What is PTSD? (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
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I did multiple tours of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. All I want to say is I acknowledge and own my PTSD, you can still have a wonderful life.
Michael Cantley Thank you for your service. And I agree, that it's possible to survive horrific trauma and then live a wonderful, beautiful life.
Thank you for your service
Maya Kinney Thank you. Everybody has a part to play in helping to sustain a nation. The time has long passed since anyone could be entirely self sufficient.
thank you for your service, I know this is a late reply but you went through hell and back and I'm so proud that you're on the mend now!!
i got diagnosed today with PTSD.. i wish everyone heals
Thank you Moha! I wish also you heal, brother. ❤
Saw a young child killed right in front of me when I was 9 years old. I didn't even know the girl but I've never forgotten the scene all these years later. I can still see her dying right in front of me. 😢
Basically PTSD is just a traumatic event that overwhelms our ability to cope.
That’s how I explain it to people who ask why I act the way I do without explaining the situation.
Kristin Harris thank you! Great way to explain it. People get weird when i try to actually explain the situation.
If my mother was screaming at me a lot and I was always apprehensive of her when we were in the same room, and it overwhelmed my capacity to cope and now when I hear people scream or worse when people scream at me I cry because it makes me remember all those feelings, does, can this be defined as PTSD? Writing it I don't feel it is, I feel PTSD is much more intense but I still wonder..
YOUR DRESS IS SO CUTE
Also.. great video as always. I've just finished my course of trauma focused CBT and it did nothing for me. But I'm also having psychoanalytic therapy which is helping some. I just want people to know that just because something doesn't work for you it doesn't mean there's no help out there. You just have to keep looking. :)
@@Emsikles bad
I suffer from more than one mental disorder. Starting with PTSD, OCD, Avoidant personality disorder (e.g., inadequacy, sensitivity to criticism), Addiction (e.g., video games, general media), body image problems, lack of affection and adoption issues. Welcome to my world. This is why I've decided to study both psychology and philosophy in my undergraduate and study medicine (psychiatry) for my graduate. Many people like me suffer from such things and there are very few people out there that can help. Life sucks at times but I know it can be better if only I can heal my mind.
I actually have undergone EMDR (where she used a vibrating balls in each hand instead of the eye movement) but I found it so helpful! I was surprised at how emotional I got during it, but after a few days when i thought back to the memories we worked on, I had no emotion connected to it. Before that it was extreme anger and sadness but now I'm indifferent which feels WAY better. I would definitely recommend it!
Courtney Violetta my therapist keeps recommending that. It’s seems scary to me.
#katiFAQ how do you deal with your parents constantly calling you lazy and making you feel bad. When in reality it took all of your energy to even get yourself out of bed or just function and keep yourself together?
Thank you ***** ❤️
GREAT question.. sorry.
I get this. My sister’s fiancé thinks this and says I need to either get a job or go to school, or I’m going to be kicked out. I live with them, their kids 3 and under, and my mom. I was going to school for a while, but even that was a lot. I’m finally going to actually treat my trauma with CPT after 2 years. I was going through court stuff for my trauma and that alone was enough to make me mentally and emotionally exhausted to even want to talk about it more. They were finally sentenced in July. So it’s time to heal and move on with my life.
(Also my sister’s fiancé is pretty selfish and negative so I’m not surprised with him being insensitive.)
Perhaps a good strategy is to stop being lazy
My father, who had me abused sexually as a little kid, did this to me and my brother. He constantly hacked around on my brother since he was a little boy telling him he was lazy.
And whenever I was facing a tough challenge, impending divorce, PTSD, health challenges that took my energy, in those times he was the most vicious and he would even talk to other people about it that I was not in good shape, that I should behave like he does and on and on.
It took me a long time to realize that everyone like that projects their own problems and characteristics onto others, even their own kids.
When I needed the most help, he was always there: to criticize me, to force his opinions onto me, to complain about the failing relations between him and my mom, and to whine about his life, it was all about him, always.
Now get this, he was the lazy one, for at least 40 years this dude said he could not work anymore due to heart problems and other health problems. His most favorite thing to do was to go to doctors every day that told him what he wanted to hear, that he was such an unlucky person that needs to be babied all the time.
