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Hi Eddie, Glad to hear your brother is OK. You seem to be suffering some Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). I went through this after a rather grusome experience myself. Those "replays" (better known as "flashbacks") will haunt you for a while, but will gradually become less frequent and less troubling. At first, I was reluctant to talk about my experience for fear of traumatizing others. Once I eventually began talking, however, I found others were OK with it and the talking helped me feel better. Best Wishes, Arthur
: This weekend my brother and I were helping my dad and my brother suffered : a serious injury. Because I am sensitive to details as I am sure many of : you are : as well, I will keep this generic. All to say this, I held my brother up to : keep him : from fainting (he was trapped in a bizarre position). What happened was : very : serious and difficult. He was rushed off to the hospital and had surgery : and is : going to be fine, to which I am extremely grateful. I am very close to my : brother. : : This happened Sunday morn, and since then I keep replaying the whole scene : in : my mind. I talked with my brother who is home now and recovering : wonderfully, : and he mentioned to me that he too would sometimes see the whole thing : happen : over and over again. : : I am thankful that even under those circumstances I did not have a huge : panic : attack during the time he was under trauma, that happened later that day. I : was : able to help my brother make it till the medics arrived and the fire : department : was able to get him out. : : My question to you is this, I am sure many of you have suffered through : different : events like this having PD. How do you stop the replay? I keep seeing it : in my : mind. Sad to say, it was more than a hangnail or simple scratch. Part of : my therapy : from my pdoc is relaxation therapy, which is helping me a lot. I have my : next : appt. a week from today. "Gee, I wonder what we will talk about?" he asked : sarcastically. : : I know that time, love from my family, and distance from the event will : eventually : do a good work. : : Any thoughts would be helpful. My brother, thank God, does not have PD or : any : other anxiety disorder (he is late 30’s, I am early 40’s). : : "i finally have stopped shaking" eddie : : :
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I don’t have any specific advice on dealing with the replays, but I just wanted to say I am glad your brother is going to be okay, and that I am proud of how well you did helping him in the crisis. You were able to put off having an attack until it wouldn’t matter, and that is almost as good as not having one at all! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – This weekend my brother and I were helping my dad and my brother suffered a serious injury. Because I am sensitive to details as I am sure many of you are as well, I will keep this generic. All to say this, I held my brother up to keep him from fainting (he was trapped in a bizarre position). What happened was very serious and difficult. He was rushed off to the hospital and had surgery and is going to be fine, to which I am extremely grateful. I am very close to my brother. This happened Sunday morn, and since then I keep replaying the whole scene in my mind. I talked with my brother who is home now and recovering wonderfully, and he mentioned to me that he too would sometimes see the whole thing happen over and over again. I am thankful that even under those circumstances I did not have a huge panic attack during the time he was under trauma, that happened later that day. I was able to help my brother make it till the medics arrived and the fire department was able to get him out. My question to you is this, I am sure many of you have suffered through different events like this having PD. How do you stop the replay? I keep seeing it in my mind. Sad to say, it was more than a hangnail or simple scratch. Part of my therapy from my pdoc is relaxation therapy, which is helping me a lot. I have my next appt. a week from today. "Gee, I wonder what we will talk about?" he asked sarcastically. I know that time, love from my family, and distance from the event will eventually do a good work. Any thoughts would be helpful. My brother, thank God, does not have PD or any other anxiety disorder (he is late 30’s, I am early 40’s). "i finally have stopped shaking" eddie
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Margrove: Thanks for the advice, I read a lot of your posts and you seem extremely knowledgeable. Are you degreed, experienced, well read, or all three and more? I appreciate the reminder to visualize correctly and focus. I know am learning this, "Our focus is our destiny." eddie – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – get yourself into a relaxed state with your excercises amd visualize the injury as graphically as you can and then make it resolve and heal-then picture your bro happy and doing his business and being just fine saying I am ok…over and over realize that the visual imagery you experienced is a form of trauma and you now have a response to trauma and shock-the gore the fragility and the potential loss of a loved one creates a strong sense of vulnerability. Once you make the connection to gore doesn’t = death your brain will produce less eneregy and the thoughts will loss their power LM
