ptsd

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; The storm after the storm.

PTSD From Emotionally Abusive Relationship
The feelings of guilt and shame we feel for putting up with them for so long are undoubtedly one of the most tortuous forms of hurt we will feel.
By Frederick Emerson4 years ago in Psyche
Sleep Paralysis Experience
*Trigger warning* I don't know much about sleep paralysis. I do know that it is the feeling of being conscious but unable to move. You lay in bed, your mind going through the stages of wakefulness and sleep. It takes a few minutes before your fully able to speak or move, only laying there motionless until it ends. The reason do know this, is because it happens to me. It doesn't happen every night. But when it does happen my entire body is filled with terror. One I have never felt before in my life.
By Shelby Schwartz4 years ago in Psyche
Trauma and relationships:
As a survivor of multiple traumas, abuse, and assault, I have a really hard time setting appropriate boundaries, dealing with problems in relationships, or even building up relationships.
By Jaded Savior Blog4 years ago in Psyche
Time to get a watch.
Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Louder, I follow the beat one tick at a time with slow breathes to calm my chest.
By Jaded Savior Blog4 years ago in Psyche
Death and Coffee
Depression is a friend of mine. I bet a lot of you have this friend too. That annoying and obnoxious friend who loves to drop in,
By Jaded Savior Blog4 years ago in Psyche
Some PTSD Sufferers Experience the Anniversary Effect
Several family members and my friends have served during the War on Terror. I've seen them return with severe PTSD to mild PTSD. The severity seemed linked to how much combat they experienced. I never thought of regular citizens having PTSD too until the #metoo movement when sexual assault survivors spoke about their trauma. I didn't think that I had trauma too, but I realized I had adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), which most of us probably have.
By Eileen Davis4 years ago in Psyche
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
'Trauma creates change you don’t choose; healing creates change you do choose.' Healthy Place.com And this my friends shows you how you can move yourself to go in the right direction of your life travels.
By Jonathan Townend4 years ago in Psyche
YOU Triggered my CPTSD
Faced with a boring weekend ahead of me, I started to watch YOU. It was immediately an audience grabber from the get go. I hit pause, pondering … why haven’t I watched this yet? There’s already 3 seasons… I hit play and as the true meaning of the narrator starts to hit, I am reminded, I don’t have to watch YOU. I already lived YOU.
By LittleTree Oppy4 years ago in Psyche
Living with the past, in the present.
I have lived with repressed memories most of my life, and I had no knowledge why. I had an inkling that something bad must have happened early in my life. But I didn’t know what. People kept telling me that if I didn’t remember anything “I must have had an amazing childhood”. I remember wondering “How is that true? How can you assume that? I literally do not remember!”. But it was easier for me to agree with the sentiment than to try and understand why I didn’t remember. It’s only in the last 10 years that I have begun to remember what happened to me when I was 9 years old. But it’s only recently that I have actively begun to try and unravel the events.
By Triple T4 years ago in Psyche
Maybe it's Maybelline Maybe it's CPTSD that Looks Like ADHD
One of the greatest assets I had on my mental health journey was the access to free counseling on campus when I attended college from 2008-2012. That's about 144 free counseling sessions. I needed them. Actually I needed more than that, but it was an incredible foundation to build from that I couldn't have otherwise afforded.
By Christine Hollermann4 years ago in Psyche
What Is C-PTSD?
I'm sure most of you have heard of PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Often described as something veterans develop from the war. You've likely never heard of what's known as C-PTSD or Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. That's because C-PTSD wasn't acknowledged as a legitimate disorder until recently. Despite being documented in the late 1980s. Even though C-PTSD hasn't been around the length of time, PTSD has. It's crucial to understand the cause and effect of both disorders. Below I've put together detailed descriptions of both mental illnesses.
By April Moore4 years ago in Psyche
Afghanistan fallout. Top Story - August 2021.
This story is based on my experiences both in Afghanistan in 2007, and at home, some 14 years later, when the news broke in August that the Taliban were retaking the country. It describes what I was feeling in that moment and in the weeks following. Although some of the information is fictional, the basis of the story is a true reflection of incidents then, on my last night in Kandahar, and now, as I work to overcome PTSD. I managed not to do what I describe in the last paragraph, but that reality exists, always challenging me.
By Desmond James5 years ago in Psyche