No more intrustive thoughts to date...

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#1 Aug 10 - 3AM
Mar1e101
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No more intrustive thoughts to date...

Well since I cannot sleep I figured I would write this post. Just when I got all nice and settled, thoughts started to come pouring in, words and phrases the N used, things that seemed uncomfortable and tense. Boundaries that were violated and the persistent undermining of our natural family flow.

Suddenly, I realize what is happening, I mentally say to self, I am going to my happy place. I can see and almost touch it then, Anger is bursting out of me, I think Ok, Buster, I am gonna give it too you.

I rant at him, get in his face, then a thought occurs to me, my my I was afraid of him that day. Shaking head to toe, I stood my ground but kept a huge space between us. He was shaking too, the thing that nags me, is that he looked like Jack Nicolson in "the shining", his eyes showed no dept, they were vacant but eerie, those eyes get to me, they were shadow less and empty like a deep dark pit. Anyways, I wonder what he was sharpening on deck when I got home, he was so transfixed on it, he didn't even notice me. I wonder if my friend had of left like he told her too, what would have he of done?

These are some of the thoughts that have been keeping me awake, darn I have to get up in the morning...in a way I feel like I saw his nothing less, the true image of himself, I think that he wanted me to go there, to being nothing like him, not feeling or caring just a thing.

I know I got triggered by something, maybe I just needed to share that this person N, is a very dangerous N. His power shows what he can do, without a care in the world. I believe if he was asked, he would say that " the Bitch deserved it, or she got in my way". Anyways, these fears are real, he was real and he is really out of my life. NO Contact, zilch. I listened to my instincts and I believe that is the reason why I am alive today.

Aug 14 - 10PM
Mar1e101
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Jack Nicolson in "A Few Good Men"

Mar1e101 I found this PowerPoint that describes almost exactly my N SIL! By the way no more intrusive thoughts to date. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5fUz6Gzb_0

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Aug 14 - 10PM (Reply to #17)
Barbara (not verified)
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without therapy

those thoughts will come back without therapy and continue to come back at the wierdest times and become permanent - unless you get some short-term counseling for this PTSD issue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLICK HERE: Articles & information for abuse victims - Updated Daily "Some women can fake an orgasm. But some men can fake an entire relationship!" - Sharon Stone
Aug 13 - 7AM
James (not verified)
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Ctrl Alt and Delete....

Thank you all and I do hope it will help others. As I posted before whenever I gave my self personal time out to grieve and display my anger in a isolated place allowing it to go out of me. I also followed the directions of Dr. Carver’s article. In short I deleted (tried) some files and rewrote others by telling my self that I didn’t do this and will not hold my self responsible for other people (hers) actions. This allow me to heal and free my self from this intrusive thoughts. It takes take and patience's but gets easier over time. http://james-personalitydisorder.blogspot.com/
Aug 11 - 5PM
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Something that might help if

Something that might help if you become hyper-vigilant at night and enter into an insomnia producing dialogue with yourself is valerian. you can buy it in health food stores. Some people have good re-actions with chammomile tea at bedtime. You are having a kind of flashback from the bad experiences you had with him. you are doing a great job at coping with it. It is amazing how much trouble these people put into the lives of other people. You will win this battle too, you are a fighter, and got this far, so you will go the distance and be a champion at dumping this guy and getting free.
Aug 11 - 10PM (Reply to #14)
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Something that might help if

Mar1e101 Oh my, I will have to check with the doctor on that one. What has helped me the past few nights since the episode was a five block bike ride at dusk. I fell asleep and am trying to get in the habit of doing that. Thanks so much for letting me know that I am fighter...I will go the distance and I will be free. Those words echo in my head. Hugs Carolyn

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Aug 11 - 5PM (Reply to #13)
Barbara (not verified)
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always consult your doctor

Valerian is the base of VALIUM. make sure you consult your doctor before you start taking anything - INCLUDING herbal remedies. If you are allergic to ANY plants, have heart problems or an infection VALERIAN can cause a bad reaction. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLICK HERE: Articles & information for abuse victims - Updated Daily "Some women can fake an orgasm. But some men can fake an entire relationship!" - Sharon Stone
Aug 11 - 3AM
James (not verified)
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Dr. Caver

This site might help you with this issues. It did for me. http://www.drjoecarver.com/clients/49355/File/Emotional%20Memory.html
Aug 13 - 6AM (Reply to #11)
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Good stuff

thank you James, read this last night. its a keeper.
Aug 11 - 10PM (Reply to #8)
Mar1e101
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Dr. Carver and intrusive thoughts

Mar1e101 Thanks James I emailed it to myself so I can read it tonight. Hugs http://www.drjoecarver.com/clients/49355/File/Emotional%20Memory.html

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Aug 12 - 6PM (Reply to #9)
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Dr. Carver, Wow!