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Dear Eddie, a few of us were just talking about this same thing last week. I said that whenever a sudden event occurs where I have to face my greatest fear, (agoraphobia for me), I am able to handle it without too much trouble, but afterwards I have at least 4-5 days of down time. I feel drained, a little anxious, semi-depressed. We discussed whether it was the after-effects of adrenaline flow or that we just used up all our resourses to do what we had to do. We never came up with an answer. I’m so sorry about your brother and happy to hear he’s doing well now. I think it’s normal under the circumstances to go over and over an event that could have had very serious consequences. The "what might have happened" syndrome. I think you’re right that time and distance from the event will put things back into perspective for you. Hang in there, Eddie. Love, Rita 
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – This weekend my brother and I were helping my dad and my brother suffered a serious injury. Because I am sensitive to details as I am sure many of you are as well, I will keep this generic. All to say this, I held my brother up to keep him from fainting (he was trapped in a bizarre position). What happened was very serious and difficult. He was rushed off to the hospital and had surgery and is going to be fine, to which I am extremely grateful. I am very close to my brother. This happened Sunday morn, and since then I keep replaying the whole scene in my mind. I talked with my brother who is home now and recovering wonderfully, and he mentioned to me that he too would sometimes see the whole thing happen over and over again. I am thankful that even under those circumstances I did not have a huge panic attack during the time he was under trauma, that happened later that day. I was able to help my brother make it till the medics arrived and the fire department was able to get him out. My question to you is this, I am sure many of you have suffered through different events like this having PD. How do you stop the replay? I keep seeing it in my mind. Sad to say, it was more than a hangnail or simple scratch. Part of my therapy from my pdoc is relaxation therapy, which is helping me a lot. I have my next appt. a week from today. "Gee, I wonder what we will talk about?" he asked sarcastically. I know that time, love from my family, and distance from the event will eventually do a good work. Any thoughts would be helpful. My brother, thank God, does not have PD or any other anxiety disorder (he is late 30’s, I am early 40’s). "i finally have stopped shaking" eddie
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -This weekend my brother and I were helping my dad and my brother suffered a serious injury. Because I am sensitive to details as I am sure many of you are as well, I will keep this generic. All to say this, I held my brother up to keep him from fainting (he was trapped in a bizarre position). What happened was very serious and difficult. He was rushed off to the hospital and had surgery and is going to be fine, to which I am extremely grateful. I am very close to my brother. This happened Sunday morn, and since then I keep replaying the whole scene in my mind. I talked with my brother who is home now and recovering wonderfully, and he mentioned to me that he too would sometimes see the whole thing happen over and over again. I am thankful that even under those circumstances I did not have a huge panic attack during the time he was under trauma, that happened later that day. I was able to help my brother make it till the medics arrived and the fire department was able to get him out. My question to you is this, I am sure many of you have suffered through different events like this having PD. How do you stop the replay? I keep seeing it in my mind. Sad to say, it was more than a hangnail or simple scratch. Part of my therapy from my pdoc is relaxation therapy, which is helping me a lot. I have my next appt. a week from today. "Gee, I wonder what we will talk about?" he asked sarcastically. I know that time, love from my family, and distance from the event will eventually do a good work. Any thoughts would be helpful. My brother, thank God, does not have PD or any other anxiety disorder (he is late 30’s, I am early 40’s). "i finally have stopped shaking" eddie
I’m so sorry about your brother, Eddie. know I have replayed trauma over and over again in my head, too. ((((hugs))))) Lorri<—"Serenity Now"…Frank Costanza
