How do you live with severe trauma?

[Anonymous]

For those of you who have experienced severe trauma, how do you live your life?

Are you in the fight? do you have down days?

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How do you deal with it?

[MemeSupreme]

therapy, meds, weed for sleep, getting rid of toxic people, and just taking care of myself. so like i try to have habits and routines that help. it's about understanding yourself through trial and error (like seeing an episode coming so you go home instead of losing your shit at work)

am i still struggling and sometimes go back to bad coping methods? 100% but i think at this point it just takes time and a consistent effort to TRY to improve even if it's a little bit at a time or you end back where you started. ik it's fucking hard tho and feels like you're behind everyone else, BUT it does get better

[David5668]

It’s bloody hard. For me it took the best part of 35 years and a failed suicide to find the right therapist, who told me the key to dealing with what was my trauma was to see myself not as the victim of it, but the survivor. That change in mindset was a catalyst for me. Plus, don’t be afraid of reaching out-even if it’s just to have a rant at life. That can be therapeutic in itself.

[jahaims]

I personally feel like understanding psychology better helps. It's harder to deal with trauma when you don't understand why it happened.

[Agape93]

I suck it up

[Agape93]

I keep busy, I drink, anything to keep my mind from spiraling again. I'll lose the fight eventually, and that's ok.

[jahaims]

Exist out of spite. Losing the battle means the abusers won.

[Agape93]

The abusers are gonna die long before me. Ones dead, another's looking at time in federal prison, and the rest are in their 70s and up. I can wait. If there's one thing I know how to do, is living to spite people

[Jmmmfi4]

Yes and yes

[Asker]

Can you expand on it? I am looking for some inspiration.