Mar1e101 James this paper although very long to read, made sense alot of sense to me, thank you with all my heart. I used it throughout my day today. Guess what it worked, as long I focused on something else before the 30 second emotional stuff. Hugs again, Mar1e101

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Aug 12 - 6PM (Reply to #10)
James (not verified)
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Mar1e101

Ditto! Did wonders for me and help manage those damn intrusive thoughts. Glad to hear it help you too :)
Aug 10 - 1PM
Barbara (not verified)
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intrusive thoughts

this is PTSD - search under "PTSD" on this site and read ALL the posts. if you are not in therapy - GET IN ASAP!!! this helped me: https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?ii=125196&c=cart&aff=21165&ejc=2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Articles & information for abuse victims - Updated Daily Online Coaching for Victims of Narcissists/ Psychopaths
Aug 13 - 7AM (Reply to #4)
Chloe
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PTSD

I agree with Barbara. I have been dealing with PTSD from past and recent traumas, and "triggers" are a definite sign, along with the reliving over and over. PTSD is curable. It takes a good therapist. And, James, definitely the Ctrl/Alt/Delete is the only way to go. After my father-in-law passed away, and I was told that while my prayers were welcome, my presence was not, after 23 years of him in my life, along with him being the grandparent to my children, I went to the church (not the wake), had to bare witness to my ex-sister-in-law rattling off all the grandchildren's names, including my ex-husband's new wife of two years adult children, after 23 years of marriage, I no longer existed to any of them, it was so eerie, as if this new wife and her children were always "in the family." I felt like I was in the twilight zone. I went home, not only hit the Delete button, but I hit the "block" button. Since that day, I never looked back. It was the finality to it all (symbolically for me), and it WORKS!!!! Just keep doing what you are doing!!! Today, I am over all the drama and the trying to be heard, and I have moved on to a very healthy place. I am here to tell you that it will get better with a lot of self-care, and those "triggers" will no longer pop-up when least expected.
Aug 13 - 10PM (Reply to #5)
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Thanks Chloe

Mar1e101 I hear you and I will most definitely will get a therapist, I cannot believe that I have PTSD, but I can see how the past and current traumas are meshed somehow. I will control, alt and delete. I keep being reminded of self care, so I will listen cause I do so much want that back, the peace and I do not want the memories to pop up anymore. Hugs

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Aug 13 - 11PM (Reply to #6)
Barbara (not verified)
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PTSD? hell yes!

many women can't believe it don't WANT to believe it or are embarrassed but you have PTSD if you were involved with a Narc - MAKE NO MISTAKE!! Please read: http://www.lisaescott.com/forum/2009/04/16/cracked-vessel http://www.lisaescott.com/forum/2009/03/18/married-n-and-waiting-good-times-return#comment-1382 http://www.lisaescott.com/forum/2009/04/18/youve-been-brainwashed-part-i http://www.lisaescott.com/forum/2009/05/06/60-million-persons-u-s-negatively-affected-someone-elses-pathology ~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLICK HERE: Articles & information for abuse victims - Updated Daily "Some women can fake an orgasm. But some men can fake an entire relationship!" - Sharon Stone
Aug 11 - 10PM (Reply to #2)
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intrusive thoughts & pstd

Mar1e101 I do not have a therapist, but I managed to find a workbook about Pstd, that is my help right now. I just found it have it on my bed, I will commit to seeking a therapist or peer to help once school starts up again. You know what, thanks so much Barbara Hugs

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Aug 11 - 11PM (Reply to #3)
Barbara (not verified)
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Mar1e101

These, from Sandra Brown, MA are nominal cost considering what you've been through: Hypnosis for Repairing the Aftermath of a Narcissist or Psychopath Recovery for Wounded Women and these phone counselors from her Institute are SPECIFICALLY TRAINED to deal with PTSD from the Narc... the cost is signficantly less than a regular therapist and would be good for you IN THE MEANTIME! (it is nearly impossible to find someone who GETS IT about the programming, mind control and PTSD): http://saferelationshipsmagazine.com/counseling-ctr/a-path-to-recovery-start-here ~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLICK HERE: Articles & information for abuse victims - Updated Daily "Some women can fake an orgasm. But some men can fake an entire relationship!" - Sharon Stone