tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294354345933074650.comments2023-05-28T11:54:21.361-04:00Understanding PTSDUnderstanding PTSDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03265979877039561639noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294354345933074650.post-40485063589758154472013-01-09T11:20:51.889-05:002013-01-09T11:20:51.889-05:00I can completely relate to this although my trauma...I can completely relate to this although my trauma stems from medical/surgical trauma. Talking about the trauma(s) has ALWAYS caused physiological responses (from what I often refer to as 'cellular memory' throughout my body). I JUST started a new type of trauma therapy that works specifically with the physiological responses of the body and its just been fascinating to watch it all unfold and begin 'listening' to my body and 'noticing' what occurs. I've done various forms of this sort of thing in years past but this specific therapy is quite unique. Overall, it's very powerful on so many levels to see how the body reacts to what our bodies and minds have experienced. Would never want to see anyone experience these things of course but yet comforting to know that others understand what you're going through and experiencing on a moment to moment level. I'm really am so sorry to read about the horrific things you have been through and have had to endure and I pray that God continues to renew your strength each and every day! I commend you for your courage to share it and put it out there with the intention of making a difference in the lives of others. I wish you all the best! Blessings, ClaudiaClaudia De Maurohttp://www.untilirestinhim.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294354345933074650.post-73841919656215259392012-10-15T08:24:16.253-04:002012-10-15T08:24:16.253-04:00I agree, delayed reactions, conscious not allowing...I agree, delayed reactions, conscious not allowing a trigger instantaneously... sometimes It isn't until a person get's out of the room or home before they may feel the effects and symptoms of ptsd....<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294354345933074650.post-50051372344357667672012-10-12T23:12:39.421-04:002012-10-12T23:12:39.421-04:00I just liκe the helpful information you provide іn...I just liκe the helpful information you provide іn уour articles.<br /><br />I'll bookmark your blog and test again here regularly. I am rather certain I will be told many new stuff proper right here! 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Whatever way a person wants to communicate you can but be there and know they have a hand to hold when they are ready.Ive been working in PTSD for years now helping other people find therapy, compensation, retreats, and I have found that each has their own time scale, there's no right or wrong.Post trauma girlhttp://www.ptsdcompensation.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294354345933074650.post-72591056897105569712012-05-30T07:43:43.126-04:002012-05-30T07:43:43.126-04:00Larry, I find this so over simplified, do you have...Larry, I find this so over simplified, do you have PTSD? Do you work in the mental health field? PTSD is a very complicated ordeal and each case is individual.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294354345933074650.post-90407605881982539762012-01-09T23:46:56.983-05:002012-01-09T23:46:56.983-05:00I found this site today while I was just listening...I found this site today while I was just listening to my mother in law have a rampage about my husbands PTSD and what it has done to our family. My mother in law is the only one I tell in detail about Ryan's PTSD because I figured that is his mother and he does not have a father so she would belive us. Boy was I wrong. Ryan and I are dealing with his disease and of course it has not been easy, i was just learning about PTSD while my husband has been receiving help from the VA to make our lives livable. My mother in law just vented to me about how she thinks this is just a whole lot of BS and how it is destroying myself and our children. She tells me that her son is just a guy acting like a guy. That I need to step up to my husband or leave him so that he can stop this shared. My mother in law just made this 10 times more harder and confusing for me. I do not tell anyone in my family about my husbands PTSD as they don't belive it either. I can't keep shutting the door on everyone. But it also makes me think is this all fake or does my husband really have a disease? I at first believed my husband and a part of me still does. But when my mother in law points out things it seems to be true as well. Can someone please help me! I just feel like running Away from everyone and start a new life. I'm so confused. But I love my husband and belive him. So why must she make things so much worse. Things are so bad already I don't need her making them worse I need her to be supportive. What am I supposed to do? No wonder the divorce rate is so high, solders killing themselves, wives-children falling apart...imtlomlrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15183717990007132760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294354345933074650.post-80342267430934015592011-10-28T15:45:50.895-04:002011-10-28T15:45:50.895-04:00Awareness of PTSD is on the increase but still ver...Awareness of PTSD is on the increase but still very misunderstood.<br /><br />I co-host a podcast with Sion Buckden who is an ex-soldier suffering from PTSD and he is running 100 marathons in 100 weeks to raise awareness of the condition.