Long Tme Survivor

[yaral]

I am a grandmother, could be a great grandmother, and I have been a survivor for a long time. I don't know if it is just me, or the nature of the trauma. I have been in individual therapy, group therap, mother's group, and inpatient therapy. I do well for a while, and then I am not doing so well. It seems that the older I get the more I understand what is going on with me, but I still find it hard to cope with at times. I can't cry. I have been on this board before, but I found it rather difficult to get around. I hope that I can do better this time.

[dodo]

Hi and welcome to AS

best wishes

karen

[sonnet]

welcome to AS

im sorry ur strugglin so much with all of this...but glad u decided to come back to support boards.

just take ur time here...anything ya dont understand feel free to post and ask, im sure eveyone will be really happy to help ya learn to navigate the site...

its daunting for lots of people in the begining

[nothingsweet]

yaral

[patriciag]

Hi and welcome, I am also a grandmother and a survivor of abuse from my father. You will find lots of help here, you are not alone

patricia

[~FOUND~]

Hi there.

Welcome to AS.

I hope you find this site to be helpful.

Found

[crushedflower]

Welcome!

[Becky]

I'm really glad you decided to give it another try as well. There is so much support and understanding to be found here.

Please don't hesitate to let me know if you need any help at all. I would be happy to assist.

Take care,

Becky

[~FOUND~]

I hope you are finding your way around the boards ok.

Found

[yaral]

Thank you all for your warm welcome. I am still having a little problem navigating this site, but I will keep trying this time. I still find it very difficult to tell my story, or even to talk about it. Although I have been in individual therapy, group therapy, and even an inpatient facility for PTSD, Dissociative disorders, caused by sexual abuse, rape, & incest, each time I stay until the treatment has ended, when I leave I feel that I am alright, within a year, I am depressed, and other issues are popping up. I have gone longer than a year, feeling really great, then something triggers me, and I am depressed again, because there is something else that I have not dealt with. I am going to try to talk about it in telling my story. I hope I will be of some support to others, because I do understand that it is not easy, but it is worth it, so I keep searching for the healing, and I will not give up, and I encourage all of us to not give up.

[whimsical1]

welcome to after-silence.

[sunshinee]

Hi Yaral,

Welcome

Just to let you know if you have trouble going around the boards please feel free to send me a message, and I'll be glad to help!

Mandy