Question:
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, 309.81 A. The person has been exposed to a traumatic event (or events) in which both of the following have been present: 1) the person has experienced, witnessed, or been confronted with an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of oneself or others 2) the person’s response involved intesne fear, helplessness, or horror B. The traumatic event is persistentlt re-experienced in at least one of the following ways: 1) recurrent and intrusive distressing recollections of the event, including images, thoughts, or perceptions 2) recurrent distressing dreams of the event 3) acting or feeling as if the traumatic event were recurring (includes a sense of reliving the experience, illusions, hallucinations, and dissociative flashback episodes, including those that occur upon awakening or when intoxicated) 4) intense psuchological distress at exposure to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event 5) physiologic reactivity upon exposure to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event C. Persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma and numbing of general responsiveness (not present before the trauma), as indicated by at least three of the following: 1) efforts to avoid thoughts, feelings, or conversations associated with the trauma 2) efforts to avoid activities, places, or people that arouse recollec- tions of the trauma 3) inability to recall an important aspect of the trauma 4) markedly diminished interest or participation in significant activi- ties 5) feeling of detachment or estrangement from others 6) restricted range of affect (e.g., unable to have loving feelings) 7) sense of foreshortened future (e.g., does not expect to have a career, marriage, children, or a normal life span) D. Persistent symptoms of increased arousal (not present before the trauma), as indicated by at least two of the following: 1) difficulty falling or staying asleep 2) irritability or outbursts of anger 3) difficulty concentrating 4) hypervigilance 5) exaggerated startle response E. Duration of the disturbance (symptoms in B, C, and D) is more than one month F. The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning
Response:
(Laurie S.) writes: I’m just babbling here. I’ve said this stuff before. Laurie, I think that you need to say it again and again and again until it doesn’t have the power over you that it once did. Go ahead. Even if you’ve said it before, I’m willing to listen again, until your don’t need to say it (it that time really comes). If you feel you don’t want to write to the newsgroup, my email box is always open! mouse
What a sweet post, mouse. Thank you. I _do_ tend to say stuff again and again and again, and sometimes I do see progress. Then again, I also find it really easy to disconnect from a series of posts generated from something I said, whether in a new thread or a post to an existing thread. Sometimes I write something and it just sort of feels empty two days later. Like, what was I talking about??? 
Laurie
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Um….this is about PTSD not recovered memories. Obviously. The whole point is that the event is *not* totally repressed. Obviously. Try reading for comprehension. Your comment makes no sense. But hey, if it makes you feel better… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, 309.81 A. The person has been exposed to a traumatic event (or events) in which both of the following have been present: 1) the person has experienced, witnessed, or been confronted with an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of oneself or others 2) the person’s response involved intesne fear, helplessness, or horror B. The traumatic event is persistentlt re-experienced in at least one of the following ways: 1) recurrent and intrusive distressing recollections of the event, including images, thoughts, or perceptions 2) recurrent distressing dreams of the event 3) acting or feeling as if the traumatic event were recurring (includes a sense of reliving the experience, illusions, hallucinations, and dissociative flashback episodes, including those that occur upon awakening or when intoxicated) 4) intense psuchological distress at exposure to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event 5) physiologic reactivity upon exposure to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event C. Persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma and numbing of general responsiveness (not present before the trauma), as indicated by at least three of the following: 1) efforts to avoid thoughts, feelings, or conversations associated with the trauma 2) efforts to avoid activities, places, or people that arouse recollec- tions of the trauma 3) inability to recall an important aspect of the trauma 4) markedly diminished interest or participation in significant activi- ties 5) feeling of detachment or estrangement from others 6) restricted range of affect (e.g., unable to have loving feelings) 7) sense of foreshortened future (e.g., does not expect to have a career, marriage, children, or a normal life span) D. Persistent symptoms of increased arousal (not present before the trauma), as indicated by at least two of the following: 1) difficulty falling or staying asleep 2) irritability or outbursts of anger 3) difficulty concentrating 4) hypervigilance 5) exaggerated startle response E. Duration of the disturbance (symptoms in B, C, and D) is more than one month F. The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning Exactly. Intrusive thoughts of the event, NOT total repression the event. Donna
Response:
:::someone, in a physical/logical sense. If you can’t do it :emotionally, :you’re still a prisoner, in a sense. And even if you hold the keys :toget you out of it, sometimes you just don’t know how to work the lock. For many years now I hae told people that I slept with the preacher of my church from the time I was 10-14. i have always had such tremendous guilt over that. I never really told him no. It doesn’t matter what my dad did, by that time I knew it was wrong. It was good to hear this. Funny, I know others have said it before, but this time I heard it. It was abuse. It was "rape". I always felt so horrible and hated myself so much for what happened with the preacher. Can I let go of the self hate yet? Well, maybe a little… a drop? a spec? Yup, I needed to hear this. Can I start calling it abuse now?