<br /><br />You can listen to the podcast, which includes a description of one PTSD symptom a wekk from Simon's point of view here: http://www.raceto100.co.uk.Chrishttp://www.raceto100.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294354345933074650.post-52232998798997028432011-06-06T13:00:32.401-04:002011-06-06T13:00:32.401-04:00I love your posts:) My friends referred me your si...I love your posts:) My friends referred me your site for the first time. 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Hi: I'm ...http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/<br />Hi: I'm a Vietnam vet / songwriter with ptsd.<br />I did a radio interview with 3 great vets on youserved.com with 3 great guys who run this show.<br />We discussed PTSD, coping through expressing grief and sadness in therapy and my song: No Shame In Cryin. For non-vets too. Thanks,WaltWalt Croninhttp://www.thegousters.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294354345933074650.post-63798557093167910872010-12-12T12:11:55.589-05:002010-12-12T12:11:55.589-05:00It is open for anyone to post a comment.It is open for anyone to post a comment.Understanding PTSDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03265979877039561639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294354345933074650.post-26984510930221478272010-12-12T11:51:17.981-05:002010-12-12T11:51:17.981-05:00What about those that aren't a Veteran and has...What about those that aren't a Veteran and has PTSD?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294354345933074650.post-43121042489948387542010-12-02T21:14:26.392-05:002010-12-02T21:14:26.392-05:00Unfortunately the caregivers and professionals are...Unfortunately the caregivers and professionals are all people and they may as any other humans lack in understanding how to deal with a traumatized PTSD sufferer. Instead of caring they take advantage of the sufferer, making them selves feel powerful and stronger. That means that they lack the life experience them selves many times and are simply just not able to handle even smaller traumas, as the observer to the one who suffers.<br /><br />It is clearly the most bad thing that can happen to a sufferer as my self. It takes enormous strength to carry on and take that fight as well on top of the already existing. <br /><br />We where all told and taught as children to be open and trust people and society. When the reality shows, there really is no reason to trust anyone anymore until a worthy person shows up in ones life. <br /><br />This is about ultimate humiliation and fraudulence when one has to crawl in front of so called educated people and beg them, relatives and friends to not hurt when one is in great pain. In those cases there is no reason to trust any of those. They will end up like living dead people in front of ones eyes and the society has the responsibility to restore the trust that is put on us. Every person who has yet not done what he or she should has to start doing it now. <br /><br />Open your eyes and open your mouth, lets stop the hiding games.<br /><br />You can read my personal story and struggling with PTSD here: http://ptsdandrambling.blogspot.com/<br /><br />My "door" is permanently just as open as it is closed. The sufferers only will perhaps understand. And I would appreciate comments of the right kind.<br /><br />Your blog seem to be at least ok.<br /><br />Thank you<br />/BPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294354345933074650.post-48496947279286360602010-11-18T19:22:25.390-05:002010-11-18T19:22:25.390-05:00I just wanted to drop by and say hello. I love wha...I just wanted to drop by and say hello. I love what you're doing here because even when you try to explain PTSD to people, it's very hard for them to understand without having experienced it for themselves.<br /><br />And people need to know so they can better support their loved ones with PTSD. Being alone and worse - feeling alone - aren't things that help us.<br /><br />I have most of my PTSD (caused by a single traumatic incident five years ago) under control now. Thank goodness for appropriate therapy! But I still deal with panic and anxiety attacks and deal very poorly with stress. <br /><br />Anyway... I'll be popping in from time to time. Cheers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294354345933074650.post-1180124490074239942010-11-11T12:59:35.120-05:002010-11-11T12:59:35.120-05:00Over 107,000 homeless Veterans is a tragedy. Here...Over 107,000 homeless Veterans is a tragedy. Here are my two poems. http://bit.ly/9vrByo www.damps.com/ USAJeff Brownhttp://www.damps.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294354345933074650.post-75020331278414396102010-10-28T10:56:46.251-04:002010-10-28T10:56:46.251-04:0025 years ago, I experienced an incident that resul...25 years ago, I experienced an incident that resulted in PTSD. Over the years of healing, I became heathy and strong to the point where I made a significant career change to become a Certified Trauma Touch Therapist. It is a body-based therapy that has been effective for many people. A good article that I will share is this: http://www.massagetherapy.com/articles/index.php/article_id/542/Trauma-Touch-Therapy-<br /><br />I hope this is helpful, as your site is a great resource.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294354345933074650.post-63762754786311660742010-10-20T11:02:27.153-04:002010-10-20T11:02:27.153-04:00RE PTSD as an emotionally driven disorder
