illness PTSD

[jackiesj]

i have found in all forms of Trauma..PTSD may exist. It is not just for a physical war but the heart body mind war....i do not make light of those who have served. I have great respect for that PTSD. physically emotionally life has its own. Stress and deep PTSD can feel like it ruins the soul and pathway.It does not. Stop and see what you are worth! YOU ARE WORTH EVERYTHING!

[Dolphin14 Moderator]

jackiesj

Thank you for this message of encouragement.

PTSD was first studied with the military. Many people struggle with the fact that the diagnosis is now seen in so many other instances.

I had a hard time accepting the diagnosis as I wasn't a soldier and I thought there could be no comparison.

If we listen to a soldier speak we learn that our symptoms are the same, the cause is very different.

PTSD strips us of so much. Your message reminds us that we worth fighting for

🐬

[Nathalie99 Partner]

I agree, Jackie.

There are many forms of trauma and different symptoms at different times but this is all trauma.

We have many subtopics and it is still not exhaustive of all various possibilities and how it affects each person.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

[jackiesj in reply to Nathalie99]

you too Natalie99! subtopics ok im spent....haha i just will look at it another day.Thank you!

[Mamamichl]

I totally agree. Keep in mind what may be traumatic for me, may not be for you, and that is ok. Also, everyone has some kind of trauma in their lives, but the question is how manageable is the trauma with your coping strategies? PTSD is where it is too much for us to be logical or when it affects our lives daily.

[Midori]

Mine is caused from abuse by a violent husband, over 15 years, until he started shouting and screaming at the children, at which point I packed them up and left. It was one thing to have the bruises myself, but not them.

Cheers, Midori

[jackiesj in reply to Midori]

Im thankful you could do this...had to do this and being an example

[SavingGrace Administrator]

This is so right jackiesj. PTSD diagnosis has come such a long, long way. Perhaps even in merely a matter of the last few years.

I know from my own experience, that it takes a great doctor to know the issues and diagnose them, but it's also a cultural thing: and I was lucky enough to receive care in a secondary country, where the medical system was set up a lot differently, in order to cope with better diagnosis.

Yet PTSD still remains widely.... I agree, that it is a much and greatly understood area.

I still back the basics: just the basic sharing of information at all & any stages, to help inform the patient.

It amazes me, still, to this day (20 yrs on), that the one piece of information I needed right at the start, was never divulged to me (and required me to pick & petition at my doctor for some sort of reasoning/connection). I fear sometimes that this crucial info is still not shared widely.

What everyone needs to know is that:

In EXTREME STRESS, our bodies/ourselves can go into overdrive.

This might be described as flight or fright response...

But the way extreme stress was described to me, was:

a) derealisation: we disconnect from our 'environment.' It may be from having experience extreme fear.

b) depersonalisation:we disconnect from our sense of 'selves.' This might well explain a sense of growing estrangement in time.

I would assume that a disconnection with our physical reality (derealisation), then it becomes easier for a person's sense of identity to lose it's hold/footing.

Derealisation and depersonalisation come under dissociation, which is so often talked about as part of PTSD.

For me, once I knew and was told about those two terminologies, it changed my view of my personal mental health. I was no longer 'mad'.... I was just 'severely stressed.'

As I say, the exact definitions were/have not ever been explained or given/outlined to me by any doctor, nor in full.

So for me, knowledge is so, so key.

Sorry, just went on a random response. But wanted to share this info <3

Having now read up on the most recent definitions of depersonalisation and derealisation, it would be good to hear feedback from others, on what their/your understanding is/are.

[jackiesj]

Thank you for articulating what it is like. stress overdrive 1 for me and living situation...not much rest. relapses in MS and a biggy on cardio. day at a time.. precious.