Yeah. I think you can. I like ya Celeste, you got class. -Ronny
Response:
(Laurie S.) writes: I’m just babbling here. I’ve said this stuff before.
Laurie, I think that you need to say it again and again and again until it doesn’t have the power over you that it once did. Go ahead. Even if you’ve said it before, I’m willing to listen again, until your don’t need to say it (it that time really comes). If you feel you don’t want to write to the newsgroup, my email box is always open! mouse
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, 309.81 A. The person has been exposed to a traumatic event (or events) in which both of the following have been present: 1) the person has experienced, witnessed, or been confronted with an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of oneself or others 2) the person’s response involved intesne fear, helplessness, or horror B. The traumatic event is persistentlt re-experienced in at least one of the following ways: 1) recurrent and intrusive distressing recollections of the event, including images, thoughts, or perceptions 2) recurrent distressing dreams of the event 3) acting or feeling as if the traumatic event were recurring (includes a sense of reliving the experience, illusions, hallucinations, and dissociative flashback episodes, including those that occur upon awakening or when intoxicated) 4) intense psuchological distress at exposure to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event 5) physiologic reactivity upon exposure to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event C. Persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma and numbing of general responsiveness (not present before the trauma), as indicated by at least three of the following: 1) efforts to avoid thoughts, feelings, or conversations associated with the trauma 2) efforts to avoid activities, places, or people that arouse recollec- tions of the trauma 3) inability to recall an important aspect of the trauma 4) markedly diminished interest or participation in significant activi- ties 5) feeling of detachment or estrangement from others 6) restricted range of affect (e.g., unable to have loving feelings) 7) sense of foreshortened future (e.g., does not expect to have a career, marriage, children, or a normal life span) D. Persistent symptoms of increased arousal (not present before the trauma), as indicated by at least two of the following: 1) difficulty falling or staying asleep 2) irritability or outbursts of anger 3) difficulty concentrating 4) hypervigilance 5) exaggerated startle response E. Duration of the disturbance (symptoms in B, C, and D) is more than one month F. The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning
Exactly. Intrusive thoughts of the event, NOT total repression the event. Donna
Response:
heya laurie. i just wanted to say something about the idea that you’re exagerating. trauma is trauma. and even though what happened to me is pretty high on the wierd scale, i still think that sometimes i must be exaggerating. i mean, i didn’t have an broken bones (that i know about for certain) and i didn’t go to the doctor (because it was not allowed) and…. anyhow, i have always felt a kinship for the Holocaust survivors, and for a long time have been ashamed for that feeling. like i didn’t have the right. i was talking to my eldest sister about it just a little while ago, and she has had that same kinship, and same guilt for feeling it. i guess my point is that the worst thing that happens in a person’s life is the worst thing. it doesn’t matter how big or small that thing is, worst still feels crappy. you don’t need ‘the right’ to be affected by what happened to you. clearly you are. silverleaf — "I am a limpet, and you are my rock." – from silverleafs’ silly husband.
