Trauma – PTSD

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Hi Jean! > I’m learning a lot lately and I wanted to share some of it.

Thanks.  That’s something to smile about! Nancy

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Posted and e-mailed. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -canadian wrote: > I’m learning a lot lately and I wanted to share some of it. > 1.  That recovery involved getting off the "comfortable" (what I’m used > to) path and stepping into the unknown.  Its ok to take small timid > steps on this new path and to sometimes stop and rest and get used to > the new surroundings and to sometimes turn around and run back to where > I am more comfortable. > 2.  Recovery means learning to separate what ptsd led me to believe from > the reality of day to day life.  To discover the difference between > hyper-vigulance and vigulance (sp?).  It involves questioning myself > more than I want to sometimes. > 3.  Recovery means reconstructing after pieces I don’t need are pulled > away.  I have to figure out what goes into those scary voids. > 4.  Recovery is a long term process because its been almost 20 years > since the initial trauma.  Will it take 20 years?  Who knows.  I should > just focus on what I have accomplished today. > No reason for posting this except that I wanted to share. > > Jean

By George, I think she’s got it!  :-) *Very* well put Jean!

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Finch wrote: > x-no-archive: yes > I’m learning a lot lately and I wanted to share some of it. > 1.  That recovery involved getting off the "comfortable" (what I’m used > to) path and stepping into the unknown.  Its ok to take small timid > steps on this new path and to sometimes stop and rest and get used to > the new surroundings and to sometimes turn around and run back to where > I am more comfortable. > 2.  Recovery means learning to separate what ptsd led me to believe from > the reality of day to day life.  To discover the difference between > hyper-vigulance and vigulance (sp?).  It involves questioning myself > more than I want to sometimes. > 3.  Recovery means reconstructing after pieces I don’t need are pulled > away.  I have to figure out what goes into those scary voids. > 4.  Recovery is a long term process because its been almost 20 years > since the initial trauma.  Will it take 20 years?  Who knows.  I should > just focus on what I have accomplished today. > No reason for posting this except that I wanted to share. > > Jean > — > To reply or attempt to send spam then please remove > NO and the word spam from the address. > Sometimes the only thing I accomplish in a day is getting up in the > morning.  But that’s pretty good too. > For the spambots: rhu…@fcc.gov, jque…@fcc.gov, ab…@fcc.gov

Finch, Do not underestimate your last 2 sentences, "Sometimes the only thing I accomplish in a day is getting up in the morning. But that’s pretty good too." What a positive outlook! I know many times I have said to my doctor, "I barely have the energy to get up." I have viewed that many times as me being in bad shape, instead of the fact that I did get up and was not suicidal. Then on those days where I take a shower and brush my teeth, Wow! Maybe I can feel that I really accomplished something. Thanks for the reminders! Your friend, Don

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News wrote:

Snipped: > All of my life I was aware of certain struggles I had in life that seemed to > set me apart from others. Bouts of depression, low self esteem, a need to be > wanted and belong seemed to get in my way. . So > for 6 months I have felt real dispair, hopelessness, and helpless. > I have just finished reading a book, "I CAN’T GET OVER IT" BY Aphrodite > Matsakis. What else is out there to read that is helpful? Please let me > know. We all need all the help we can get.

