I am eternally grateful for the progress I've had only over the past month on this forum! I have never been on any forum site before until I stumbled across this one and I thought, "Why not give it a try?"
OOTS/OOTF have helped me:
-Talk to others who have similar experiences who are at different points in their journey. The wonderful thing about this is that other survivors can point us newbies in the right direction of what to read or think about. It's also nice to be able to share techniques that have helped us on our journey. The thought of helping someone else on their journey is encouraging for our own journeys.
-Find some amazing books for CPTSD that are incredibly helpful.
-Helped teach me about the inner and outer critic. Learning about the critics has been life changing.
-Given me a place where I can say whatever without feeling shameful. It shows our experience is much more universal than individual, and that we are not alone.
-I didn't even know what an EF was until coming on here! It was like the missing puzzle piece word for my experience.
-Mostly, I have learned much more helpful information on here than in therapy. Therapy did help with my some of my symptoms: night terrors, insomnia, panic attacks... but it didn't get to the root of the problem. Here I now understand why I have EFs and where they come from.
I could go on and on. Thank you everyone for being open, helpful, and compassionate.
