PTSD and me
The meds made me fat while giving me the shits, created mental & emotional side effects worse than the ones that led me to them, and led me to taste metal again. I finally walked away from the whole therapeutic system after yet another therapist, while looking at me, said, “I can’t decide if you are PTSD or Complex PTSD.” She was identifying me as my illness and it really pissed me off. So, I weaned myself off my meds and threw myself into my work. For whatever reason (th