Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Interesting thing about TBI – traumatic brain injury and PTSD – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is they have many similarities in recovery. Occasionally, they are interchanged and more than one source asserts that PTSD is a traumatic brain injury. My daughter researches her challenges of recovering from a brain tumor removal. This article on Emotional…
I am always looking for others that are sharing information about CPTSD/PTSD. One of the blogs I found from Facebook has some great information. I am reading more and more of the pages and Lilly Hope Lucario is web page I feel I can recommend. Nice thing about read different pages is you get different…
Healing From Complex Trauma and Ptsd/cptsd is a page I follow on face book. She posted a question about what NEVER to say to a survivor. These are as many responses as my computer allowed me to collect. If you are offended by swear words or sensitive situations, don’t read this. My purpose for sharing…
Why do I feel so extremely irritated by this article? http://psychcentral.com/lib/what-causes-ptsd/ It is an interesting thought out explanation how trauma affects the brain. So why do I feel so pissed off, angry, upset, almost didn’t share the link. I left it hanging out on my browser annoying me everyday because I wanted to figure why…
This is shared ideas on how to live with someone with PTSD. I will add my commentary to each one but I do recommend reading the original article for a more complete perspective from some that lives with someone with PTSD instead of having it themselves. https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/10-tips-for-understanding-someone-with-ptsd.56021/ #1 – Knowledge is power. Absolutely true. …
Two articles were brought to my attention, both discussing mental health/depression myths. http://lifehacker.com/the-misconceptions-about-mental-illness-we-need-to-unle-1711647132 “Mental Health Problems Last Forever” “Only Violent or Unstable People Have Mental Health Problems” “You Can’t Handle Relationships” “You Can Just Snap Out of It” “Treatment Is a Waste of Time” or worse, “Only weaklings seek counseling.” All of these are misunderstandings…
I posted information before, I’ll probably post many more on Complex PTSD. I was not diagnosed with Complex-PTSD because it wasn’t identified yet. http://outofthefog.website/toolbox-1/2015/11/17/complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-c-ptsd My reaction is the main difference between PTSD and Complex PTSD is duration. PTSD usually with one or a cluster of traumatic experiences. Complex_PTSD refers to ongoing trauma that goes on…
Many links, lots of information. Post 9/11, PTSD became a part of a larger culture as people were traumatized watching the suffering of others. A pivotal time that literally changed the views of everyone. It rocked the world and opened discussion of how to treat those that suffer from witnessing traumatic events. I haven’t explored…
In some situations, there are limits I can’t change. There are problems I can’t fix. There are choices by other people, I can do nothing about. If I sleep more, the nightmares will come, not perhaps, not maybe but come without fail. If I work my self to exhaustion, my body will collapse, it does…
I had no memories from my childhood. In a way I let it go but I still had PTSD response with no understanding as to why I reacted this way. It was difficult in counseling when my counselor asked me about my past. I chirped, “We went to the park, we went to the zoo.” …
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 