Reddit led me here through a post in /r/LifeAfterNarcissism ... Just joined this forum on this wonderful site - I've had enough setbacks for one life & I'm ready to overcome what's happened to me. While more than one therapist has told me I struggle with C-PTSD, only one (who's long gone) offered any significant help. I did OK, but never really had the tools or support to thrive.
I think I would have continued that way, but then these last few years re-traumatized me thoroughly - wave after wave of personal catastrophe as I spiraled down into someone without hope or a future. I believed my parents must have been right all along. I was back where I started and worse.
I was overwhelmed, defeated and gave up. Then a series of doctor appointments for asthma found me in front of a Pulmonary specialist who screened for sleep apnea - and whose face lit up when I answered 4 routine narcolepsy questions with, "Uh, yeah, I do that - doesn't everybody do that?" I was shocked to be diagnosed w/narcolepsy. One Sleep Study later and my new medications Woke. Me. Up. The physical healing gave me strength and stamina to make radical changes. I've removed several bullies from my life and learned how to enforce boundaries. I'm a different person. I'm actively searching for a new counselor as I still struggle from a pervasive lack of support and deep down I know I still need (and deserve) help. So here I am.
I think I would have continued that way, but then these last few years re-traumatized me thoroughly - wave after wave of personal catastrophe as I spiraled down into someone without hope or a future. I believed my parents must have been right all along. I was back where I started and worse.
I was overwhelmed, defeated and gave up. Then a series of doctor appointments for asthma found me in front of a Pulmonary specialist who screened for sleep apnea - and whose face lit up when I answered 4 routine narcolepsy questions with, "Uh, yeah, I do that - doesn't everybody do that?" I was shocked to be diagnosed w/narcolepsy. One Sleep Study later and my new medications Woke. Me. Up. The physical healing gave me strength and stamina to make radical changes. I've removed several bullies from my life and learned how to enforce boundaries. I'm a different person. I'm actively searching for a new counselor as I still struggle from a pervasive lack of support and deep down I know I still need (and deserve) help. So here I am.