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[quote=Anonymous]CPTSD here and there was a stretch of about a year and a half where it really knocked me down. I was able to reconnect with a therapist I had before, which you should do. But here's some tips.

between depression and anxiety I couldn't think. I even quit driving because I didn't feel safe behind the wheel--not destructive, just that I couldn't count on my brain to pay attention. I lost a ton of weight because I couldn't focus long enough to make a meal. Basically I'd slap some peanut butter on bread and eat carrot sticks. Couldn't sleep either, although a previous bout of extremely severe depression had me sleeping 16+ hours a day.

There was a huge pile of things to take care of. My therapist told me to deal with one thing at a time with a hard time limit of 15 minutes--regardless of whether I finished or not. And then to stop, and congratulate myself for having done that.

She also said to have something easy to memorize--a kid's son, a poem, just a phrase, didn't matter, to keep repeating to myself whenever the anxiety got the best of me.

For severe depression, research has found that small intellectual tasks can be helpful, because people find they are competent and it wakes the brain up to solve small problems. Think crosswords or sudoku.

Also small tasks like brushing teeth, taking a shower. Exercise definitely--when I have been depressed, walking improves my mind.

When I am anxious, it gives me a task to do.

When I first heard of eye movement therapy for trauma I was immdiately skeptical. Have never had it but it does have support these days from the American Psychological Assoc as a second line treatment (CBT is first line).

Al Anon is helpful for some people, I did not find it to be for me and I had no interest in getting help from a higher power of any kind.[/quote]

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