Hello
I don't really know where to start, so I'll just jump right in.
Hope you're ready for this. :o
I am a female with ADD, and I have also been told I probably have PTSD.
Immediately after conceiving our third child, my husband told me about his adultery with my best friend. I was destroyed. I truly was naive and clueless, so this just threw my entire existence into chaos.
I have suffered intensely... I have thoughts and triggers and videos running in my head daily, I have panic attacks (with their chest pains, shaking hands, pounding heart, etc), and I find things REALLY hard to process.
Which brings me to my question
Does my ADD affect how my brain is able to process this crap, and if so, how badly does it affect it? I found out all this two years ago, and I am still dealing with most of the consequences of his betrayal. Does ADD make things harder to recover from emotional betrayal and PTSD?
I was given a workbook about PTSD by a counselor, and I had almost all of the symptoms.
I am trying to make people see that there is no time table for recovering, but I find myself feeling bad that I can't seem to accept what has happened.
I don't know what I'm looking for... does having ADD affect how we are able to process information of this magnitude?
Thanks for listening. Sorry this is so vague. I just don't have it in me to write a long post.