Re: I need help

I am so sorry to read of your personal losses and experiences of abuse. I want to offer a couple of suggestions and, perhaps, a general explanation of the root of the PSTD and Depression without an intention of minimalizing your current issues.

Supplements and herbal approaches may assist, but nothing will "cure" your PSTD or wipe away the root causes of your depression. What you are experiencing are 100% normal reactions to your many traumatic experiences and you managed to engage the services of a therapist who is either unfamiliar with managing techniques, or one who is burned out from so much human distress.

#1: locate a new counseling therapist who is familiar with domestic violence, PSTD, and grief. To do this, you can call your local domestic violence hotline and they will refer you to someone that can help teach you how to address your past experiences and manage triggers. You want a psychologist, NOT a psychiatrist - one deals with emotional health and healing, and the other focuses on chemical imbalances that may (or, may not) be managed via prescribed medications combined with various approaches to management.

You can also check out http://www.ndvh.org
to find resources in your area.

When we're trying to emerge from emotional and physical trauma, it can be a frightening and difficult process without the proper combination of variables: healthy nutritional habits, physical activity, personal interest focus, and an objective professional that can teach us what we need to know to manage our issues. There is no single approach that heals us - it is a whole-body and mind exercise that we must learn to live with for the rest of our lives - our experiences are just that: personal experiences that were a part of who we are, today. They cannot be undone or erased by any therapist, medication, supple.ent, or meditation technique - they happened and we learn to manage that trauma and, as time passes, the emotional scars begin to fade and require less and less attention.

My very best wishes to you, my dear, and you will find your own healing path and Survive your personal experiences because you WANT to! Brightest blessings!