Ptsd

[Mary'sgirl]

Anyone else? Its weird dealing with this. I have moments where any little thing can jog a memory whether it be a smell, sound or anything.
Trying hard to contain the emotions when it happens but dont know how just yet.
How ya'll get through it?

[Done_With_It]

Hey there,

Are you seeing a counselor? That's the only thing that helps me with it.
I can totally relate to what you are saying.

Sometimes you can always have something with you, like a penny or something, and when the flashback comes, stare at that and play
with it in your hands, sometimes things like that can help you stay in
the present.

[Morning Glory]

I used to grab a pillow and curl up in a ball and just let the emotions come. I used to try and sit and look back at the memories and let them come back up in little pieces.

The first were the hardest. The terror I felt when remembering was very hard. It helped to tell myself that the fear was a child's fear and as an adult I could handle it. I lived through it when it happened. I could live through remembering.

Counseling and support are very important. I was fortunate. I didn't have ongoing flashbacks. I just had the memory come up completely and then I was done with it.

My daughter also has PTSD and her flashbacks were like yours are. She went to counseling and group therapy and had it managed in about a year.

It's really hard, but you'll get through it. There is always someone here if you need to talk.

Big hugs,
MG

[Alera]

Don't forget the Anxiety forum here too. It has some great posts on PTSD. I suffer from post 9/11 PTSD and unlike MG I actually get the flashbacks of walls crumbling down and so on. I was not there that day but I had two co-workers who died in the tragedy and it took two days to be able to discover my great-aunt had avoided her walk by the WTC that day.

[BSPGirl]

There's this therapy with eye movement or something which I forget the name of constantly but it's proven to be helpful for ppl suffering from PTSD, they don't know why or how it helps but it helps.

[Bozo]

Didnt there used to be a PTSD forum somewhere on the SR website?

[meli2005]

There might be some support groups for people w/PTSD. THat might be a good option. I remember talking to a war vet who was going to a PTSD group. I don't know if they have them for non-war related PTSD.

[Christian]

i think i have PTSD i get these insane headaches all the time that make it so i can't think...