It is a rocky road, hence the title, because I suffer from PTSD. The first 20 years of my life were one big, long traumatic expirience. Am looking for professional help, but by GOD!, it takes alot of time. Another difficulty is that my lovely partner of 8 years, called husbear from now on even though we are not married (yet), suffers from social anxiety. This journal is for him as much as it is for me. Something are easier to communicate in writing, at least for me, and I hope he will have fun reading this journal. Hi husbear, love you!
Of course, I hope many other people read it too.

I have gotten my PTSD diagnosis not too long ago. Until that point my life was a very confusing to me. Now, that I understand a bit what is going on I finally start to get it together. Dealing with symptoms of a mental illness that one does not know about is very, very different to symptoms that one understands. My efforts to get my life back (well, getting back is a bit of a misnomer. It implies I had one and lost it, which is not true.) brought my mind to back chastity.
Long term chastity is my biggest sexuell desire but I had made my peace with not being able to do it. I was just way to unsteady and unstable. I feel like that is no longer the case.
I have a very stressfull time right now and in the past that made chastity all but impossible. Yesterday I had a massive, massive panick attack and I still feel physcially ill because of it, but I stayed away from my cock. In the past I could not. In the past I would have needed to end chastity, was not able to handle it when I felt that way. It felt sickening and claustrophobic. In the past I also self medicated with alcohol and other stuff, which is no longer necessary; the power of knowledge. I am very proud of my first week of chastity right now. The massive attack from yesterday, and a smaller one a few days earlier, and I did not do anything stupid. Yey me!

My work to better myself includes becoming a bear-body builder, eating healthy, stop self medicating, and staying chastee. So far I feel I am doing great.
I do not feel horny at all right now, which is the aftermath of the panic attack I guess, and I hope my horniness returns soon. I am so happy when horny. That is why I want to live in chastity in the first place. I feel, that when I am horny, I am the true me.
Because chastity is a new and a bit frightening to my husbear we have a rather unique aggreement. One could say, he is not ready to keep me in chastity yet, it makes him very anxious of doing something wrong, so for now I keep myself in chastity with his help. That seems to make him feel much better and I am just happy that chastity takes place. I believe, he just needs some time to get used to our new activites and his new boyfriend.
He sets the dates of potential releases. He told me I would be allowed to cum this weekend if I want to, but I am going to ask for more time in chastity. This way, we feel we have the best of both ways.
We use the honour system for now. I will not stimulate my genitals or my nipples or watch porno videos pictures are okay though. Many reason for this. For one, good chastity devices are expensive, and a few years ago we tried something cheap and it was a disaster. I also do not feel comforable with the thought of being stuck in a device during a ptsd attack. In the future, when I get better at handling these, why not, but right now it is nightmare fuel. And I also feel the honour system is immensly empowering, romantic, sexy and masculine. It is a very, very good feeling to resist the urge. When I feel more horny I bet I will write about this some more.
So yeah, this is my rambling first journel. Pretty unfocused, but its mine.

