tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413947404182808106.post2749217216208676836..comments2023-04-01T12:48:21.462-07:00Comments on The Briar Patch: PTSDBriarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13714626226636654484noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413947404182808106.post-42372243458696627602010-08-12T22:35:53.226-07:002010-08-12T22:35:53.226-07:00Pathetic? Hardly. No one but those who live this...Pathetic? Hardly. No one but those who live this understand what all this trauma does to the brain. Just between you and me, I don't think most therapists get it either.Briarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13714626226636654484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413947404182808106.post-48638591080499821222010-08-12T21:01:31.343-07:002010-08-12T21:01:31.343-07:00I did the same thing from the time the boys were t...I did the same thing from the time the boys were two and one, lest my ex come in drunk and kidnap them or kill me. I did not own a bed for 8 years after the boys father and I separated ( I rented one for a few months, thinking I might use it one day- the boys and I did have a slumber tent party in it!).... Now that I live with N, I sleep in our bed. I feel safest and I sleep the soundest when I Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06077543333463085837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413947404182808106.post-82607474033289243562010-08-11T12:10:13.727-07:002010-08-11T12:10:13.727-07:00When my anxiety is lower I sleep in my bed just fi...When my anxiety is lower I sleep in my bed just fine, like a rock even. It started in 2005 when Kyd ran away right after his therapist of a year signed off on him and said "he's fine". <br /><br />I think then it was a matter of putting myself between Kyd and the door so I'd know he was staying put. <br /><br />Then it got better, then it got worse, then it got better. <br /Briarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13714626226636654484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413947404182808106.post-25891307749472571832010-08-11T12:02:55.647-07:002010-08-11T12:02:55.647-07:00sometimes I wonder about you, things you write abo...sometimes I wonder about you, things you write about are so parallel to my experiences...its just odd. <br /><br />I've been sleeping on my couch since...2007? And for the 18 months prior, I was sleeping in my recliner with my infant/big baby. <br /><br />Now I tell myself, I don't like to sleep in my bed because I don't like to sleep alone...and on the couch, I don't feel alone. Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805281199840274328noreply@blogger.com