Hi. I am Donna. In December of 2023, I was watching a movie with my husband that triggered a memory of being sexually assaulted in a doctor’s office when I was twelve. That memory made me cry for three days straight and sent me into a deep(er) depression. I luckily had an amazing OBGYN that ordered me into therapy, had me change my primary care provider and prescribed me some hormone replacement therapy meds. She seriously saved me. From there, I started my first real attempt with personal talk therapy.
That is when I found out that I had Depersonalisation-derealisation disorder from when I was a child and was diagnosed with Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Not from the doctor’s office, but from the upbringing I had that made me vulnerable and a target to abusers like that doctor. You can find the definitions of my diagnoses elsewhere in this site as well as a plethora of other information. In my course of therapy, I keep being told to journal. Get it out. Put it down. Well, I also have two bad thumbs and it hurts to write, and why would I put something on a computer if someone else isn’t going to read it? I love to tell a good story. I will tell more and be more thorough if I am sharing it. And who knows, maybe I will help someone. I am here to share my truth. Tell my story. Get it out.
What is my goal? My hope is that if I can help someone to speak up. To say something and not be silent. If you see say something, say something. If someone hurts you, don’t let anyone silence you.
