Guest guest Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 I'm sorry for the way this came out. Obviously I didn't cut and paste right. The post from me is at the very bottom. Please scroll down and read it as I ask a question that I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about. Again, sorry for my stupidity. Marti Marti Boguski wrote: Recent Activity 23 New Members 1 New Photos Visit Your Group Yahoo! Health Live Better Longer Find new ways to stay healthy. Biz Resources Y! Small Business Articles, tools, forms, and more. Yahoo! Groups Self Improvement Find support & keep New Year's goals. ... I found that although it doesn't make the experience go away, it can put it into an adult perspective, rather than flashbacks which essentially have me viewing and feeling it like I did at age 5. As I said above, it's now part of my experience, part of what makes me who I am, rather than a vague feeling and unexplained terror. Good work! Z Hi , I am interested in the end of your letter where you talk about getting over the flashbacks of repressed memories and moving on to an adult perspective. After seeing a psychiatrist for a while and investigating myself, I have brought to my consciousness memories that had been repressed since childhood. I have inspected them and have tried to come to terms with what they meant to me. My problem is that I am stuck experiencing the memories with the same emotions as I would have at that age. I can't get past that and move onto the adult perspective you talk about where the memories are just that and are not terrifying. Anyone, any thoughts on this experience? Help appreciated, Marti --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Marti, No one who has been in this kind of pain would ever feel you stupid or not encourage you to just talk as much as you want to. Marti Boguski wrote: I'm sorry for the way this came out. Obviously I didn't cut and paste right. The post from me is at the very bottom. Please scroll down and read it as I ask a question that I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about. Again, sorry for my stupidity. Marti Marti Boguski wrote: Recent Activity 23 New Members 1 New Photos Visit Your Group Yahoo! Health Live Better Longer Find new ways to stay healthy. Biz Resources Y! Small Business Articles, tools, forms, and more. Yahoo! Groups Self Improvement Find support & keep New Year's goals. ... I found that although it doesn't make the experience go away, it can put it into an adult perspective, rather than flashbacks which essentially have me viewing and feeling it like I did at age 5. As I said above, it's now part of my experience, part of what makes me who I am, rather than a vague feeling and unexplained terror. Good work! Z Hi , I am interested in the end of your letter where you talk about getting over the flashbacks of repressed memories and moving on to an adult perspective. After seeing a psychiatrist for a while and investigating myself, I have brought to my consciousness memories that had been repressed since childhood. I have inspected them and have tried to come to terms with what they meant to me. My problem is that I am stuck experiencing the memories with the same emotions as I would have at that age. I can't get past that and move onto the adult perspective you talk about where the memories are just that and are not terrifying. Anyone, any thoughts on this experience? Help appreciated, Marti --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 The " cure " for PTSD is very simple but also very hard. People with PTSD have 100% recall, each time they remember their incident it is as though they are living it for the first time over and over. The sound the taste, any trigger really can unglue you from this time and place. By talking or writing about it, they turn pictures into words and words diminish in strength over time, so with great therapy you can reduce its intensity til you have mastered " dealing " with it. Now it sounds simple but it is a long term project. you can do it as privately 1:1, or publicly, group therapy, talking, poetry, reading, writing, art, sport etc but workbooks and research can be found at www.sidran.com Re: Repressed Memories I'm sorry for the way this came out. Obviously I didn't cut and paste right. The post from me is at the very bottom. Please scroll down and read it as I ask a question that I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about. Again, sorry for my stupidity. Marti Marti Boguski wrote: Recent Activity 23 New Members 1 New Photos Visit Your Group Yahoo! Health Live Better Longer Find new ways to stay healthy. Biz Resources Y! Small Business Articles, tools, forms, and more. Yahoo! Groups Self Improvement Find support & keep New Year's goals. ... I found that although it doesn't make the experience go away, it can put it into an adult perspective, rather than flashbacks which essentially have me viewing and feeling it like I did at age 5. As I said above, it's now part of my experience, part of what makes me who I am, rather than a vague feeling and unexplained terror. Good work! Z Hi , I am interested in the end of your letter where you talk about getting over the flashbacks of repressed memories and moving on to an adult perspective. After seeing a psychiatrist for a while and investigating myself, I have brought to my consciousness memories that had been repressed since childhood. I have inspected them and have tried to come to terms with what they meant to me. My problem is that I am stuck experiencing the memories with the same emotions as I would have at that age. I can't get past that and move onto the adult perspective you talk about where the memories are just that and are not terrifying. Anyone, any thoughts on this experience? Help appreciated, Marti --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Thank you for your kind and caring response. It means a lot to me to feel the compassion in your note. Take Care Marti Deborah Younce wrote: _Marti, No one who has been in this kind of pain would ever feel you stupid or not encourage you to just talk as much as you want to. _,_._,___ --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Hi Bonnie, Thanks for the link. I have tried every single one of the things you have listed and at 59 the PTSD is still there and I still react the same. I keep trying and hopefully one day it will work. Marti Kate Court wrote: The " cure " for PTSD is very simple but also very hard. People with PTSD have 100% recall, each time they remember their incident it is as though they are living it for the first time over and over. The sound the taste, any trigger really can unglue you from this time and place. By talking or writing about it, they turn pictures into words and words diminish in strength over time, so with great therapy you can reduce its intensity til you have mastered " dealing " with it. Now it sounds simple but it is a long term project. you can do it as privately 1:1, or publicly, group therapy, talking, poetry, reading, writing, art, sport etc but workbooks and research can be found at www.sidran.com Re: Repressed Memories I'm sorry for the way this came out. Obviously I didn't cut and paste right. The post from me is at the very bottom. Please scroll down and read it as I ask a question that I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about. Again, sorry for my stupidity. Marti Marti Boguski wrote: Recent Activity 23 New Members 1 New Photos Visit Your Group Yahoo! Health Live Better Longer Find new ways to stay healthy. Biz Resources Y! Small Business Articles, tools, forms, and more. Yahoo! Groups Self Improvement Find support & keep New Year's goals. .... I found that although it doesn't make the experience go away, it can put it into an adult perspective, rather than flashbacks which essentially have me viewing and feeling it like I did at age 5. As I said above, it's now part of my experience, part of what makes me who I am, rather than a vague feeling and unexplained terror. Good work! Z Hi , I am interested in the end of your letter where you talk about getting over the flashbacks of repressed memories and moving on to an adult perspective. After seeing a psychiatrist for a while and investigating myself, I have brought to my consciousness memories that had been repressed since childhood. I have inspected them and have tried to come to terms with what they meant to me. My problem is that I am stuck experiencing the memories with the same emotions as I would have at that age. I can't get past that and move onto the adult perspective you talk about where the memories are just that and are not terrifying. Anyone, any thoughts on this experience? Help appreciated, Marti --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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