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silverleaf, i agree. comparisions are futile. Sometimes worse experiences are also offset by greater joys. -d – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – i just wanted to say something about the idea that you’re exagerating. trauma is trauma. and even though what happened to me is pretty high on the wierd scale, i still think that sometimes i must be exaggerating. i mean, i didn’t have an broken bones (that i know about for certain) and i didn’t go to the doctor (because it was not allowed) and…. anyhow, i have always felt a kinship for the Holocaust survivors, and for a long time have been ashamed for that feeling. like i didn’t have the right. i was talking to my eldest sister about it just a little while ago, and she has had that same kinship, and same guilt for feeling it. i guess my point is that the worst thing that happens in a person’s life is the worst thing. it doesn’t matter how big or small that thing is, worst still feels crappy. you don’t need ‘the right’ to be affected by what happened to you. clearly you are. silverleaf — "I am a limpet, and you are my rock." – from silverleafs’ silly husband.
Response:
:::someone, in a physical/logical sense. If you can’t do it :emotionally, :you’re still a prisoner, in a sense. And even if you hold the keys :toget you out of it, sometimes you just don’t know how to work the lock. For many years now I hae told people that I slept with the preacher of my church from the time I was 10-14. i have always had such tremendous guilt over that. I never really told him no. It doesn’t matter what my dad did, by that time I knew it was wrong. It was good to hear this. Funny, I know others have said it before, but this time I heard it. It was abuse. It was "rape". I always felt so horrible and hated myself so much for what happened with the preacher. Can I let go of the self hate yet? Well, maybe a little… a drop? a spec? Yup, I needed to hear this. Can I start calling it abuse now? celeste
Response:
Laurie: may i ask why it makes you feel stupid to recognize symptoms of PTSD in yourself? b
<shrug I dunno. I guess because it feels like it’s asking too much, in a way; that it maybe sounds like I’m exaggerating or being melodramatic or something if I say that I fit in with people who suffered what I feel are much more traumatic things than I did. I guess I feel guilty, less worthy, whatever. It’s not so much that I feel stupid to recognize the symptoms; it’s that I feel stupid to say something about it. My whole chest is tightening just saying this much, and it hurts. Toes curling, too. Head swimming. I feel shameful and embarrassed. And I know I’m my own worst enemy; that I’m harder on me than anyone else would ever be. Thanks, Buff, for asking. I guess this is stuff I should face. Laurie
Response:
ahhh Laurie – you sound so *much* like me!
heh … common statement around here, isn’t it? for the first six sessions of my group therapy i was terrified that i’d have to tell my story because what happened to me seemed so much less horrible than what my fellow group members had been through. all i could think of was that i was 12 when my abuse began, as opposed to the woman next to me who’d been abused beginning at age 3…that somehow i was much more to blame because i’d been old enough to know what was going on and thus should somehow have been able to stop my father. this is so wrong it’d be funny if it weren’t so sad.
In truth, it often really doesn’t matter if you’re capable of stopping someone, in a physical/logical sense. If you can’t do it emotionally, you’re still a prisoner, in a sense. And even if you hold the keys to get you out of it, sometimes you just don’t know how to work the lock. did you go though pain? were you hurt – physically, emotionally, and/or sexually? do you *still* hurt?
Yes to all. how is your pain any less than mine? pain is pain is pain – there’s no comparing it.
Yeah, I know. I tell other people that, too, sometimes. what you went through was terrible. no less terrible than what i went through or what countless others here went through. don’t minimize it.
I think maybe it’s a gut reaction to not being able to face it. I see phrases in the symptoms that fit me but it’s hard to admit to some of it. it’s like saying that someone who’s blinded in an accident is better off than someone who lost a leg – it makes no sense to see it that way. a wound is a wound is a wound. we each heal in our way in our own time from our own wounds.
