https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/ptsd-and-trauma/condemned-to-a-life-not-your-own/m-p/499599#M17370 <P>Hi Everyone</P> <P>I am wondering if you can relate to these words? These words came to me one day, some time ago, when i was in a depressed state. Somehow these words explained a lot to me about CPTSD.</P> <P>I look forward to knowing your thoughts.</P> <P>CKS</P> Wed, 16 Oct 2019 19:51:51 GMT CKS 2019-10-16T19:51:51Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/ptsd-and-trauma/condemned-to-a-life-not-your-own/m-p/499599#M17370 <P>Hi Everyone</P> <P>I am wondering if you can relate to these words? These words came to me one day, some time ago, when i was in a depressed state. Somehow these words explained a lot to me about CPTSD.</P> <P>I look forward to knowing your thoughts.</P> <P>CKS</P> Wed, 16 Oct 2019 19:51:51 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/ptsd-and-trauma/condemned-to-a-life-not-your-own/m-p/499599#M17370 CKS 2019-10-16T19:51:51Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/ptsd-and-trauma/condemned-to-a-life-not-your-own/m-p/499600#M17371 <P>Hi again,</P> <P>I can only guess it is a statement about a poor relationship with someone else. But rather than guess CKS can you elaborate more?</P> <P>TonyWK</P> Thu, 17 Oct 2019 00:07:27 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/ptsd-and-trauma/condemned-to-a-life-not-your-own/m-p/499600#M17371 white knight 2019-10-17T00:07:27Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/ptsd-and-trauma/condemned-to-a-life-not-your-own/m-p/499601#M17372 <P>Hi CKS, </P> <P>I believe I'm condemned to a life that's not my own. So, i end up with a bipolar diagnosis, am put on a community treatment order and medicated against my will.That wouldn't be my life if I got to choose. </P> <P>I would choose a drug free life ( i appreciate drugs helping others though). </P> <P>So yeah I suppose I'm condemned to a life that's not my own. </P> Thu, 17 Oct 2019 05:23:23 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/ptsd-and-trauma/condemned-to-a-life-not-your-own/m-p/499601#M17372 monkey_magic 2019-10-17T05:23:23Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/ptsd-and-trauma/condemned-to-a-life-not-your-own/m-p/499602#M17373 <P>Hi White Knight</P> <P>Yes to me these words describe most of my life to a tee. When i came to know that my childhood trauma caused me to lose my entire persona,i realised i was not living the life of the person i was born to be. And the fact that it was not of my own choosing i believe the word 'condemned' to be more than. And how we suffer from such cruel behaviours and symptoms from CPTSD, to me affiliate with condemned also... from a punishment perspective if you know what I mean. <SPAN style="font-size: inherit;">I believe I am going to call my book 'Condemned to a Life Not Your Own'</SPAN></P> <P>CKS</P> Fri, 18 Oct 2019 04:21:25 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/ptsd-and-trauma/condemned-to-a-life-not-your-own/m-p/499602#M17373 CKS 2019-10-18T04:21:25Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/ptsd-and-trauma/condemned-to-a-life-not-your-own/m-p/499603#M17374 <P>Hi MM</P> <P>Yes you are correct... but mine comes from a CPTSD perspective not Bipolar. But at the end of the day we are living a life not of our own choice.</P> <P>May god bless our souls.</P> <P>CKS</P> Fri, 18 Oct 2019 04:23:49 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/ptsd-and-trauma/condemned-to-a-life-not-your-own/m-p/499603#M17374 CKS 2019-10-18T04:23:49Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/ptsd-and-trauma/condemned-to-a-life-not-your-own/m-p/499604#M17375 <P>I can relate. I feel like I'm part of someone else's life in which my job is to hold it all together. I've also described it as a rodeo clown.</P> Mon, 04 Nov 2019 00:37:17 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/ptsd-and-trauma/condemned-to-a-life-not-your-own/m-p/499604#M17375 lex128 2019-11-04T00:37:17Z