Your videos are spot on! You really comprehend the deep layers of how PTSD is formed in Police officers, plus you understand the resulting symptoms we’re left to navigate. You get it. Incredible!
Absolutely the best example I’ve seen. Thank you. I’m a Correctional officer with 24 years in the service however I’ve recently been diagnosed with PTSD. For me the betrayal was the final straw. I thought I was resilient and strong, however they broke me. I was diagnosed with Alcohol disorder and spent time in hospital for medical detox assistance. In hospital I heard of Moral injury. For me this also offered more comfort I was going mad. After two years being fearful and anxious leaving the house I can start to use the tools you mentioned. Thank you again.
Oh my God. I am a cop. 29 years the service. Very little sick leave in my service. Been off since June CPTSD. I feel I am loosing everything in life. My status, my family, my health and everything. Hoping my counseling will help otherwise I fear I the worst.
Good luck with your recovery. 23 years in UK police. Broke with cptsd. Off for almost 6 months and still trying to recover. Back on reduced duties, and still not back to being me. Loss of confidence and identity is the most difficult thing. Hope you are receiving help and support!
It's funny that at 6:50 she talks about management. If you're in LE, you gotta watch out for the snakes in Command and admin staff. The biggest toxic trait I noticed is the fake "we're worried about you" "whats going on?" and then hammer down on whatever you did when you snapped. From personal experience, going through it now, I snapped and lashed out at a supervisor. The entire conversation (2nd time) was what I did was wrong and when I gave them a road map of what was wrong it was "stop living in the past" "it doesn't justify what you said" "sometimes its how you say it not how you say it."
DT managers will try to gaslight you as easily as they draw breath. Toxic Manager: Recognise and Avoid Psychopathic Dark Triad Managers ua-cam.com/video/xkrwMOshRTg/v-deo.html
This is 100% SPOT ON worked for the same company for 20 years and i sacrificed many many things i wanted in life only for betrayal to topple me and loose the plot
Brilliant video. Thank you. I never thought PTSD could happen like this and that I was affected by it, and yet it's so obvious now from your video. Time to deal with it properly. Thank you.
This is a life changer. Thanks to betrayal from my Dad, I became a basket case. I am back in therapy for the fourth time. Now a missing piece of the puzzle has fallen into place. For the first time I feel there is real hope. I actually see light at the end of the tunnel. This is new for me. ThankYouThankYouThankYou!!!
Yep like others have mentioned, your hammer resonated with me big time, my dam wall came crashing down recently, from as you correctly described, a betrayal. I have never been "that guy"' to break down and cry, but here I am. You are 100% correct about loss of identity and feeling vulnerable and irritable. Oh and the fear factor was something I've never felt before, absolutely terrifying. This video explains me to a T. I can say, that I reached out for help within 2 weeks of my hammer , I have received EMDR treatment which worked great , and yes Valium/Temazepam became a problem, working on tapering down. I cant thank you enough for posting this. This video needs to be watched all.
The worst thing about all this is that the police and workcover classify C-Ptsd as an injury instead of an illness caused by trauma. Its all about money at the end of day. Great video thankyou for posting.
Clearly and concisely describes my experiences to a T! 36 years of exposure, No other identity, let down and shafted by management. Divorce, isolation, abandoned by family, organisation and hospital system. Homelessness. But with help I’ve rebuilt certain aspects of my life. Never reached the point of re-opening the book of trauma, I’m yet to find that safe place, don’t actually believe it exists!!!! Unfortunately for me, I’ve re-experienced organisational abandonment, in that, two weeks before Christmas, I was told, the facility I was at, was closing their psychologist clinic! So I lost my psychologist of 31/2 years and to whom I’ve opened up more than any other! The next earliest confirmed appointment I have is in May, after many weeks of searching for a suitable clinician. I’m not sure nightmares were the first signs for me. Hypervigilance, of perceived dangers to my children, family, others, and irritability that they didn’t understand the risks.. I could toss out 100’s of examples.. Other people’s imperceptible understanding to risk!!!!!!!
Sorry about your plight. Given the issues with management, this Clío might also resonate: Recognise and Avoid Psychopathic Dark Triad Managers ua-cam.com/video/xkrwMOshRTg/v-deo.html
Not all traumas end in PTSD. Once the wall is breached (trauma), there is probably a 4 week window to stop PTSD developing. Distress management tool would probably be early access to a mental health professional, who can show KINDNESS, EMPATHY, STOP BLACK AND WHITE THINKING and PERSPECTIVE SHIFT the trauma. With careful monitoring. This sometimes works (stop the wall collapsing). Sometimes it doesn't. At 4 weeks, if there is no improvement, the flood cannot be stopped. At least not by a first line mental health professional. Thankfully, clever Psychologists can rebuild the wall with CBT. Of course prevention is better than cure. Can traumas be stopped? Can work be more supportive? Can there be more mental health professionals and smaller waiting lists? Can we break the stigma of mental illness? That causes some people to present late. Awesome video!