He totally disregarded whatever else went on, if it was not about him or his failing health, he would automatically change the subject to always return to his terrible life.
He abused my mom her whole life mentally that way, people that are narcissistic and have psychopath tendencies will do that.
I am being stalked by a horrendous group of people, mainly from people that were connected to a crime in which I was victimized in. They will break the law, act in the most horrendous way and then have friends of theirs appear in front of me who will tell stories that it was all me that did these terrible things.
They are not humans and can not be treated as such. Oh and the anger and backlash you will receive when you do not treat them as humans, because they always want to be seen as humans, not the robotic harassing machines they really are, you will be hurt by them.
I grew up in an abusive environment and developed PTSD in my 30's, lucky for me, mine involved blackouts because the last major episode I had, I best describe as 'a public display of humiliation' I thankfully don't remember it, but because of it, I was able to trace my pattern back to where it all came from and took on my own therapy and have since overcome it - woohoo!
Sonja Dawn I feel your pain I want to meet a partner who is in the same boat
It does go on forever.... it is how you deal with it in life...
Lanc Mac it depends on how early the trauma happened and how long you took to get help. For example, mine happened from about 13-15 and I took two years after it to get help. In some sense, yes, it still stays with me, but I can actually function now, I am able to get out of bed in the mornings, study, do what I have to do and life isn't so exausting. I started thinking that everything was just supposed to be that difficult - it's not. But someone else that I know experienced their trauma at age 4 and they are now in their fourties, and they never got help. They can't keep a job, they constantly cause hammock within relationships with other people. But receiving help can definitely change life.
I thought it would get weaker over time but instead I've had to get stronger over time
@@sarawood1399 Yah.. I find it is in direct relation to life's stresses.. More stresses more PTST... I have to keep things simple sometimes and I have to tell myself that if I have no power over a problem, then I can accept what I can not change..
@@lancmac yeah I’m just new to this the thing happened only like five months ago so I’m still really confused to my reactions and stuff
@@lancmac its important to know ptsd is very very treatable. It doesnt always go on forever. Infact its been shown a high percentage of those with ptsd have their symptoms go away within 5 years without even doing therapy
I love that you are so inclusive. Using “we” and “us” like you are with us. I appreciate that
I was just diagnosed with PTSD but I know I've had it for a long time I just started breathing techniques to relax before we go into the trauma.
PTSD sucks, but treatment is helpful over time. I've tried talk therapy, EMDR, and neurofeedback...and all have been helpful in their own ways. Thanks for this vid Kati! xx
It's been long and challenging - I will not lie...but your vids have been soo encouraging and helped me keep going! Thanks for all you do Kati :) Legend! xoxo
Being in a cult has most likely caused my PTSD, from the horrors I saw, and what happened TO me.
I was diagnosed with PTSD despite not meeting the first criteria of the trauma having to be violent in the case of real or threatened injury or death. I went through severe emotional abuse at the hands of a close friend who then replaced me, abandoned me, and stalked me online for a few months. I never once felt I was in real danger of being physically injured or killed but it made me an extremely paranoid and depressed person afraid to leave the house or interact with anyone I didn't already know. The psychologist who owned the practice handled my diagnosis and felt I met the other criteria to such an extreme that I received the diagnosis anyway. He was of the opinion that trauma does not have the be physically violent.
I am still dealing with the ramifications today and cling to the one friend I have as though I'd die without them. I understand the irrationality of this but it doesn't stop the nightmares, the flashbacks, the panic and anxiety, etc. Every day I remember what happened, every day I watch for signs that it's going to happen again. It's exhausting. I used to be a social, happy person that easily made friends. Now I avoid new people as much as possible and regard everyone bitterly. They can't be trusted, all of them will eventually leave me.
