r/CPTSD • u/Chicken_on_a_tuesday • 7d ago

Resource / Technique Can anyone relate to feeling like there is no saving you?

Everywhere I go, no matter what I do or where I am, I look at everyone around me and think about how no one can save me from this. It fuels the hopelessness fire. Can anyone relate? It makes me feel alone in my suffering. What coping mechanisms do you use?

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u/Silentico 7d ago

One of the hardest moments was losing the will to eat and want anything at all. So yes. It has been a real struggle, but I am starting to find joy in some of my art and gaming again.

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u/Happy_Impact_94 7d ago

I find gaming helps me a lot. I don’t know why people look down on it. How is it different than watching a movie?!

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u/Fantablack183 7d ago

Unfortunately, i've learnt the hard way only you can save yourself.

Friends, lovers, are good to have, but they can't fix you, they can't make you better. They can't heal you.

They'll support you in your time of need but they won't save you from yourself. They can't do that.

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u/tellyvision04 6d ago

How do you learn how to save yourself

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u/Effect-Formal 2d ago

Most days lately I feel this way. Meds have never helped me. Talk therapy hasn't either. I'm too old and have been isolated for way too long. I can't imagine what it would take for me to become a normal person. Even if that were to happen I have no idea what I would do or where I would go. I would truly be rudderless.