Saw a new therapist today. Her take? PTSD.

[Guest guest]

Why do I feel like such a drama queen hearing that this is a possibility? I

have the symptoms, but that little voice in the back of my head keeps going,

" Come on, seriously? You think it was really THAT BAD? Who are you trying to

fool? "

Sigh...when will my brain get up to speed on what's been happening over the last

3 decades?

[Guest guest]

My T says Yes I have PTSD, BUT not to let the diagnosis stop me from

focusing on anything but my future and my healing. I thought that was great

advice and I hope it helps you. PS Yes it was that bad.

On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 11:22 AM, BINK! wrote:

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> Why do I feel like such a drama queen hearing that this is a possibility? I

> have the symptoms, but that little voice in the back of my head keeps going,

> " Come on, seriously? You think it was really THAT BAD? Who are you trying to

> fool? "

>

> Sigh...when will my brain get up to speed on what's been happening over the

> last 3 decades?

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[Guest guest]

Even a *single* incident, a one-time-only event, can cause a person to develop

ptsd: being raped, being in a bad car accident, being caught in a natural

disaster, being held at gunpoint during a robbery, being assaulted/beaten up,

etc., so isn't it reasonable to expect that years and years of chronic emotional

abuse and/or physical or sexual abuse by a parent can cause ptsd too?

There is a movement in the psychiatric community to include a new sub-category

of ptsd called " complex ptsd " in the DSM as an official diagnosis. Some

psychiatrists think that chronic, long-term trauma such as being a prisoner of

war, or being kidnapped and held hostage, being in combat for months, or being

raised by abusive parents, etc., causes even more pervasive ptsd than a one-time

event.

PTSD is a psychological injury, not a personality disorder. Its treatable. Its

the difference between having a healthy leg broken by a blunt force trauma, and

being born with an atrophied leg due to, for example, some in-utero condition.

A broken leg can heal, but you can't grow a new healthy leg to replace the

atrophied one.

You can get a prosthetic leg to replace the withered leg, though, and the newer

ones are really amazing.

Maybe that's not such a great example, but, I'm trying to get the point across

that there is no shame in having ptsd. Its an injury; not a character flaw on

your part: your parents injured you. And it responds to treatment, you don't

have to continue having it.

-Annie

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> Why do I feel like such a drama queen hearing that this is a possibility? I

have the symptoms, but that little voice in the back of my head keeps going,

" Come on, seriously? You think it was really THAT BAD? Who are you trying to

fool? "

>

> Sigh...when will my brain get up to speed on what's been happening over the

last 3 decades?

>

[Guest guest]

I know, I'm just feeling weird about it. But at least there is treatment for it

that I can finally get started on! I'm sick of feeling this way all the time!

> >

> > Why do I feel like such a drama queen hearing that this is a possibility? I

have the symptoms, but that little voice in the back of my head keeps going,

" Come on, seriously? You think it was really THAT BAD? Who are you trying to

fool? "

> >

> > Sigh...when will my brain get up to speed on what's been happening over the

last 3 decades?

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I love this statement " it responds to treatment, you don't have to continue

having it. "

My nada claimed PTSD after my little brother died. Its been 26 years. She

had mental health resources at her finger tips. Did she get help? Hell no,

that would ruin her excuse for not doing everything and anything she didn't

feel like doing

I love that we are working to get better Further proof that we are not nadas

On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 12:36 PM, BINK! wrote:

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> I know, I'm just feeling weird about it. But at least there is treatment

> for it that I can finally get started on! I'm sick of feeling this way all

> the time!

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> > >

> > > Why do I feel like such a drama queen hearing that this is a

> possibility? I have the symptoms, but that little voice in the back of my

> head keeps going, " Come on, seriously? You think it was really THAT BAD? Who

> are you trying to fool? "

> > >

> > > Sigh...when will my brain get up to speed on what's been happening over

> the last 3 decades?

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[Guest guest]

PS I agree that artificial limbs are super duper duper rad!!!!

On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Girlscout Cowboy <

girlscout.cowboy@...> wrote:

> I love this statement " it responds to treatment, you don't have to continue

> having it. "

>

> My nada claimed PTSD after my little brother died. Its been 26 years. She

> had mental health resources at her finger tips. Did she get help? Hell no,

> that would ruin her excuse for not doing everything and anything she didn't

> feel like doing

>

> I love that we are working to get better Further proof that we are not

> nadas

>

> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 12:36 PM, BINK!

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>> I know, I'm just feeling weird about it. But at least there is treatment

>> for it that I can finally get started on! I'm sick of feeling this way all

>> the time!

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>> > > Why do I feel like such a drama queen hearing that this is a

>> possibility? I have the symptoms, but that little voice in the back of my

>> head keeps going, " Come on, seriously? You think it was really THAT BAD? Who

>> are you trying to fool? "

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>> > > Sigh...when will my brain get up to speed on what's been happening

>> over the last 3 decades?

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[Guest guest]

" Artificial Limbs "

Official title of the rock song I'm going to write about all this shit.

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> >> possibility? I have the symptoms, but that little voice in the back of my

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> >> over the last 3 decades?

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