Again irrational, but a single event completely warped my mind and totally changed me as an individual. That is Trauma.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I *very* recently was told that I might have PTSD. And these last few days I have been telling myself that I don't because I haven't had any violent trauma happen to me. I have been refusing to realize that my trauma is maybe PTSD and not just trauma. I don't mean to overshare or anything I just wanted to kind of let you know how helpful your comment is
Dissociation makes me not listen, or hear well. I miss parts. If someone speaks fast, I miss a lot of it and can’t get their meaning. Can you slow down a bit Kati? When I watch your videos, I constantly back up and replaying parts of the videos. It’s torture and takes 4 times the amount of time. I can feel your excitement to get this out to your audience. I want to understand this but I can’t absorb it quickly. Thank you for your interesting topics!
You can do it yourself up there. There are options to make the video go slow
You can slow the video down or use captions. Her videos have written captions and UA-cam has a setting to change the playback speed of a video. I find that reading is easier when I’m dissociated.
I was hospitalized twice as a result of PTSD I’m doing much better now. :)
EMDR has saved my life. I will be getting licensed in it in a few years as soon as I get my LPC. Halfway there!
The best sentence was: You're not alone.
Thanks ❤️
I love these videos, but I would really love to see one about dealing with having night terrors, or how to help someone with night terrors. There is a lot of mixed information out there.
My traumatic event was in the fall of 2017. It was a year-long, ongoing repeated trauma where someone was pretending to be my best friend, and literally backstabbed me. It was emotional manipulation and sexually abusive. I overcame it by self-therapy with CBT worksheets I found on a self-help Discord server. No one in Illinois was able to cover trauma therapy with my insurance, and I needed help. These worksheets really helped me, but I was lacking the "exposure" therapy that I needed. It was last year I finally got treated for that, and i no longer have any of my symptoms that I was having prior to last year. I remember all of these symptoms Kati was listing off. I went through each and every single one of them.
if I don't necessarily have flash backs in the moment but still have an anxious response like my heart quickens and my stomach drops and my alertness hikes up, but I realize the reason behind it after the adrenaline wears off, is that still PTSD? I had a traumatic childhood and was exposed to it for years and whenever I hear raised voices or loud noises like screaming or footsteps I get very anxious.
If it isn't having a negative impact on your life then I wouldn't necessarily consider that PTSD, I'm obviously not your therapist so I couldn't say for sure. But it does seem like something worth working on in therapy.
+Haley Jones it does impact my life negatively.
Like you're missing school/work or avoiding social situations?
Haley Jones yes.
I know exactly how you feel. I have had a lot of trauma in my childhood and teen years. I have had many good events too, but I was always unhappy and couldn't process emotions. Last year my dad passed away and I had been retraumatizing and I sure wasn't a saint before. i thoughts about everything in my childhood saw a therapist who came to pdsd conclusions, i agree, they even thought I was bpd. I was feeling incapable and damaged, started DBT therapy and now I am taking Zoloft, just started and feel more energized and not feel heavy on my chest. I need a process and this time for real to let go of the long term trauma issues that always pull me back. You have to talk about it for sure, but you be carful that you will be retraumatized even sharing with a therapist.
1: yes (abuse, death, suicide, bullying)
2: yes (abuse, bullying)
3: triggers flashbacks but I am not allowed to avoid it so yes
4: yes
5: yes
Are you coming to the UK (England?)soon? The UK needs therapists like you!
Kati Wallace ain't that the truth. ;)
+Kati Morton I'll get on it!!!
The way you talk about difficult things while being quirky and whimsical like you are makes these videos easier to watch and think about. You seem genuine yet professional. If I were to see you I feel like I could actually open up in a way that Ive never been able to
As a 62 year old former helicopter Aviation Survivalman in the US Coast Guard, (1973-1977), I am finally properly diagnosed with PTSD. The VA had me on Valium, Xanax, Ativan, & Klonopin from 1977 until 2015, 38 years. Incompetent assholes. I'm finally beginning CBT & although it's 39 years too late I'm gonna give it a shot.
I have PTSD and anxiety. I had the most vivid nightmare yesterday of previous trauma and I can't sleep tonight . I suffer from flashbacks , certain sounds or places / anything I remember relating to the trauma triggers me but I am working it through with a counsellor .
