It’s been quite a long time since I’ve posted. I’m wondering if any other us Long Term Survivors, have been dealing with PTSD? I’ve starting suffering with this a few years ago, and am now about to embark on Cognitive Processing Therapy, to find a way to better cope with late onset PTSD.
I’ve been dealing with HIV, since the bad old days (early 80’s) and the difficulties of been given, what was then, a death sentence. Even though I’ve been quite blessed to be an LTNP/EC for 40 years now, the fear, anxiety and stress of being poz, haunts me still, as i i imagine is true for other LTS.
I’d appreciate any info you can share about CPT for PTSD.
Thanks so much for your feedback. I hope to learn from other LTS with PTSD any beneficial ways of coping with the distressing diagnosis of PTSD
Kind regards, Ozpaul
aztecan:
Hello! It has been a while, for both of us. I was beginning to think I was the only one having issues about living long-term with this bug. I still wait for the other shoe to fall, even though I've been undetectable for 25 years. It is tough trying to talk to anyone about it because now, HIV is a "manageable disease." They don't even use the term AIDS any longer. I feel rather like a relic that doesn't really fit or belong anywhere. I don't have any real answers, but wanted to touch base.