I know. I’m not sure if it’s pain comparison, though, that creates the reaction, the more I think about it. It’s so hard to explain. I guess I sort of feel like I’m being a hypochondriac. Hmmm. Actually, I’m sort of figuring it out here, I think. Okay … it’s more like I feel like it looks like if I look at those symptoms and see a lot that seem to fit me, I’m, um, pinning so much on those past experiences and holding them responsible for so much, and it feels like I’m sort of wimping out or something on my own responsibilties. Geez, does that make sense? I guess that if I were to just come out and say that I experience symptoms of PTSD feels like I’m looking for a real psychological label or something and that it’s (my stuff) something serious. I guess it’s the making that decision myself that feels sort of wrong or self-absorbed or whatever. I needed someone else years later to tell me it was rape, and even that I think had been somewhere in the back of my mind, the wondering, because when I saw the word, it didn’t seem all that surprising. I just said "I never knew what to call it." I guess I just feel stupid coming to these conclusions myself. I couldn’t even feel angry toward the rapist until the moment I saw someone else express anger. And I feel creepy about feeling angry toward my abusive ex-boyfriend, except sometimes when someone else shows that they feel angry about it or that they feel he was a creep or whatever, then sometimes I can get a flash of feeling. But I keep feeling I ask too much if I feel on my own, that I’m not "entitled" to a feeling like that unless someone else, in essence, tells me it’s okay. And even then, I feel kinda small and insignificant and just touched that they’re kind and caring enough to spend the time. This newsgroup used to be easier for me to post to. At first, there was so much that wanted to come out. That all happened within a few months, then I finally came to terms with the rape, and then tried to deal with the abuse and sort of hit a wall with it. After that, I kind of quit trying, and drifted away from posting here. It was and is easier for me to post to talk.rape and alt.feminism, and to discuss instead of emote. But feelings have been creeping up, and they’re not identifiable anymore, like they used to be, when I was dealing with the rape. They’re just scary, and I don’t want them, but I can’t get away from them. I’m just babbling here. I’ve said this stuff before. my best thoughts to you. b
Thanks, Buff. Mine back. Laurie – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Laurie: may i ask why it makes you feel stupid to recognize symptoms of PTSD in yourself? b <shrug I dunno. I guess because it feels like it’s asking too much, in a way; that it maybe sounds like I’m exaggerating or being melodramatic or something if I say that I fit in with people who suffered what I feel are much more traumatic things than I did. I guess I feel guilty, less worthy, whatever. It’s not so much that I feel stupid to recognize the symptoms; it’s that I feel stupid to say something about it. My whole chest is tightening just saying this much, and it hurts. Toes curling, too. Head swimming. I feel shameful and embarrassed. And I know I’m my own worst enemy; that I’m harder on me than anyone else would ever be. Thanks, Buff, for asking. I guess this is stuff I should face. Laurie
Response:
ahhh Laurie – you sound so *much* like me! for the first six sessions of my group therapy i was terrified that i’d have to tell my story because what happened to me seemed so much less horrible than what my fellow group members had been through. all i could think of was that i was 12 when my abuse began, as opposed to the woman next to me who’d been abused beginning at age 3…that somehow i was much more to blame because i’d been old enough to know what was going on and thus should somehow have been able to stop my father. this is so wrong it’d be funny if it weren’t so sad. did you go though pain? were you hurt – physically, emotionally, and/or sexually? do you *still* hurt? how is your pain any less than mine? pain is pain is pain – there’s no comparing it. what you went through was terrible. no less terrible than what i went through or what countless others here went through. don’t minimize it. it’s like saying that someone who’s blinded in an accident is better off than someone who lost a leg – it makes no sense to see it that way. a wound is a wound is a wound. we each heal in our way in our own time from our own wounds. my best thoughts to you. b – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Laurie: may i ask why it makes you feel stupid to recognize symptoms of PTSD in yourself? b <shrug I dunno. I guess because it feels like it’s asking too much, in a way; that it maybe sounds like I’m exaggerating or being melodramatic or something if I say that I fit in with people who suffered what I feel are much more traumatic things than I did. I guess I feel guilty, less worthy, whatever. It’s not so much that I feel stupid to recognize the symptoms; it’s that I feel stupid to say something about it. My whole chest is tightening just saying this much, and it hurts. Toes curling, too. Head swimming. I feel shameful and embarrassed. And I know I’m my own worst enemy; that I’m harder on me than anyone else would ever be. Thanks, Buff, for asking. I guess this is stuff I should face. Laurie