I've been in therapy for years but I just told my therapist about a trauma I experienced and this video was really helpful! you make such great content
Kati is the best. So informative and quirky.
Hi Kati ! I love your channel and your energy makes me feel so much better every time I watch your videos!
Could you please please make a video about how to know when / if you have ptsd? been trying to understand that part better...
thank you for doing another video on this Kati
Thank you very much, Kati.
Yes. I wish we all overcome all our difficoulties. ❤
Great job with these videos!! I'm in my second year of a Clinical Psychology PhD program and I've pretty much studied for my midterm next week with all your videos. So much better than reading the book again or going over my notes one more time. You've provided a well needed change in the way I study for a couple of minutes. Thanks!! Keep them coming!!
Thanks for the quick but thorough over view of PTSD, and the ways to cope and work on it.
I like the way you tell people about PTSD
I've been waiting for you to post this for so long! x
thank you so much! X *****
I have just discovered your channel and I am so glad. The video was so informative. Thank you
I never been in a military but this year I found out that I have a PTSD. I was struggling with my anxiety, nightmares, flashbacks since I was 5. Sheet.. I’m 33 now. But I will have my counselling in 11/2023 - Will see how it goes 😬 😅
You are a complete and total blessing to us. I've learned more and have felt more willing to accept what you offer than tons of formal counseling. Why? Bc you offer your gifts with humility and love. It's like you are a friend having coffee with me☺️.
Look fw to viewing more.
I was diagnosed with ptsd along with several other disorders about a year ago. I had just turned 30. Years before, I tried joining the military. Unfortunately (and rather moronic) I didn't think about the giant scars on my arms. I was sent to a psych to check for pathology of any kind, and being the socio I am, I managed to full them into just pdq'ing me for self mutilation. The thing that hit deep and began to sink in as the next few years went on was that the inspect doctor told me that my scars showed "signs of deep seeded trauma that had not surfaced yet." Fast forward to 2018, and I find my self contimplating suicide every 5 minutes of the day, and curling up and sobbing every night until I just passed out. I finally broke and realized this was something much more than I could deal with alone. I never thought much of my past was to blame until I really sat down and discussed it in detail with my psychiatrist. Years of mental stress and emotional abuse in a cult played one role, which led to early substance abuse at the age of 12 (I still struggle today but have been sober for 3 years.) which played another role, which lead to the self mutilation and morbid hatred of life, and finally to a 2nd degree felony for aggrivated assault with a deadly weapon. I had lost all control, and to be honest, have yet to regain it. I am still a work in progress. I don't believe I'll ever be normal again. I can't remember what it's like. However, for my close family, I will not give up. I can't, although I have tried. I'm lost in oblivion, and I just want out.
I suffer from complex PTSD (learned that today) I have two brothers that suffer from PTSD from the same experiences.Because of prolonged childhood trauma (violence, death, insecurity etc)I have suffered from it ever since and I am 47 today. I have big trouble trusting anyone even them that tries to help me. So I isolate with My dogs. The only ones I do trust fully are my children( have both adult children and a 11yo)Thank you for bringing attention to PTSD and complex PTSD.Greetings from Scandinavia.
thank you for posting this video
Developed ptsd, depression and anxiety after being abused when I was four. Never was the same after that and I didn't know I had it until I got diagnosed later in adulthood. I'm on medication that helps mostly, I need to talk with a therapist.
Katie I've had the EMDR therapy and it was life changing!! I'm in my 40's and was sexually abused at a very young age and had my life and families lives threatened. Needless to say I've suffered from PTSD my whole life. It's downgraded quite a bit with the EMDR. No more nightmares of the events and constant recreations to remember the worst parts so that I could prove to my family that I didn't imagine it. I still have some work to do on the PTSD and so much collateral damage on my psyche but I am so greatful for that huge leap forward!
Thanks Katie.
My best friend has PTSD, and I am currently diagnosed with GAD, but the last two months I've been experiencing PTSDesque symptoms from trauma in 2013. This honestly helped so much in figuring it out until I can find a new therapist.
thank you thank you thank you for mentioning "first responders" in this. We tend to get overlooked... PTSD is a huge problem in our "community" that's barely starting to be acknowledged and addressed within our departments.
