last week. Not to mention communication feels so hard right now and very unlike myself. Either way, I'm really glad to be able to meet you all!
All the same, I'm having a hard time introducing myself. I feel like I've hit rock bottom lately, life-wise and mentally. I have what feels like super intense brain fog, and can't communicate as well as I used to anymore. So much static in my head that I can't access most of my thoughts.
I'm in my late 20s, Canadian. I'm autistic and have cptsd. A few summers ago my life changed forever from my dad's suicide (please let me know if I need to add a trigger warning for a mention like that, unsure of the etiquette) and I've been picking up the pieces ever since. In the years since then I've had a lot of traumatic events one after another and I am burnt out and exhausted and feel like a shell of a person. I've experience a lot of trauma specifically from and with my family, who I still live with at the moment (it is very hard to leave, but I know its in my best interest).
The past 6 months have been some of the hardest of my life so far and I've been off work for the last 2 of those. I found this forum after really deciding that I want to be better and feel better. I've known I have cptsd for a few years now but I hadn't made any steps to connect with others who have similar lived experience.
I don't know how active I'll be here yet.. I want to be, but I might just lurk. I have a hard time with my memory lately and I forgot I'd even signed up here last week. Not to mention communication feels so hard right now and very unlike myself. Either way, I'm really glad to be able to meet you all!