Trauma, therapy and fibro flares...

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Hello everyone,

THere has been some discussion about past trauma and fibro, and

whether it could be the cause. I think that in my case, my past

trauma has caused me to go down this road of pain. I went to see my

new pdoc yesterday, and she asked me questions about my life to get a

baseline of where I am. I had to discuss my history of abuse from my

father, and other things that I have never really gotten over. She

diagnosed me as having bipolar, borderline personality and ADHD. At

first I was not in line with all of this, but after doing some reading

on the diagnoses, I see a lot of myself. It is scary to me to have so

many things going on, i feel like I have fallen down (or was pushed

down) a hole and it is never ending. Anyway today I am so fatigued

and I am hurting all over, I dont know if I am strong enough to " work

on myself " . She wants me to go to therapy, but I am afraid I will get

flares after every session. what to do...

Loretta

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Loretta

Going down the rabbit hole is never easy!

If it were me, I'd try therapy - just a few sessions and see how I did

afterwards.

If things are manageable then continue, if not, then discontinue.

Some questions for thought:

What if there is success? What if you don't have a flare up? What if you

actually do feel

better? What if you really have the strength?

That's a lot of " What if's " .. .... to me, it's worth trying.

Gentle Hugs,

Aimee

It is scary to me to have so

> many things going on, i feel like I have fallen down (or was pushed

> down) a hole and it is never ending. Anyway today I am so fatigued

> and I am hurting all over, I dont know if I am strong enough to " work

> on myself " . She wants me to go to therapy, but I am afraid I will get

> flares after every session. what to do...

>

> Loretta

>

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My heart is truly with you. As in your case, mine was caused by back to back

emotional trauma that went back for years and years. I never had a physical

trauma, but plenty of emotional ones. It is hard to talk about that kind of

stuff. But, perhaps in the long run it will be some kind of cleansing for you

so you can deal with it better. Sometimes things affect us alot worse than we

realize.

I realized that some things in my past bothered me alot more than I knew once I

started facing it. She probably thinks it will be a healing process. But then

again, maybe you are not ready for the therapy right now.

Just to say I am thinking of you. Vent anytime. Hope you get to feeling

better.

love and hugs,

Debra V.

punkrockmom74 wrote:

Hello everyone,

THere has been some discussion about past trauma and fibro, and

whether it could be the cause. I think that in my case, my past

trauma has caused me to go down this road of pain. I went to see my

new pdoc yesterday, and she asked me questions about my life to get a

baseline of where I am. I had to discuss my history of abuse from my

father, and other things that I have never really gotten over. She

diagnosed me as having bipolar, borderline personality and ADHD. At

first I was not in line with all of this, but after doing some reading

on the diagnoses, I see a lot of myself. It is scary to me to have so

many things going on, i feel like I have fallen down (or was pushed

down) a hole and it is never ending. Anyway today I am so fatigued

and I am hurting all over, I dont know if I am strong enough to " work

on myself " . She wants me to go to therapy, but I am afraid I will get

flares after every session. what to do...

Loretta

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Loretta, what you are saying sounds so right on the money for me..

my father died at a young age very tragically, i still struggle with

it... I got beat up constantly as a child, and my mom, with her

fibro, was really never there for me. I don't blame her for that

anymore, but i remember it so vividly! Been down therapy road many

times but every time I go I spend the whole session crying and

nothing seems to get accomplished. I would try it though.. it might

help you get some of the emotional weight off your back and maybe

you'd feel better...I hope you feel better soon, Gretchen

> Hello everyone,

>

> THere has been some discussion about past trauma and fibro, and

> whether it could be the cause. I think that in my case, my past

> trauma has caused me to go down this road of pain. I went to see

my

> new pdoc yesterday, and she asked me questions about my life to

get a

> baseline of where I am. I had to discuss my history of abuse from

my

> father, and other things that I have never really gotten over. She

> diagnosed me as having bipolar, borderline personality and ADHD.

At

> first I was not in line with all of this, but after doing some

reading

> on the diagnoses, I see a lot of myself. It is scary to me to

have so

> many things going on, i feel like I have fallen down (or was pushed

> down) a hole and it is never ending. Anyway today I am so fatigued

> and I am hurting all over, I dont know if I am strong enough

to " work

> on myself " . She wants me to go to therapy, but I am afraid I will

get

> flares after every session. what to do...

>

> Loretta

>