Kati I like your videos. I learned a lot.
Just found your channel, as one who suffers from this demon it does get hard to fight when you feel like your always loosing and the thought of wanting to end it is always there. I have seen so much trauma since I was a kid and into my adulthood. I figured I was tough or had to show I was until thing's started to fall apart. Now every time I just start to get a bit of enjoyment the Demon's take it away and replace it with more hurt to deal with. I really am getting tired.
I’ve seen 5 people I’ve been really close to overdose and it fucks me up to this day and I still get awful panic attacks and can’t sleep for shit (along w depression) Your videos have been really helpful. It helped me realize I needed professional help and that it’s not just normal to see friends and family overdose.
Medical Cannabis can be very helpful with the treatment of PTSD. For those who are looking for a safe, natural and effective treatment to go along with talk therapy.
Kati Morton you are my hero!!! I'm a beginning social worker and I have an intake coming up this monday, and You're helping me get clear on how to screen for PTSD. Thank you so much, you make everything simple and I feel supported. thanks again! woot.
Nick Rossy that’s so awesome you’re starting as a social worker! 😀 best of luck to you, such important work!
Hey Kati I love your videos. Can you please make a video for flashbacks and how to deal with them and ground yourself after one?
Thank you Kati
This has nothing to do with the topic of the video but I really like that painting hanging on the wall on the right! Abstract paintings seem to calm me weirdly enough.
I have started with EMDR but I had to pause it because it was too difficult and I started to fear the sessions. I returned after a few months break to continue my EMDR and I strongly recommend it.
I was wondering what your thoughts were on Prolonged Exposure Therapy. I recently started this for PTSD and I'm finding it so overwhelming. Thanks, Kati!
EMDR sounds interesting, thanks for this video! :)
I developed PTSD from a knife robbery incident back in 2017 but hoping to avoid it happening again as the village me and my girlfriend live/lived in, in the south of France was just partly destroyed by floods and we had to leave our home. It's been very tough few days but I feel now is the time to do what I can to avoid it becoming PTSD.
I've been through
Sexual abuse
Bad car accident
War plus my recently my cousin died in a bombing
And my grandmother passed away
Family drama
and living with abuser , and someone with depression ,and someone with disabilities
Plus I have the worry about my family that's still in a war zone
Also Bad abuse from teachers at school
Lost all my friends and had to start all over
I just went to a therapist and she told me I have PTSD now I have to work on it and try to get better 💪
Please pray for me 💓
Hey Kati, could you do a video about family therapy and what it involves, when we need it and how to prepare for it? Thanks :)
I am commenting over my mom's UA-cam
Last year I left my fiance after just 2 months shy of 6 years, I was abused physically and emotionally. On top of the abuse I was neglected and treated like a prisoner in my own home. My daughter was sent to her grandpa's house to stay there the last 3 years I was with him because of all of it. I get nightmares, flashbacks, and I'm afraid to have hands near my neck. This traumatic event has altered my brain chemistry and has brought out behaviours that aren't like me and have shown in my new relationship a lot. I feel depressed all the time, barely have an appetite and cant get to sleep until the wee hours of the morning and get tired during the day. I have panic attacks way more than I used to. I am now waiting to see a psychologist, to reevaluate my diagnoses and get me started on a regime of medications to help
For three years I have had the same wake up dream after a hard time in hospital. Sights pain smells the lot. Gradually it is fading but having never had a nightmare before at 55 o find it more odd and intrusive than scary. Still leaves me sweaty and fast breathing though. NB great channel.
PTSD is very often inflicted with intent. music and smile can be a trigger.
Just found you after a friend posted a video on FB. Going to show your channel to my brother who was diagnosed with PTSD. Do you have a video that addresses the fact that some PTSD victims chose the trauma? The example is that he joined a violent gang and inflicted trauma onto others and himself. He got out but there is much shame. And for me, watching your videos has made me realize this is probably the reason for his anger outbursts. It's difficult to help because I start to feel anxiety around the anger and then I ruminate on it and then I have a problem.
