PTSD and abuse.

[Mrs Bucket]

I'm glad you are setting your own boundaries OB and glad you let your friends know your boundaries as well. They are very important.

I have my own boundaries and I follow them quite well because those boundaries really do protect you when you know you are leaving your comfort zone.

If anyone ever tells you to go further than your personal comfort space and to go further than your boundaries & test your triggers, don't- this shows that person is not a friend.

Only you can protect yourself. [Your inner child and your own person]

 

[Hear Again]

Yes. I also will tell when something triggers me. If someone knows you're triggered by something, they will try their best not to trigger you. I happen to have SO many triggers that it's almost impossible NOT to trigger me, but I feel better about telling someone when I'm triggered. I also avoid certain areas on here as well. The adult section, Penisaurium to name a few. Some things are just not good for me to see, so I try not to allow myself to be triggered. When I am triggered, I know it's time for me to bounce and I do. I have no problem taking time away from AD to regroup. I've done that countless times and it helps SO much.

i'm still tying to work out leaving ad whenever i rapid cycle or am bothered by something i read. it's diofficult beause i can't rsist a good debate, but i'm working on it. it's gettign easier the more often i do it.

i also have too many yriggers that it's impossibl e to avoid. toching is especilly problemsqtic because i can' t tell people not to touch or hug me. i can't satnd it when people touch or hug me.it sets me off.

 

[Hear Again]

Yes they are. The SSRIs are. Jillio can vouch for it as well.

is fluxoetine an ssri?

 

[VamPyroX]

Anything can cause PTSD. It's just a matter of how a person handles things.

Some people handle stress well, while others don't. Some may not handle well with kids, relationships, stress, abuse, violence, arguments, etc... it varies on the individual.

 

[Hear Again]

if'm hoping that someday i will bea ble to deal with my triggers in a healthy way. my theapist tole me that the ptsd exrecises he is habing me do should help mininize the frequency and intenity of my flahsbacks. one thing i havenoticed s that his assigment of having me write a letter to one of my abusers really elped me put things into sperpective and ggave me a written recotd i will alwys have ehenever i'm feeling angryor hurt about waht mya buser has done to me. he also suggested iw rite a lietter to my second abuser which i plan to do this week. ther is a third abuser who threatened my life, but i'm not at the point yet where i canwrite a lteter to them. i don't knowa if i iwll ever be ableto. on;ly time will tel..

 

[Oceanbreeze]

is fluxoetine an ssri?

yes it is

 

[Oceanbreeze]

Anything can cause PTSD. It's just a matter of how a person handles things.

Some people handle stress well, while others don't. Some may not handle well with kids, relationships, stress, abuse, violence, arguments, etc... it varies on the individual.

That's a bit too simplistic and it's also condecending to those of us who have PTSD.

 

[SFShawn13]

Anything can cause PTSD. It's just a matter of how a person handles things.

Some people handle stress well, while others don't. Some may not handle well with kids, relationships, stress, abuse, violence, arguments, etc... it varies on the individual.

Lol. So a 3 year old who watches his father beat up his mom can't "handle" stress well, so it's the 3 year old's fault right?


*barf*

 

[Hear Again]

THANK YOU< shawn!!! i origially wroe a post debying wht vampy said but deleted it for fear of starting a flame war. ptsd is not an indiction of who can handle stress vs. wo canot. i can't help the fact that i exeroeince flahsbacks due to the triggers i metnioned and it has NOTHING at all todo with the fact that i'm w eak and can't hndle streess.. i bet jillio would back me up on tht, too.

 

[Hear Again]

That's a bit too simplistic and it's also condecending to those of us who have PTSD.

yes, it is. some people juist don't get it, do they ?

 

[Hear Again]

if anthing, i think peop;le lik e myself who have ptsd are STRONGER than mot [people. after all, how many people are able to avoid certain trigers and do wahtever needs to be done in ordr to protect themselvs emotionaly?

 

[Hear Again]

yes it is

that' explans why it helps my panic atacks.

 

[Hear Again]

correction. only major stressors and tr aumas cause ptsd. if ANYTHING caused ptsd, we all wld be diagnosed with it.

 

[Hear Again]

i'm sorry, but v ampy's post is exctly the reason why i'm notso forthcming about my ptsd diagonosis. the next time i see my tharapist6, i'm going to ask him why people feel the way theydo about ptsd. perhaps it's the same expalantion for any mental illness. having said that, i do thnk that people ahve a much better underwsnding of bipolar than htey do ptsd./

 

[Jiro]

Lol. So a 3 year old who watches his father beat up his mom can't "handle" stress well, so it's the 3 year old's fault right?

*barf*

whoa there whoa there. I think Vampy may have misspoke about stress. I believe that's the wrong word but I do understand what vampy's saying. Some people can handle PTSD better.... some can't. As you all know - PTSD can vary in degrees... from minor inconvenience to crippling level.

so a 3 years old son who has seen his father beating up his mother to pulp will or will not experience a PTSD. Not all 3 years old son will experience PTSD the same.

I believe that's what Vampy is trying to say.

 

[Jiro]

i'm sorry, but v ampy's post is exctly the reason why i'm notso forthcming about my ptsd diagonosis. the next time i see my tharapist6, i'm going to ask him why people feel the way theydo about ptsd. perhaps it's the same expalantion for any mental illness. having said that, i do thnk that people ahve a much better underwsnding of bipolar than htey do ptsd./

many many people associate PTSD with war veterans. PTSD is still commonly misunderstood by many to this date. I think people prefer the term "childhood trauma" (assuming that incident occurred during childhood such as 3 years old son seeing his father beating up his mom. For adult - people probably prefer the term "traumatic experience." I don't think people associate PTSD with anything other than war experience.

that's what I think

 

[jillio]

jillio k,

can you tell me if antipdepresasnts are used in the tratment of panic atacks?

Not unless their is a comorbid diagnosis of depression. Anti-anxiety meds are used to treat panic attacks.

 

[jillio]

Yes they are. The SSRIs are. Jillio can vouch for it as well.

Yes, and no. If there is a comorbid diagnosis of depression, then SSRIs may be used. But panic attacks, as a free standing and independent diagnosis, are the result of an anxiety disorder, not a mood disorder.

 

[jillio]

many many people associate PTSD with war veterans. PTSD is still commonly misunderstood by many to this date. I think people prefer the term "childhood trauma" (assuming that incident occurred during childhood such as 3 years old son seeing his father beating up his mom. For adult - people probably prefer the term "traumatic experience." I don't think people associate PTSD with anything other than war experience.

that's what I think

PTSD is very misunderstood, as are all mental disorders. It is really a shame that people seem to blame the individual for developing a mental disorder.

 

[Hear Again]

Not unless their is a comorbid diagnosis of depression. Anti-anxiety meds are used to treat panic attacks.

oic. my psychiartrist never mentioned giveing me fluxetin specficlly for my panic attakcs. it just worked out tha it helps my panic attacks as well as my bipolar deprssion.