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Yes I was diagnosed with PTSD Aniexty and Depression with Psychosis ( I hear voices and see things) in 2014. It’s been a long battle and many medications. Does anyone experience voices and see things. My was caused by a crime and then all my childhood memories of being sexually abused by my father rose up again along with being physically and emotionally abused most of my life. After I was diagnosed my life changed. I lost all my so called friends and my own family didn’t understand me. I lost my career as a social worker of 26 years I retired out on a service connected disability I won my workers compensation case and sued my job for harassment I won that case too but I lost my life I dropped out of college and stay isolated and alone
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So true. It is up to me to motivate myself as there is no one to nudge me. I did get disability and I am thankful. I have never been rich financially and would not want to be as it is a humongous responsibility. Getting by is enough. I still have not adapted well to apartment living as I would like to have room to roam that is not concrete and pavement. So much noise inside and out.
Thankful I can come here at times. This dismal state is debilitating. At least I have shared some...
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Can you tell us what treatments have helped you? I haven't ever heard voices except for the ones everyone else can hear. Some of them I hope never to hear again. I live with the memory of voices that attacked, slandered me and told me I was no good.
I was fortunate to be approved for disability the first time I applied, so I could retire. As everyone knows, we aren't getting rich on Social Security, but we lived very frugally all our lives, so it didn't mean a big lifestyle change when I retired. We get by with help from energy assistance, EBT, and whatever senior discounts we find. I'm really fortunate to have access to mental health care that takes Medicare.
Isolation is, of course, a natural response to depression. I think we all experience that. My wife and I live in the country on ten acres, which isolates us most of the time. We both have always liked solitude, so it's a good fit for us. I would probably stay home all the time. My wife nudges me out the door to go to church when I'd rather stay home some Sundays.
Knowing that we do better when we get out and be connected with other people doesn't always motivate us to do it. Depression and other issues can paralyze us, for sure, and lots of people don't understand. Thankfully there are people like those in the group to connect with.
Jim