Kati you are just so wonderful!!!! can you explain a bit more about E.M.D. R.? thank you so much you are of so much help!!!!😗
Hi Kati. I'm from Melbourne Australia & just wanted to say thank you for making very helpful video's (: (: Xx
I'm from Melbourne as well! 😀 *****
I've been watching your videos for a few years now and I find them so helpful! It's so awesome you're able to help people over the other side of the world! Love you! ☺️💞
Melly C ((: ((:
Woohoo for all the Melbourne folk! Me too :)
I have been asked to See my flachbacks on Purpose I was mentally abused for 7 years trough bullying and people not caring and looking over it I cant remember Much Of these years
I dont know you but when you said "you can do it" I believed you, thank you
I assume that I experienced that. After losing my wife I blocked a few things out. About that day and a few days after. Since the end of May I have been better. More happy since I let things go and decided to move on. I wrote the dreams down that I remembered and wrote down five poems this past month that have helped. I feel like something is going to gappen in my future that is good. Just got to keep moving forward and be happy that I can do things to help others. Things are good now. Have a great night.
Kati, can you do a video on Scrupulosity (religion OCD)? I've been struggling with it for a long time, and only just now found a name to put to what I've been dealing with! I'd love to hear your thoughts on the disorder.
I'm glad that there was an ad that just came up about post concusion syndrome right before I came across the more well known post syndrome witch is ptsd I've been meaning to learn more about post concussion syndrome I know what post concussion syndrome is from the wwe because alot of them get it's a syndrome that some people get after having a concussion just like ptsd is what some people get after going through a trauma getting a
concussion is a traumatic event though
Hello Kati,
You're a most wonderful lady for all the kind healing energy you put out into the universe with your peaceful and educational videos.
i love your dress, kati! very pretty! -love from ky
PTSD sucks. I've lived with it for 6 years, but it DOES get better. I found that EMDR to be an incredibly helpful tool paired with support and continued counseling. Has anyone else here ever tried EMDR?
EMDR - saved my life @katiMorton
I suffer from combat PTSD and bipolar. I was sexaully assault as a child for 7 yes and served in military combat! I'm on meds but those thoughts just don't go away. it's the tape in rewind and play all the time..
DSM = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is the handbook used by health care professionals in the United States and much of the world as the authoritative guide to the diagnosis of mental disorders. DSM contains descriptions, symptoms, and other criteria for diagnosing mental disorders.
Can you do a video going into the E.M.D.R. thing more? Sounds interesting
That was pretty decent description of PTSD from my unprofessional opinion. I do need to add that PTSD is an anxiety disorder. The must serious problem I have seen with PTSD is depression. EMDR can be done in different ways, the finger going back and forth and a light going back an forth are the two ways I have some understanding of. Exposure therapy is usually the very brutal way to go from what I have observed. Then there is regular CBT. I believe PTSD is the go to right now in life. From my layman viewpoint please make sure you get diagnosed by a therapist who has extensive training in trauma and experience in applying that training.
Funny(well, not really), I’ve experienced multiple things over the years that are known to cause ptsd(natural disasters, sexual assault, stabbing witness, domestic violence/abuse, near death, ect) to the point that I literally don’t know which event is that main/centre cause of my diagnosis… I think the natural disasters definitely had an impact given I now get senses of fear as that season approaches, even though it has always been my favourite season 🫣… I also have c-ptsd…
I don't have any mental problems ,but my sister does so I totally understand she has complex PTSD
My son was murdered 2019 so now I have been struggling with this situation
Kati, I really love these videos, but I feel if you could give some examples of what the the Delusion is or Manic episode is, it would help me understand better what the symptoms of the disorder is
one of my classmates dad took his life when I was in 2nd grade probably is traumatic but I don’t really remember the event
U r lovely person Katie
I'm not sure if I still have ptsd. After I did hypnotherapy I felt so much better
the beginning of your videp males me startle
Kati
I have a journal topic.
"It's hard to hate someone whose story you know."
Margaret J. Wheatley
What this means to me is lets not judge. We never know what has happened in someones life that has caused them to be where they are at or making the decisions they are making.
