Trauma and recovery

Here is what it took me to heal from 61 years of Narcissistic abuse. Abuse that was just as physical as it was mentally taxing. I developed auto immune issues. My joints eroded. I ground my teeth. Sometimes they hurt me. Actually , ALL the time they hurt me one way or another. A life on eggshells. A life at war with my own body and mind. Chronic Complex PTSD.

It took , for me -

1. God, first and foremost. 2.Caring Sister Friends- my first line of support. 3.AA and Al Anon. 4.Medication- zoloft , buspirone, prazosin and trazodone under the supervision of a qualified psychiatrist and my primary care doctor. 5.CBT therapy, EMDR therapy and talk therapy with a trauma therapist.
2. The support of my friends and family.

I committed to stick with all of the above for a good amount of time. I allowed myself THC for medicinal purposes. And then all of these elements finally came together and gelled. I finally get it lol ! My C-ptsd is just about gone. I lost the weight that my body had put on from cortisol effortlessly. I am literally looking at life a whole new way ! I want this for us all. ❤️♥️💜 Emdr is miraculous . I have noticed amazing improvement. It is exhausting but stick with it. Huge peak in results after 4 months of weekly therapy sessions where once to twice a month we did emdr - other sessions were talk and cbt. I am no one’s victim anymore. I am me and I love me. 😉