Response:
laurie i understand what you’re saying. i wanna scream with rage that anyone could make you feel this way. i can scream for you in a way that’s much easier than screaming for me, so you please scream for me…that way we’ll have us both covered. love b – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – ahhh Laurie – you sound so *much* like me! heh … common statement around here, isn’t it? for the first six sessions of my group therapy i was terrified that i’d have to tell my story because what happened to me seemed so much less horrible than what my fellow group members had been through. all i could think of was that i was 12 when my abuse began, as opposed to the woman next to me who’d been abused beginning at age 3…that somehow i was much more to blame because i’d been old enough to know what was going on and thus should somehow have been able to stop my father. this is so wrong it’d be funny if it weren’t so sad. In truth, it often really doesn’t matter if you’re capable of stopping someone, in a physical/logical sense. If you can’t do it emotionally, you’re still a prisoner, in a sense. And even if you hold the keys to get you out of it, sometimes you just don’t know how to work the lock. did you go though pain? were you hurt – physically, emotionally, and/or sexually? do you *still* hurt? Yes to all. how is your pain any less than mine? pain is pain is pain – there’s no comparing it. Yeah, I know. I tell other people that, too, sometimes. what you went through was terrible. no less terrible than what i went through or what countless others here went through. don’t minimize it. I think maybe it’s a gut reaction to not being able to face it. I see phrases in the symptoms that fit me but it’s hard to admit to some of it. it’s like saying that someone who’s blinded in an accident is better off than someone who lost a leg – it makes no sense to see it that way. a wound is a wound is a wound. we each heal in our way in our own time from our own wounds. I know. I’m not sure if it’s pain comparison, though, that creates the reaction, the more I think about it. It’s so hard to explain. I guess I sort of feel like I’m being a hypochondriac. Hmmm. Actually, I’m sort of figuring it out here, I think. Okay … it’s more like I feel like it looks like if I look at those symptoms and see a lot that seem to fit me, I’m, um, pinning so much on those past experiences and holding them responsible for so much, and it feels like I’m sort of wimping out or something on my own responsibilties. Geez, does that make sense? I guess that if I were to just come out and say that I experience symptoms of PTSD feels like I’m looking for a real psychological label or something and that it’s (my stuff) something serious. I guess it’s the making that decision myself that feels sort of wrong or self-absorbed or whatever. I needed someone else years later to tell me it was rape, and even that I think had been somewhere in the back of my mind, the wondering, because when I saw the word, it didn’t seem all that surprising. I just said "I never knew what to call it." I guess I just feel stupid coming to these conclusions myself. I couldn’t even feel angry toward the rapist until the moment I saw someone else express anger. And I feel creepy about feeling angry toward my abusive ex-boyfriend, except sometimes when someone else shows that they feel angry about it or that they feel he was a creep or whatever, then sometimes I can get a flash of feeling. But I keep feeling I ask too much if I feel on my own, that I’m not "entitled" to a feeling like that unless someone else, in essence, tells me it’s okay. And even then, I feel kinda small and insignificant and just touched that they’re kind and caring enough to spend the time. This newsgroup used to be easier for me to post to. At first, there was so much that wanted to come out. That all happened within a few months, then I finally came to terms with the rape, and then tried to deal with the abuse and sort of hit a wall with it. After that, I kind of quit trying, and drifted away from posting here. It was and is easier for me to post to talk.rape and alt.feminism, and to discuss instead of emote. But feelings have been creeping up, and they’re not identifiable anymore, like they used to be, when I was dealing with the rape. They’re just scary, and I don’t want them, but I can’t get away from them. I’m just babbling here. I’ve said this stuff before. my best thoughts to you. b Thanks, Buff. Mine back. Laurie Laurie: may i ask why it makes you feel stupid to recognize symptoms of PTSD in yourself? b <shrug I dunno. I guess because it feels like it’s asking too much, in a way; that it maybe sounds like I’m exaggerating or being melodramatic or something if I say that I fit in with people who suffered what I feel are much more traumatic things than I did. I guess I feel guilty, less worthy, whatever. It’s not so much that I feel stupid to recognize the symptoms; it’s that I feel stupid to say something about it. My whole chest is tightening just saying this much, and it hurts. Toes curling, too. Head swimming. I feel shameful and embarrassed. And I know I’m my own worst enemy; that I’m harder on me than anyone else would ever be. Thanks, Buff, for asking. I guess this is stuff I should face. Laurie
Response:
Laurie: may i ask why it makes you feel stupid to recognize symptoms of PTSD in yourself? b – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – jHi, Buff Wow! I just realized that this sounds a lot like me sometimes. Me, too, in quite a bit of it. Although I feel stupid to feel that wayy. Laurie I have only heard of this stuff in War Veterans, really. No one has ever mentioned it in relation to me. I guess I was kind of in a war or sorts. To bad the thanks mike Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, 309.81 A. The person has been exposed to a traumatic event (or events) in which both of the following have been present: 1) the person has experienced, witnessed, or been confronted with an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of oneself or others 2) the person’s response involved intesne fear, helplessness, or horror B. The traumatic event is persistentlt re-experienced in at least one of the following ways: 1) recurrent and intrusive distressing recollections of the event, including images, thoughts, or perceptions 2) recurrent distressing dreams of the event 3) acting or feeling as if the traumatic event were recurring (includes a sense of reliving the experience, illusions, hallucinations, and dissociative flashback episodes, including those that occur upon awakening or when intoxicated) 4) intense psuchological distress at exposure to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event 5) physiologic reactivity upon exposure to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event C. Persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma and numbing of general responsiveness (not present before the trauma), as indicated by at least three of the following: 1) efforts to avoid thoughts, feelings, or conversations associated with the trauma 2) efforts to avoid activities, places, or people that arouse recollec- tions of the trauma 3) inability to recall an important aspect of the trauma 4) markedly diminished interest or participation in significant activi- ties 5) feeling of detachment or estrangement from others 6) restricted range of affect (e.g., unable to have loving feelings) 7) sense of foreshortened future (e.g., does not expect to have a career, marriage, children, or a normal life span) D. Persistent symptoms of increased arousal (not present before the trauma), as indicated by at least two of the following: 1) difficulty falling or staying asleep 2) irritability or outbursts of anger 3) difficulty concentrating 4) hypervigilance 5) exaggerated startle response E. Duration of the disturbance (symptoms in B, C, and D) is more than one month F. The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning
Response:
Hi, Buff
hiya mike Wow! I just realized that this sounds a lot like me sometimes. I have only heard of this stuff in War Veterans, really. No one has ever mentioned it in relation to me. I guess I was kind of in a war or sorts.
it was definitely a war at my house, too. i did my best to stay away as much as possible. too bad it wasn’t always possible.
quite. thanks
you’re welcome. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – mike Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, 309.81 A. The person has been exposed to a traumatic event (or events) in which both of the following have been present: 1) the person has experienced, witnessed, or been confronted with an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of oneself or others 2) the person’s response involved intesne fear, helplessness, or horror B. The traumatic event is persistentlt re-experienced in at least one of the following ways: 1) recurrent and intrusive distressing recollections of the event, including images, thoughts, or perceptions 2) recurrent distressing dreams of the event 3) acting or feeling as if the traumatic event were recurring (includes a sense of reliving the experience, illusions, hallucinations, and dissociative flashback episodes, including those that occur upon awakening or when intoxicated) 4) intense psuchological distress at exposure to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event 5) physiologic reactivity upon exposure to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event C. Persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma and numbing of general responsiveness (not present before the trauma), as indicated by at least three of the following: 1) efforts to avoid thoughts, feelings, or conversations associated with the trauma 2) efforts to avoid activities, places, or people that arouse recollec- tions of the trauma 3) inability to recall an important aspect of the trauma 4) markedly diminished interest or participation in significant activi- ties 5) feeling of detachment or estrangement from others 6) restricted range of affect (e.g., unable to have loving feelings) 7) sense of foreshortened future (e.g., does not expect to have a career, marriage, children, or a normal life span) D. Persistent symptoms of increased arousal (not present before the trauma), as indicated by at least two of the following: 1) difficulty falling or staying asleep 2) irritability or outbursts of anger 3) difficulty concentrating 4) hypervigilance 5) exaggerated startle response E. Duration of the disturbance (symptoms in B, C, and D) is more than one month F. The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning
Response:
jHi, Buff Wow! I just realized that this sounds a lot like me sometimes.