Everyone has different vulnerabilities or flaws in how they see the world. That’s why some people are traumatised by an event that doesn’t traumatise someone else. Usually one’s vulnerability is not obvious and we are blind to our flawed view of the world (common flaws are: driving is safe, people are mostly trustworthy, my managers care about me, I can ignore my conscience, etc). These vulnerabilities are weak points in our resilience and are dangerous flaws in our model of the world. In PTSD a solution is to figure out the vulnerability so that one can address it and curtail some future event from threatening us through that flawed model / weak point again. Thereby we also update our model of the world. It needs to be addressed at high resolution. The usual response is low resolution (eg everything is dangerous so I’ll stay home to be safe. Then one has sacrificed the world and remains unwell). Once one figures out one’s vulnerability and updates their model then one also needs to see that it works. Which means venturing back into the real world with the protection of the updated model of the world. This is not an easy process to undertake and getting the right help is hard to find. But worthwhile.
@Sandy Smith Here’s something we think is even more important to understand about PTSD: PTSD Mechanism and Susceptibility: What You Need to Know ua-cam.com/video/Afp0_u4fLK8/v-deo.html Let us know if it resonates.
@@thePSYCHcollective I watched the other video you suggested, it kind of made sense, I was diagnosed with diabetes, then 3 years later my mom was diagnosed with lung cancer and died within a month and a half, then 3 years after that my brother in-law died by suicide by hanging himself so all these events have close together has caused a lot of distress, and shock. Then my moms husband died, then my other brother in-law died of cancer brought up my moms death. The suicide of my brother in-law really impacted me the most, it happened close to where we live, I see the shop everyday where he did this. I go out everyday because it triggers me. Horrible event. It was my husbands brother, I told him I want to move he won’t. I said it traumitizes me he said that’s in the past now. So I suffer.
I’m a former cop. This is 100% accurate. What a relief to finally have someone understand. Thank you!
This might also resonate:
ua-cam.com/video/xkrwMOshRTg/v-deo.html
Your videos are spot on! You really comprehend the deep layers of how PTSD is formed in Police officers, plus you understand the resulting symptoms we’re left to navigate. You get it. Incredible!
Delighted they resonate. Here’s another offering:
Switch off the PTSD Alarm
ua-cam.com/video/Afp0_u4fLK8/v-deo.html
Absolutely the best example I’ve seen. Thank you. I’m a Correctional officer with 24 years in the service however I’ve recently been diagnosed with PTSD. For me the betrayal was the final straw.
I thought I was resilient and strong, however they broke me.
I was diagnosed with Alcohol disorder and spent time in hospital for medical detox assistance. In hospital I heard of Moral injury. For me this also offered more comfort I was going mad.
After two years being fearful and anxious leaving the house I can start to use the tools you mentioned. Thank you again.
Oh my God. I am a cop. 29 years the service. Very little sick leave in my service. Been off since June CPTSD. I feel I am loosing everything in life. My status, my family, my health and everything. Hoping my counseling will help otherwise I fear I the worst.
I’m sorry to hear. This video might help orientate you
PTSD symptoms explained: Switch off PTSD.
ua-cam.com/video/Afp0_u4fLK8/v-deo.html
Good luck with your recovery. 23 years in UK police. Broke with cptsd. Off for almost 6 months and still trying to recover. Back on reduced duties, and still not back to being me. Loss of confidence and identity is the most difficult thing. Hope you are receiving help and support!
This video is really helpful in explaining cumulative trauma PTSD to others.
Thanks for the feedback!
It's funny that at 6:50 she talks about management. If you're in LE, you gotta watch out for the snakes in Command and admin staff. The biggest toxic trait I noticed is the fake "we're worried about you" "whats going on?" and then hammer down on whatever you did when you snapped. From personal experience, going through it now, I snapped and lashed out at a supervisor. The entire conversation (2nd time) was what I did was wrong and when I gave them a road map of what was wrong it was "stop living in the past" "it doesn't justify what you said" "sometimes its how you say it not how you say it."