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – This weekend my brother and I were helping my dad and my brother suffered a serious injury. Because I am sensitive to details as I am sure many of you are as well, I will keep this generic. All to say this, I held my brother up to keep him from fainting (he was trapped in a bizarre position). What happened was very serious and difficult. He was rushed off to the hospital and had surgery and is going to be fine, to which I am extremely grateful. I am very close to my brother. This happened Sunday morn, and since then I keep replaying the whole scene in my mind. I talked with my brother who is home now and recovering wonderfully, and he mentioned to me that he too would sometimes see the whole thing happen over and over again. I am thankful that even under those circumstances I did not have a huge panic attack during the time he was under trauma, that happened later that day. I was able to help my brother make it till the medics arrived and the fire department was able to get him out. My question to you is this, I am sure many of you have suffered through different events like this having PD. How do you stop the replay? I keep seeing it in my mind. Sad to say, it was more than a hangnail or simple scratch. Part of my therapy from my pdoc is relaxation therapy, which is helping me a lot. I have my next appt. a week from today. "Gee, I wonder what we will talk about?" he asked sarcastically. I know that time, love from my family, and distance from the event will eventually do a good work. Any thoughts would be helpful. My brother, thank God, does not have PD or any other anxiety disorder (he is late 30’s, I am early 40’s). "i finally have stopped shaking" eddie
Hi Eddie! I am so glad that your brother is okay. I’m sorry you both had to go through such a traumatic thing. IMO replay is a normal thing to have. You’re right, time and distance will make it disappear. For now, I think when you start the replay, try to think of something pleasant that you like to do or a nice place you’d like to visit. If you like music, put on your headphones and try to use your relaxation therapy. Hope this helps and please take care of yourself. Hugs, Di
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – This weekend my brother and I were helping my dad and my brother suffered a serious injury. Because I am sensitive to details as I am sure many of you are as well, I will keep this generic. All to say this, I held my brother up to keep him from fainting (he was trapped in a bizarre position). What happened was very serious and difficult. He was rushed off to the hospital and had surgery and is going to be fine, to which I am extremely grateful. I am very close to my brother. This happened Sunday morn, and since then I keep replaying the whole scene in my mind.
snip get yourself into a relaxed state with your excercises amd visualize the injury as graphically as you can and then make it resolve and heal-then picture your bro happy and doing his business and being just fine saying I am ok…over and over realize that the visual imagery you experienced is a form of trauma and you now have a response to trauma and shock-the gore the fragility and the potential loss of a loved one creates a strong sense of vulnerability. Once you make the connection to gore doesn’t = death your brain will produce less eneregy and the thoughts will loss their power LM
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This weekend my brother and I were helping my dad and my brother suffered a serious injury. Because I am sensitive to details as I am sure many of you are as well, I will keep this generic. All to say this, I held my brother up to keep him from fainting (he was trapped in a bizarre position). What happened was very serious and difficult. He was rushed off to the hospital and had surgery and is going to be fine, to which I am extremely grateful. I am very close to my brother. This happened Sunday morn, and since then I keep replaying the whole scene in my mind. I talked with my brother who is home now and recovering wonderfully, and he mentioned to me that he too would sometimes see the whole thing happen over and over again. I am thankful that even under those circumstances I did not have a huge panic attack during the time he was under trauma, that happened later that day. I was able to help my brother make it till the medics arrived and the fire department was able to get him out. My question to you is this, I am sure many of you have suffered through different events like this having PD. How do you stop the replay? I keep seeing it in my mind. Sad to say, it was more than a hangnail or simple scratch. Part of my therapy from my pdoc is relaxation therapy, which is helping me a lot. I have my next appt. a week from today. "Gee, I wonder what we will talk about?" he asked sarcastically. I know that time, love from my family, and distance from the event will eventually do a good work. Any thoughts would be helpful. My brother, thank God, does not have PD or any other anxiety disorder (he is late 30’s, I am early 40’s). "i finally have stopped shaking" eddie
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