Me, too, in quite a bit of it. Although I feel stupid to feel that wayy. Laurie I have only – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -heard of this stuff in War Veterans, really. No one has ever mentioned it in relation to me. I guess I was kind of in a war or sorts. To bad the thanks mike Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, 309.81 A. The person has been exposed to a traumatic event (or events) in which both of the following have been present: 1) the person has experienced, witnessed, or been confronted with an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of oneself or others 2) the person’s response involved intesne fear, helplessness, or horror B. The traumatic event is persistentlt re-experienced in at least one of the following ways: 1) recurrent and intrusive distressing recollections of the event, including images, thoughts, or perceptions 2) recurrent distressing dreams of the event 3) acting or feeling as if the traumatic event were recurring (includes a sense of reliving the experience, illusions, hallucinations, and dissociative flashback episodes, including those that occur upon awakening or when intoxicated) 4) intense psuchological distress at exposure to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event 5) physiologic reactivity upon exposure to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event C. Persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma and numbing of general responsiveness (not present before the trauma), as indicated by at least three of the following: 1) efforts to avoid thoughts, feelings, or conversations associated with the trauma 2) efforts to avoid activities, places, or people that arouse recollec- tions of the trauma 3) inability to recall an important aspect of the trauma 4) markedly diminished interest or participation in significant activi- ties 5) feeling of detachment or estrangement from others 6) restricted range of affect (e.g., unable to have loving feelings) 7) sense of foreshortened future (e.g., does not expect to have a career, marriage, children, or a normal life span) D. Persistent symptoms of increased arousal (not present before the trauma), as indicated by at least two of the following: 1) difficulty falling or staying asleep 2) irritability or outbursts of anger 3) difficulty concentrating 4) hypervigilance 5) exaggerated startle response E. Duration of the disturbance (symptoms in B, C, and D) is more than one month F. The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning
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jHi, Buff Wow! I just realized that this sounds a lot like me sometimes. I have only heard of this stuff in War Veterans, really. No one has ever mentioned it in relation to me. I guess I was kind of in a war or sorts. To bad the thanks mike – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, 309.81 A. The person has been exposed to a traumatic event (or events) in which both of the following have been present: 1) the person has experienced, witnessed, or been confronted with an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of oneself or others 2) the person’s response involved intesne fear, helplessness, or horror B. The traumatic event is persistentlt re-experienced in at least one of the following ways: 1) recurrent and intrusive distressing recollections of the event, including images, thoughts, or perceptions 2) recurrent distressing dreams of the event 3) acting or feeling as if the traumatic event were recurring (includes a sense of reliving the experience, illusions, hallucinations, and dissociative flashback episodes, including those that occur upon awakening or when intoxicated) 4) intense psuchological distress at exposure to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event 5) physiologic reactivity upon exposure to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event C. Persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma and numbing of general responsiveness (not present before the trauma), as indicated by at least three of the following: 1) efforts to avoid thoughts, feelings, or conversations associated with the trauma 2) efforts to avoid activities, places, or people that arouse recollec- tions of the trauma 3) inability to recall an important aspect of the trauma 4) markedly diminished interest or participation in significant activi- ties 5) feeling of detachment or estrangement from others 6) restricted range of affect (e.g., unable to have loving feelings) 7) sense of foreshortened future (e.g., does not expect to have a career, marriage, children, or a normal life span) D. Persistent symptoms of increased arousal (not present before the trauma), as indicated by at least two of the following: 1) difficulty falling or staying asleep 2) irritability or outbursts of anger 3) difficulty concentrating 4) hypervigilance 5) exaggerated startle response E. Duration of the disturbance (symptoms in B, C, and D) is more than one month F. The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning
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