From One Survivor to Another

Survivor Vocabulary #20: The Feeling

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[trigger warning: death, dying, abuse]

Sometimes, survivors of abuse, as well as people with depression or PTSD, will spontaneously get an intense feeling of death or dying. It can be a general mood that sits around and stews all day, or a very specific premonition. A person could be going about their daily life when this feeling comes— a pronounced dread or knowing that one will die or be seriously injured soon.

The Feeling can last anywhere from a few days to months or even years— I have one particular prediction that I am still very confident about, even years after I first had it. Most of the time, these predictions later turn out to not be true…but there have been instances when a Feeling saved someone from a fatal situation.

The Feeling is something that only a person who has experienced death or extreme mental/emotional distress can truly understand. It might be why someone misses work and stays home all day. It might be why an appointment or a date gets cancelled at the last moment. The Feeling is not something you can rationalize or convince a survivor out of, no matter how impossible or strange it may seem— they just have to deal with it on their own terms.

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    Thank you! This perfectly explains how I am feeling right now. It’s really unpleasant. And it is making me really not...

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    I’ve had this feeling all week.

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    Wow. Exactly.

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    I have felt, ever since I was 12, that I will die at 27, probably through accidental ways. I feel like I’ll crash as I...

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    GPOY….all of it. There have been times I was wrong….but usually when I get that feeling something horrible happens. Then...

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47. mommy-cuteella said: And how I wish I could get rid of The Feeling.
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