What Induces Fear?

Oceanbreeze said:
I'm sorry, Nika, but I'm not buying anything you say. If your condition is as bad you say it is, you WOULD be hospitalized without question as a danger to yourself. Not only that, but you wouldn't just be on a low dose antidepressant, but a combination of meds at therapeutic doses. That dose you say you're on is the minimum dose for that med. Most people with severe ptsd are on, at least, 100mgs.

You're just not making any sense whatsoever.
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sometimes cases are different.
 
Hear Again said:
i hope people don't mind reading my questions to nika. if anyone thinks they are off-topic, let me know and i will continue to discuss this with nika via pm.
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It's ok. I don't mind. I am sorry to hear that you and Nika have such bad experiences with your abuse and flash backs.

I don't think I have flash backs although after I remember after leaving an abusive situation.

When Jilli barked in the night I would get really scared that the person was comming back to hurt me and It made me feel very very scared.
 
typeingtornado19 said:
sometimes cases are different.
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I agree.

I also think it's bad manners to call someone a liar on line or say you don't believe them because you don't know all the facts.

Just because someone doesn't take much/any medicine or isn't hospitalized doesn't mean they don't have any mental health issues to deal with.
 
Nika said:
I don't mind if you don't buy it because I have had many doctors deny my cases and no longer let it get to me. I have had eye doctors deny my eye problems for 7 years only to realize maybe I wasn't malingering. So your denial doesn't phase me in the least. My current psychiatrist understands just how sensitive I am to meds of any kind, unlike other doctors who have tried to put me on more. In fact I did have one doctor put me on 600mg Advil (and she wouldn't let me leave the office till I took it) and I ended up passing out.
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Well said. I'm sorry to hear you've had such a bad experience with the medical profession.
 
dreama said:
I agree.

I also think it's bad manners to call someone a liar on line or say you don't believe them because you don't know all the facts.

Just because someone doesn't take much/any medicine or isn't hospitalized doesn't mean they don't have any mental health issues to deal with.
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Go back and read the thread. I'm not basing my belief on just the medication issue. I'm basing it on all the consistencies in his statements, and there are plenty of them.
 
Oceanbreeze said:
No. It's hard and fast. If you're a danger to yourself or others, you WILL be admitted to a psychiatric facility. They don't give you a choice in the matter.
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exactly. there are no two ways about it.

furthermore, if someone's symptoms prevent them from functioning on a daily basis, that is yet another reason for hospitalization.
 
Nika said:
I wish I had the gumption to do that. The thing is that those situations are so triggering for me that I usually end up freezing. That's why I constantly get into situations where authority is stepping all over me or doing things against my consent, cause it's literally like I lose my voice. But I am thinking those same things as you and wishing I had my voice!
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but what about the time you told me that you ran from a room where your legs moved without you being able to stop them? i wonder if something similar could have happened in this case (i.e. when your doctor prevented you from leaving her office)?
 
Hear Again said:
nika,

i can't feel when a flashback is coming on because it happens too suddenly. one second i'm a part of my environment and the next i'm not.
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Yes, it is usually very, very rapid. It is an immediate response to a trigger. Otherwise, there would be time to stop them with CBT techniques.
 
Oceanbreeze said:
No. It's hard and fast. If you're a danger to yourself or others, you WILL be admitted to a psychiatric facility. They don't give you a choice in the matter.
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Absolutely. Better known as being "pink slipped."
 
jillio said:
Yes, it is usually very, very rapid. It is an immediate response to a trigger. Otherwise, there would be time to stop them with CBT techniques.
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so are you saying jillio that it isn't possible to "feel" a flashback coming on?
 
Hear Again said:
so are you saying jillio that it isn't possible to "feel" a flashback coming on?
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It is extremely unusual. The dissociation that relates to flashbacks is an immediate response, not a gradual one. I've never known anyone who could predict their flashbacks.
 
speaking of terms, "5150" is also a well known abbreviation for police and psychiatric hospital staff. 5150 is "police speak" for a person who is mentally ill that needs immediate psychiatric care.

(notice that i included "5150" just below my username. i use it in a joking fashion to refer to myself.)
 
Hear Again said:
speaking of terms, "5150" is also a well known abbreviation for police and psychiatric hospital staff. 5150 is "police speak" for a person who is mentally ill that needs immediate psychiatric care.

(notice that i included "5150" just below my username. i use it in a joking fashion to refer to myself.)
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Yeppers.
 
jillio said:
It is extremely unusual. The dissociation that relates to flashbacks is an immediate response, not a gradual one. I've never known anyone who could predict their flashbacks.
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:ty: jillio. i was beginning to wonder if there wasn't something wrong with me (since i tend to be very aware of my bipolar and thought something must not be "right" if i couldn't feel my flashbacks coming on).
 
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