I have finally started to talk to someone about my PTSD

[stephgabriele]

I just wanted to share that no matter how long it takes, it's always good to get help and find someone to talk to after a traumatic experience. I was violently raped for the second time in my life last summer and masked it by binge drinking. When I finally didn't have the energy and almost killed myself doing wreck-less things, I quit drinking. All of those things I blocked out came back and caused some overwhelming issues in my life. In the past couple of months I have been getting to know myself and trying to remember what I was like before all of this. It's a long shot but I finally starting going to a counselor and talking about it. Sometimes those hour long conversations are all I need. I don't even need to hear them talk all of the time because I answer my own questions while I am talking for that hour and have realizations in the middle of telling my story. My advice is to just go.