#ptsd

Hi everyone, Friends, I apologize for being somewhat absent here the last few weeks. I'm not sure what has been happening to me exactly, but the best way I can describe it is that I sort of "checked out" mentally. Despite everyday life recently seeming to be falling into place for once, I just can't seem to handle being alone with my thoughts. I can't even seem to concentrate on Mastodon or even just surfing the web. Music has little grip on me either. Basically I've either been working, sleeping, or binging on the various Star Trek spinoffs that I've fell behind on for the last thirty years or so. Anyway.. my point is, I've allowed this burnout to consume me to such an extent that we are now in dire need to raise the remaining funds for October's rent in the next 24 hours. This month's goal is only $1,200.. I say "only" because in comparison to the previous few months, this is roughly 25% less than normal. It also will cover our massive electricity bill that we inadvertently allowed to balloon out of control while we were attending to other crises and desperately needs to be reduced, and car insurance so our policy isn't cancelled this weekend. It is my sincere wish that we can keep this momentum going despite my weird mental status lately, and maybe go a month or two without begposting. I can promise you I look forward to that happening as much as you probably look forward to not seeing me constantly panhandling. Thank you all in advance for your help and support. We couldn't make it without you. If you're willing AND able, please boost and if possible donate. If you can't donate, *do NOT feel guilty* for being in the same boat as us. Your feelings about it are valid but rest assured you needn't feel bad. Venmo: https://venmo.com/thegizmotwins Cashapp: https://cash.app/$thegizmotwins PP: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/gizmo1982 GFM: https://gofund.me/12171be3 #Solidarity #BPD #PTSD #Poverty #MentalIllness #HousingRequest #MutualAidRequest @mutualaid

UPDATE: Good morning folks. We made some great progress the past few days but I'm getting worried as we draw closer to the deadline. This started with me hoping we'd somehow make it by midnight yesterday, and while we missed that goalpost we've still got a little bit more to go, and the sooner we make it the sooner I can extricate myself from the executive-paralysis I create for myself in any situation like this. ---------------------- Hello Everyone, My apologies for doing this even before I write an introductory post but it's almost 2:30am and I ran out of spoons about an hour ago. I'm on a new account but I still need to get rent covered so we don't incur massive late fees again like I did at the beginning of August. For greater details, please visit: https://beige.party/@LibertyForward1/117103331163296268 I'm including our payment links below in case anyone is unable to access the link immediately above. If you're willing AND able, please boost and if possible donate. If you can't donate, *do NOT feel guilty* for being in the same boat as us. Your feelings about it are valid but rest assured you needn't feel bad. Venmo: https://venmo.com/thegizmotwins Cashapp: https://cash.app/$thegizmotwins PP: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/gizmo1982 GFM: https://gofund.me/12171be3 #Solidarity #BPD #PTSD #Poverty #MentalIllness #HousingRequest #MutualAidRequest @mutualaid

To an extreme degree in mainstream U.S. society, the pretence is maintained that #PTSD afflicts only soldiers and cops. They're supposed to have real reasons (in the eyes of politicians and pundits) to feel traumatized. The common folk are assumed to have ridiculously soft and cushioned lives in comparison, but that's emotional projection speaking: it's the politicians and pundits who are soft, and they have no clear idea how most of humanity actually lives. Child abuse is acknowledged to exist but its ubiquity among conservative and Christian families goes without comment. They prop up their abusive methods of parenting with an enormous body of James Dobson-type advice, all hitting the same note: stern, authoritative, coming across not as a preacher or an ideologue but a medical authority with a mild manner and a simple credo about instilling obedience into children at any cost. (cont'd)