PTSD ma...RE PTSD as an emotionally driven disorder<br /><br />PTSD may be negative emotions attached to memories however there are those like me who have few memories and only emotions. I have no memory of childhood save a few glimpses here and there. The method of changing the emotion attached to the memory does not work for those of us disconnected from our memories. I worry that the focus on memory and emotion is a roundabout way of blaming the person who is ill. I understand there have been great strides made re memory retrieval and refiling the memory and emotion. Also great stuff happening with neuro-plasticity however it is like all psychiatric drugs and methods not a cure all for everyone. Each person with PTSD is unique in their experience. I live with PTSD and have taken every med and gone through every treatment over the past 25 years. I remember the first psychiatrist I saw was filled with joy at the arrival of a new drug, Prozac, that would make me better. I think what helps the most for those of us living with the impacts of childhood trauma is having support and understanding while trying to learn to live with a disorder that psychiatry does not fully understand.<br />Thanks for this site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294354345933074650.post-32455782102785624702010-10-12T19:34:20.658-04:002010-10-12T19:34:20.658-04:00Thank you for you blogs. I too have ptsd since chi...Thank you for you blogs. I too have ptsd since childhood and have gone several years without being open to loved ones about it. recently I've been looking for places online that I could share with them because I can't explain easily and tired of feeling like I have to keep it a secret in fear of judgements.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294354345933074650.post-7438175273251607542010-08-21T16:57:33.160-04:002010-08-21T16:57:33.160-04:00Thank you for this site and the information you ar...Thank you for this site and the information you are sharing with people from across the globe. It is hard being a loved one of someone suffering with PTSD as they themselves can be very reluctant to talk about their feelings so it is good to come across a site like this that gives a personal account of living with PTSD and explaining what that really means. I'm sorry for what you have, and still are experiencing but thank you for putting it to a purposeful use for others, and I hope you gain some kind of positive and therapeutical help through doing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294354345933074650.post-71100280970292940212010-08-18T10:52:28.923-04:002010-08-18T10:52:28.923-04:00I do have severe PTSD. Please read the information...I do have severe PTSD. Please read the information under the "My Story" tab, at the top of the page, for a little more information about me.Understanding PTSDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294354345933074650.post-9098897334164430882010-08-18T09:43:28.063-04:002010-08-18T09:43:28.063-04:00Do you have PTSD?Do you have PTSD?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294354345933074650.post-25480989243084265812010-08-17T23:18:50.258-04:002010-08-17T23:18:50.258-04:00I have just come across your wonderful website. Im...I have just come across your wonderful website. Im hooked!<br />i cant wait to keep on reading :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294354345933074650.post-75734286204372581902010-08-16T10:52:49.890-04:002010-08-16T10:52:49.890-04:00I assume that you already know that PTSD is an emo...I assume that you already know that PTSD is an emotionally driven disorder. The memories of past events affecting your beliefs, affecting your choices on how you live your life now. Everyone I talk to who has PTSD seems to agree that, if those memories weren’t there, their life would be different.<br /><br />The reality is that it is not the memories that are causing the problems. It's the negative emotions attached to these memories that make you re-experience these events. It's these negative emotions that trigger the physical responses in your body. It’s these negative emotions that affect your choices.<br /><br />If you remove these negative emotions attached to the memories, then they no longer have power over you. You regain having your choices without having these memories controlling your choices. Getting rid of these trapped negative emotions is done without drugs. It’s done without having to be re-traumatized by these past events. I do this all the time for people, so yes it can be done and is done.<br /><br />Be well,<br />Larry<br /><br />larry@newhope-health.ca<br />www.newhope-health.ca<br /> <br /><br /><br />“you can’t change history, but you can change the future!”Larryhttp://www.newhope-health.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294354345933074650.post-22892597664551966772010-08-11T22:11:07.097-04:002010-08-11T22:11:07.097-04:00Astraea: Deep Breathing Accesses the Subconscious ...Astraea: Deep Breathing Accesses the Subconscious where PTSD Memories are Stored. Consciously Identifying the Exact Words, Thoughts, and Emotions Helps Resolve PTSD and Other Blocks in my Experience and according to Books I've Read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294354345933074650.post-75442101386141987512010-08-10T01:21:45.355-04:002010-08-10T01:21:45.355-04:00I would definitely try to work through the PTSD wi...I would definitely try to work through the PTSD without the use of medication. Medications can have bad side effects and even worse withdrawals especially benzos. <br /><br />There is a lot of work that can be done through different kinds of therapies and these can really help a person long term cope with PTSD and life in general.Angela Utschighttp://www.wisintervention.comnoreply@blogger.com