I am not perfect but I do try to live by this quote, it helps me to judge people less and be more open minded.
Hey Kati, do you have any suggestions for extremely low self confidence/ self esteem?
I have recovered (mostly) from my ED but I have never gained confidence in myself- its at the point where my teachers/ manger notices and comments. Thanks!
Hey Kati I don't know if you already made a video on this but can you talk more about exposure response prevention (ERP)?
i kinda self diagnosed myself with ptsd on top of my already horrendous depression and anxiety. besides having a shit mother who raised me on hating my weight and emotional blackmail, ive been homeless so much and i also dealt with bedbugs a good 5 years. all of which were different cases that happened one right after another. just. always bed bugs. and now i feel like im going insane because i have bug nightmares and every normal itch is a panic attack and ive done more laundry than any human should be allowed in a day, every day. cleaning whats already cleaned. paranoia. depression. panic attacks and anxiety. nightmares. suicidal thoughts. terrified that anything and everything will leave me homeless again. and to top it off i dont have insurance, so i cant even seek help. im just... on auto pilot on a daily basis or having a melt down. theres no happy or calm place.
I am 15, and I am quite distant from my family. I lost my Dad, who was my best friend, one and a half years ago, and ever since then I changed. I was to be tested but I don’t know how to approach my mom, I don’t even like to tell her when I have panic attacks or when I get triggered. I am starting to get very aggressive, like when my twin sister purposefully annoys me and I will take her hair towards me and tell her to knock it off. I go off on my Mom and want to just tell my niece and nephew to shut up, and this isn’t like me at all. I was social and kind with my Dad, but now I have no friends and I am very angry and sad all the time. I don’t know how to tell my mom I want to be tested.
Can you talk about long term exposure trauma?
I recently been diagnosed with PTSD because of a series of traumatic events and I'm Bipolar 1. Double whammy.. I tried EMDR which is great but I had to stop. Could not ground myself after the sessions and it blew my mind. I emotionally crashed.
I do have ptsd and the sad thing about this is the military discourages soldiers from getting the help they need in order to deal with their ptsd and all of the other psychological issues we suffer with. It is an unwritten rule that if you seek help from mental health it will hinder your career. No one wants to lose a security clearance, that possible promotion, schooling or anything else. This is unfair to us as soldiers I am retired now and it took me 5 years to even seek help. By the time I sought help I had to admit myself. Suicidal ideations and homicidal ideations were way out of control for me. Too many stigmas if you are in the military and even if you are not and that is really sad :-( I have seen people take their own lives and it's not fun struggling with any mental health issue :-( Some of the doctors I have seen were very uncaring, out of touch and want to dive right into the trauma you have experienced. I had seen one who would just agitate me and I told him I can't see you anymore because you make me want to punch you in the face. The fact that he was coming at me with all of his book knowledge and no experience is what annoyed me the most. It was as if you he was looking down at me for having to see him. I don't like that shit because at anytime he could go through something traumatic and have to seek help.
Queen Bombus Thank you for your service. And for sharing.
I have a question regarding Bipolar and Borderline. I understand how symptoms overlap between the two, but how do you distinguish them and determine which diagnosis it is or if it's both? Also if you have both, do you have to have one before the other? I think I read that you have to have Bipolar first and you have to be stable with the Bipolar before you can be diagnosed with Borderline or something like that. Well I guess that's two questions...
I meet the criteria you mentioned and my therapist has introduced to me to EMDR recently in addition to cbt therapy. I was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder with agoraphobia and clinical depression about a year ago. I really feel that I have suffered from ptsd but my therapist never flat out said I have it. Often we refer to the "trauma" I went through but we have never actually discussed a diagnoses. How do I know if I have had ptsd or not?
Can you do a video on legal abuse syndrome complex ptsd. It was just put in the diagnosis manual
We need a video for those who are close to us... For those of us with CPTSD ... Can you make a video that we can share with family and friends b.. say on FB... That shares a little of what we are going thru... Especially thru pstd episodes and what they should and shouldn't say/do and how to help us ??? Can you make that for us ?? Please.