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Navigating My Birthday After Trauma

lifeismid

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my birthday is coming up but it's also a very triggering day for me. it was my last time I attempted and the beginning of traumatic events that gave me ptsd. I'm really nervous about it but excited because it'll be my 21st birthday and my 4 years clean anniversary. not really sure what to do and I have a support system but I hate feeling this way around my birthday

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Complex post traumatic stress disorder

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Anxiety (Including GAD)

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    • lifeismid

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      @minime273 I appreciate it and I hope your birthday goes well!

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    • minime273

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      Good luck and I hope you get through the day with minimal stress. I have trauma from smth relating to my birthday as well, though it's not quite the same, but I can empathize.

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      • lifeismid

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        @minime273 I appreciate it and I hope your birthday goes well!

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    • lifeismid

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      I had my birthday and it was pretty great. The day of wasn't super great as I had to work and not a lot of my friends showed up to a weekly event we all do and I was an hour late... I tried to nit let it disappoint me but we still made the best of it However, my family birthday party the following weekend was a lot better and then afterwards I met up with my friends at my boyfriends place and I really enjoyed it. I did have a mini flashback at my family party so I excused myself to the bathroom. Both my boyfriend and aunt texted me to check in on me and I managed to ground myself enough to enjoy the rest of the night. Thank you for your kind and supportive comments, I really appreciate it.

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    • Gingeralamode

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      Remember that just surviving the day is enough :)

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    • Eren2273

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      Try your best to enjoy it! Make some great memories to associate it with instead if you can, it'll be okay 💕

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      • lifeismid

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        @Eren2273 that's the plan! I just gotta figure out what I wanna do 🤔🤔🤔

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