What Induces Fear?

Nika said:
Depression may be a warning sign for a flashback for some people, but it doesn't mean the depression causes it.
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Uh, no. Depression is not a warning sign. There are no warnings with flashbacks. They happen as a result of traumatic stimuli. Just because one is depressed doesn't mean they're about to have flashbacks. If that were true, thousands of more people diagnosed with major depression would experience flashbacks and they don't!
 
I don't think it's a good idea for me to talk about my flashbacks on here anymore. Why don't we continue with the original topic of the thread.
 
Nika said:
I have. She agreed.
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hmmm. your therapist and mine must disagree about this because my therapist told me the 2 are completely unreleated. he said depression can be co-morbid with ptsd, but does not directly cause a flashback.
 
Oceanbreeze said:
Uh, no. Depression is not a warning sign. There are no warnings with flashbacks. They happen as a result of traumatic stimuli. Just because one is depressed doesn't mean they're about to have flashbacks. If that were true, thousands of more people diagnosed with major depression would experience flashbacks and they don't!
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this is exactly what my therapist told me.

thank you, ocean. now i'm finally starting to get a better understanding of what flashbacks involve and do not involve.
 
Hear Again said:
hmmm. your therapist and mine must disagree about this because my therapist told me the 2 are completely unreleated. he said depression can be co-morbid with ptsd, but does not directly cause a flashback.
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Your therapist is correct. I don't know where Nika is coming up with his fairy tales. Depression is completely seperate from flashbacks.
 
Oceanbreeze said:
Trauma causes flashbacks; not depression. Depression can co-exist, but it doesn't cause flashbacks. Depression is a symptom of PTSD and it's one of the reasons why the SSRI anti depressants can help PTSD.
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Exactly.
 
Oceanbreeze said:
Your therapist is correct. I don't know where Nika is coming up with his fairy tales. Depression is completely seperate from flashbacks.
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True. PTSD is classified as an anxiety disorder. Depression is a mood disorder. The two can be co-morbid, but are separate disorders.
 
I think there was a huge misunderstanding here. I never said that depression caused flashbacks. I'm done talking about this because this is a very sensitive topic for me and I have realized that I cannot handle the way some people are discussing this. So I am not going to talk about it anymore.

Moving along. What induces fear?
 
Daredevel7 said:
I feel like I'm in an episode of House......
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Did you know there's a great site, in which a true real medical professional evaluates each and every one of House's/his lackey crew's diagnosis and the outcomes?
Even as weird as they don't come out right for him, I think it's the soap and drama that keeps him constantly evaluating. He always gets them up like a day or two after each new ep.

Medical Reviews of House

I've fully caught up on House to date, but I still go back and review from time to time! It's on my quick-bookmarks.

Some info about him:
Scott said:
After residency, I served as a physician in the US Air Force for four years. Most of my military time was spent at Nellis Air Force Base (outside of Las Vegas), though I did see a few overseas deployments. After the Air Force, I spent two years in a small practice in Central Illinois, but last year I moved back to my hometown (or at least where I graduated high school) in Southwestern Illinois and joined a Family Practice clinic there.
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Nika said:
I think there was a huge misunderstanding here. I never said that depression caused flashbacks. I'm done talking about this because this is a very sensitive topic for me and I have realized that I cannot handle the way some people are discussing this. So I am not going to talk about it anymore.

Moving along. What induces fear?
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nika,

you said depression and flashbacks were related. that suggests a causal relationship between the two.
 
Hear Again I'm not talking about it anymore on this thread. If you want, I'm happy to PM with you about it.
 
Nika said:
I think there was a huge misunderstanding here. I never said that depression caused flashbacks. I'm done talking about this because this is a very sensitive topic for me and I have realized that I cannot handle the way some people are discussing this. So I am not going to talk about it anymore.

Moving along. What induces fear?
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that's too bad. i'm sorry to hear that nika because as long as you feel that your experiences are legitimate, you shouldn't worry about others doubting you.

i'm sure there are people here who doubt my bipolar diagnosis, but i couldn't care less if they do. i was diagnosed by 2 psychiatrists and as long as they say i meet dsm criteria, that's all that matters to me. i don't feel as though i need to prove myself to anyone. if someone chooses to believe that i don't have bipolar, their opinion doesn't affect me in the slightest.
 
Hear Again said:
that's too bad. i'm sorry to hear that nika because as long as you feel that your experiences are legitimate, you shouldn't worry about others doubting you.

i'm sure there are people here who doubt my bipolar diagnosis, but i couldn't care less if they do. i was diagnosed by 2 psychiatrists and as long as they say i meet dsm criteria, that's all that matters to me. i don't feel as though i need to prove myself to anyone. if someone chooses to believe that i don't have bipolar, their opinion doesn't affect me in the slightest.
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May I just say that you have doctors backing you up... Nika does not (at least it doesn't seem so). Would you be as confident in your diagnosis if you had no doctor backing you up?
 
Daredevel7 said:
May I just say that you have doctors backing you up... Nika does not (at least it doesn't seem so). Would you be as confident in your diagnosis if you had no doctor backing you up?
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I do have doctors backing me up. I feel perfectly confident in my diagnosis. I just don't feel welcome talking about my flashbacks here anymore.
 
Daredevel7 said:
May I just say that you have doctors backing you up... Nika does not (at least it doesn't seem so). Would you be as confident in your diagnosis if you had no doctor backing you up?
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yes, i would. if i'm familar enough with the symptoms of bipolar (anyone can look this information up on the internet) and know i experience them, i could care less what anyone else thinks. the negative attitudes of others don't phase me in the least and my comfort level isn't determined by whether or not i am officially diagnosed by a psychiatrist.
 
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