Gwaihir
Active Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2019: Nijmegen-Fisterra
2022: Trans-European Trail
Heya guys and girls, peregrin@s.
I've been on the road for a while (threw months, 20 days), and a few of you have been following me, which I think is awesome and thank you very much for the support.
I had many reasons to do the Camino, one of them related to my medical background. I showed signs of PTSD age 16ish and it got progressively worse over the years. Got a complex trauma diagnosis a few years ago.
Things have been going much better and one of my goals has been to grow a thicker skin - learn to be among people, not feel so agressive (for the record, I am never agressive to fellow pelgrims or any people).
But it's been hard, specially since SJPDP because there is just so many pelgrims and I can't get some time to get my head togheter. Right now I'm trying to sleep in an albergue but I just can't due to snoring etc.
I know that it is just not a good idea to do a Camino with PTSD but I am very stubborn and I'm wondering what you have to say or whether you have any advice.
Cheers.
I've been on the road for a while (threw months, 20 days), and a few of you have been following me, which I think is awesome and thank you very much for the support.
I had many reasons to do the Camino, one of them related to my medical background. I showed signs of PTSD age 16ish and it got progressively worse over the years. Got a complex trauma diagnosis a few years ago.
Things have been going much better and one of my goals has been to grow a thicker skin - learn to be among people, not feel so agressive (for the record, I am never agressive to fellow pelgrims or any people).
But it's been hard, specially since SJPDP because there is just so many pelgrims and I can't get some time to get my head togheter. Right now I'm trying to sleep in an albergue but I just can't due to snoring etc.
I know that it is just not a good idea to do a Camino with PTSD but I am very stubborn and I'm wondering what you have to say or whether you have any advice.
Cheers.