PTSD Support Thread

[PERUVIAN FOLK BAND]

holy s**t. don't take this the wrong way, but i am absolutely in love with ptsd. or wait...that came out wrong. i'm really into mental issues and stuff, but ptsd is by far one of the most interesting i've heard of along with amnesia. memory is quite honestly the most amazing thing in the world.

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dark lord stormaggedon

holy s**t. don't take this the wrong way, but i am absolutely in love with ptsd. or wait...that came out wrong. i'm really into mental issues and stuff, but ptsd is by far one of the most interesting i've heard of along with amnesia. memory is quite honestly the most amazing thing in the world.

So mental disorders interest you?

[grinningjester]

The Spiciest McHaggis

Most people don't know that PTSD can count as a disability and therefore you can have a service dog for it. And since I look healthy and not blind, I get a lot of people questioning it, which is annoying. But I have papers for him and everything.

I think that recognizing the PTSD-type thoughts and contradicting them was the hardest part of therapy for me. Going, that noise is not gunfire, it's someone closing the trash can outside. Hearing sirens and saying to myself, I am not back there, I am in my house. I don't know if I'll ever be able to hear and see things the way normal people do but maybe there's someone on here who's further along in their PTSD than me and say yes it goes away. All I can say is that I'm much better.

What part of telling your story to your therapist scares you?

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dark lord stormaggedon

holy s**t. don't take this the wrong way, but i am absolutely in love with ptsd. or wait...that came out wrong. i'm really into mental issues and stuff, but ptsd is by far one of the most interesting i've heard of along with amnesia. memory is quite honestly the most amazing thing in the world.

So mental disorders interest you?

yep.

[grinningjester]

dark lord stormaggedon

holy s**t. don't take this the wrong way, but i am absolutely in love with ptsd. or wait...that came out wrong. i'm really into mental issues and stuff, but ptsd is by far one of the most interesting i've heard of along with amnesia. memory is quite honestly the most amazing thing in the world.

Why do you find it interesting?

[The Forbidden Soul]

All the world needs is me. I've got my values...so you can keep yours, alright?

I used to have those symptoms with anyone wearing a ring with a gem in it. My adoptive mom used to backhand me with em.

[Miss Alchiap]

I have been diagnosed with PTSD, its pretty hard. Most of it is because of my brother and father. My brother is autistic and back when he was younger, every morning at 3am he would be up screaming. My memory has blocked a lot of those nights, but because of it I can't sleep without medication.

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grinningjester

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Most people don't know that PTSD can count as a disability and therefore you can have a service dog for it. And since I look healthy and not blind, I get a lot of people questioning it, which is annoying. But I have papers for him and everything.

I think that recognizing the PTSD-type thoughts and contradicting them was the hardest part of therapy for me. Going, that noise is not gunfire, it's someone closing the trash can outside. Hearing sirens and saying to myself, I am not back there, I am in my house. I don't know if I'll ever be able to hear and see things the way normal people do but maybe there's someone on here who's further along in their PTSD than me and say yes it goes away. All I can say is that I'm much better.

What part of telling your story to your therapist scares you?

I've never been the type of person to open up to other people.
That also goes with saying that I have tried a couple of times, and I regret it.
I guess what scares me the most about sharing with my therapist is not getting any relief from it and slipping back the way I used to be.

[grinningjester]

The Forbidden Soul

I used to have those symptoms with anyone wearing a ring with a gem in it. My adoptive mom used to backhand me with em.

I'm sorry that happened to you. You don't have those feelings anymore? What changed?

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grinningjester

dark lord stormaggedon

holy s**t. don't take this the wrong way, but i am absolutely in love with ptsd. or wait...that came out wrong. i'm really into mental issues and stuff, but ptsd is by far one of the most interesting i've heard of along with amnesia. memory is quite honestly the most amazing thing in the world.

Why do you find it interesting?

i'm not really sure. mental problems have interested me since i was a little kid but it's just something about ptsd and the like that i think is amazing. i think it's mostly the memory part that gets me going. the idea that an experience could affect the brain so much astounds me. the way the mind can tie so much emotion to one single happening...i just love it. emotion_kirakira

the mind is a wonderful thing.

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Miss Alchiap

I have been diagnosed with PTSD, its pretty hard. Most of it is because of my brother and father. My brother is autistic and back when he was younger, every morning at 3am he would be up screaming. My memory has blocked a lot of those nights, but because of it I can't sleep without medication.

That's aweful. How are doing now?
I like your signature btw. It's cute.

[Miss Alchiap]

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Miss Alchiap

I have been diagnosed with PTSD, its pretty hard. Most of it is because of my brother and father. My brother is autistic and back when he was younger, every morning at 3am he would be up screaming. My memory has blocked a lot of those nights, but because of it I can't sleep without medication.

That's aweful. How are doing now?
I like your signature btw. It's cute.

I still can't sleep but the bright side now he only wakes up every once in awhile. We found out his screaming was seizures so now he is on the right medication.

And thankies

=D

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Miss Alchiap

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Miss Alchiap

I have been diagnosed with PTSD, its pretty hard. Most of it is because of my brother and father. My brother is autistic and back when he was younger, every morning at 3am he would be up screaming. My memory has blocked a lot of those nights, but because of it I can't sleep without medication.

Youre welcome :]
So your sleep meds haven't been helping lately?

[grinningjester]

Miss Alchiap

I have been diagnosed with PTSD, its pretty hard. Most of it is because of my brother and father. My brother is autistic and back when he was younger, every morning at 3am he would be up screaming. My memory has blocked a lot of those nights, but because of it I can't sleep without medication.

Seems like your brother had a large affect on your PTSD, but what about your father, if you don't mind me asking? Do you have trouble hearing people screaming?

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I've never been the type of person to open up to other people. That also goes with saying that I have tried a couple of times, and I regret it. I guess what scares me the most about sharing with my therapist is not getting any relief from it and slipping back the way I used to be.

I understand. Therapy may not get you relief, it's true. But I imagine it will. Therapy can teach you how to manage your symptoms. Therapy was the best thing I ever did. That and medication. I literally can't sleep without it and my anxiety and paranoia would be ridiculous otherwise. Therapy is so hard though. I think you can also get help by talking to other people in the same situation.

dark lord stormaggedon

i'm not really sure. mental problems have interested me since i was a little kid but it's just something about ptsd and the like that i think is amazing. i think it's mostly the memory part that gets me going. the idea that an experience could affect the brain so much astounds me. the way the mind can tie so much emotion to one single happening...i just love it. emotion_kirakira
the mind is a wonderful thing.

I think that PTSD and they way trauma affects the brain is interesting and astounding but I wouldn't call it amazing. It is devastating and difficult and downright horrible for the sufferers. The affect of trauma on memory is very interesting in particular, I agree. For example, I have holes in my memory of the trauma and no matter how much I try to remember those missing pieces, I just can't.