Hello, The first line of your post says a lot to me. That’s exactly how I grew up too. I’d have to add substance abuse, but even that is tied into the other issues you mentioned. My trauma is from child abuse. If you wanted books on that, I could point you in the right direction… You might want to check out some books on Grief Therapy… just a thought. Use what you want, and trash the rest. And BTW-… WELCOME! Hope this helps Peace -G. ps- Here are some links on PTSD that James posted in another post… Thanks James. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Below are some of the sites that I have found helpful. James http://www.mindbodysoul.com/corpus/body/love/addiction/main3.html http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Villa/1295/Articles/Affirm.html http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Villa/1295/Articles/Affirm.html http://www.mlode.com/~ra/ra8/recoverybooks.htm http://www.clinicalsocialwork.com/ http://www.silcom.com/~joy2meu/index.html http://www.angelfire.com/mi/Oaklands/index.html http://www.trauma-pages.com/ http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~btcarrol/skeptic/emdr.html http://www.emdr.com/general.htm http://nen.sedona.net/windwater/takecharge.html http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~btcarrol/skeptic/fengshui.html http://www.infoseek.com/Titles?qt=%22post+traumatic+stress%22&col=Sea… hin+results&oq=%22multiple+trauma%22&sv=N6&lk=noframes http://www.ascc.org/interactive/index.html http://www.cais.com/cfs-news/intro.htm http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/mentserv.html http://www.dartmouth.edu/dms/ptsd/Fact_Sheets.html http://www.stanford.edu/~corelli/shortworks.html#BORDERLINE http://home.earthlink.net/~hopefull/toc.htm — Peace is the answer… …wanna’ fight about it? -G. *Don’t assume malice for what stupidity can explain. *Oh, no! Not ANOTHER learning experience!

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Hi I have been a lurker here for a couple weeks. I have dual diagnosis ocd/ptsd. I haven’t read any books on ptsd but a very good book that I read was You Cant do it Alone. Try    http://www.echonyc.com/~daytop/excerpt1.html I have heard the Daytop program is excellent ( Mostly for substance abuse ). Anyway hope it helps. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -News wrote: > All of my life I was aware of certain struggles I had in life that seemed to > set me apart from others. Bouts of depression, low self esteem, a need to be > wanted and belong seemed to get in my way. Only recently I realized that I > have PTSD. related to the traumatic death of my mother when I was a child. > My whole life was set up to avoid the traumas I had experienced as a child. > Then when I was sure I was truly safe, I had the same kind of experience as > an adult. Re-trauma is worse the the original trauma, because your deepest > fears have come true and all you did to keep yourself safe did not work. So > for 6 months I have felt real dispair, hopelessness, and helpless. > Lately I have read all I can find about PTSD/ trauma and it amazes me that > there is so little when there are so many traumatized people. PTSD is not > just associated with war veterans but is experienced by survivors of all > kinds of tragedys. Natural disastors, auto accidents, domestic violence, > abused children. all can have varying degrees of PTSD.  I think it is most > severe in children. If they are not helped, the core of their personality > forms around grief, fear and loss. We recognise the behavior that stems from > this and judge it without knowing the cause. It is very difficult to treat > if it is misdiagnosed. > I have just finished reading a book, "I CAN’T GET OVER IT" BY Aphrodite > Matsakis. What else is out there to read that is helpful? Please let me > know. We all need all the help we can get.

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All of my life I was aware of certain struggles I had in life that seemed to set me apart from others. Bouts of depression, low self esteem, a need to be wanted and belong seemed to get in my way. Only recently I realized that I have PTSD. related to the traumatic death of my mother when I was a child. My whole life was set up to avoid the traumas I had experienced as a child. Then when I was sure I was truly safe, I had the same kind of experience as an adult. Re-trauma is worse the the original trauma, because your deepest fears have come true and all you did to keep yourself safe did not work. So for 6 months I have felt real dispair, hopelessness, and helpless. Lately I have read all I can find about PTSD/ trauma and it amazes me that there is so little when there are so many traumatized people. PTSD is not just associated with war veterans but is experienced by survivors of all kinds of tragedys. Natural disastors, auto accidents, domestic violence, abused children. all can have varying degrees of PTSD.  I think it is most severe in children. If they are not helped, the core of their personality forms around grief, fear and loss. We recognise the behavior that stems from this and judge it without knowing the cause. It is very difficult to treat if it is misdiagnosed. I have just finished reading a book, "I CAN’T GET OVER IT" BY Aphrodite Matsakis. What else is out there to read that is helpful? Please let me know. We all need all the help we can get.

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