DT managers will try to gaslight you as easily as they draw breath.
Toxic Manager: Recognise and Avoid Psychopathic Dark Triad Managers
ua-cam.com/video/xkrwMOshRTg/v-deo.html
Oh yeah...I hear ya.b
This is 100% SPOT ON
worked for the same company for 20 years and i sacrificed many many things i wanted in life only for betrayal to topple me and loose the plot
I'm currently dealing with this debilitating condition and the dam wall example is the best explanation I've seen. Thank you.
I’m happy to hear it resonates. Please share it
SO true, such an accurate description of what happens. Thank you.
This describes dealing with a in-family narcissist too.
Brilliant video. Thank you. I never thought PTSD could happen like this and that I was affected by it, and yet it's so obvious now from your video. Time to deal with it properly. Thank you.
Glad you found it helpful.
Sharing it helps us get the info out there!
Yes, can confirm.
Edit: ooh, this was clear intellectually, but hit me when the sledgehammer appeared.
This is a life changer. Thanks to betrayal from my Dad, I became a basket case. I am back in therapy for the fourth time. Now a missing piece of the puzzle has fallen into place. For the first time I feel there is real hope. I actually see light at the end of the tunnel. This is new for me. ThankYouThankYouThankYou!!!
Yep like others have mentioned, your hammer resonated with me big time, my dam wall came crashing down recently, from as you correctly described, a betrayal. I have never been "that guy"' to break down and cry, but here I am. You are 100% correct about loss of identity and feeling vulnerable and irritable. Oh and the fear factor was something I've never felt before, absolutely terrifying. This video explains me to a T.
I can say, that I reached out for help within 2 weeks of my hammer , I have received EMDR treatment which worked great , and yes Valium/Temazepam became a problem, working on tapering down.
I cant thank you enough for posting this. This video needs to be watched all.
The worst thing about all this is that the police and workcover classify C-Ptsd as an injury instead of an illness caused by trauma. Its all about money at the end of day. Great video thankyou for posting.
Best explanation I have come across. Thank you
Clearly and concisely describes my experiences to a T!
36 years of exposure, No other identity, let down and shafted by management. Divorce, isolation, abandoned by family, organisation and hospital system. Homelessness. But with help I’ve rebuilt certain aspects of my life. Never reached the point of re-opening the book of trauma, I’m yet to find that safe place, don’t actually believe it exists!!!!
Unfortunately for me, I’ve re-experienced organisational abandonment, in that, two weeks before Christmas, I was told, the facility I was at, was closing their psychologist clinic! So I lost my psychologist of 31/2 years and to whom I’ve opened up more than any other! The next earliest confirmed appointment I have is in May, after many weeks of searching for a suitable clinician.
I’m not sure nightmares were the first signs for me. Hypervigilance, of perceived dangers to my children, family, others, and irritability that they didn’t understand the risks.. I could toss out 100’s of examples.. Other people’s imperceptible understanding to risk!!!!!!!
Sorry about your plight.
Given the issues with management, this Clío might also resonate:
Recognise and Avoid Psychopathic Dark Triad Managers
ua-cam.com/video/xkrwMOshRTg/v-deo.html
Thank you so much for this amazing explanation, best one I’ve ever saw and heard 🙏🏾
Love your explanations brother
I found this to be a really helpful video- loved the analogy and description of ptsd- thank you so much for this!
Thanks for the feedback!
Please share it with others and on your social media
@@thePSYCHcollective I will definitely be sharing with my counselling group- thanks again 🙏
This is another video that may resonate:
PTSD Symptoms Explained: Your Susceptibility Alarm System
ua-cam.com/video/Afp0_u4fLK8/v-deo.html
@@thePSYCHcollective Thanks will take a look 👍🏻
Thank you for this
Best wishes to you both
Not all traumas end in PTSD.
Once the wall is breached (trauma), there is probably a 4 week window to stop PTSD developing.
Distress management tool would probably be early access to a mental health professional, who can show KINDNESS, EMPATHY, STOP BLACK AND WHITE THINKING and PERSPECTIVE SHIFT the trauma. With careful monitoring.
This sometimes works (stop the wall collapsing). Sometimes it doesn't.
At 4 weeks, if there is no improvement, the flood cannot be stopped. At least not by a first line mental health professional.
Thankfully, clever Psychologists can rebuild the wall with CBT.
Of course prevention is better than cure. Can traumas be stopped? Can work be more supportive? Can there be more mental health professionals and smaller waiting lists? Can we break the stigma of mental illness? That causes some people to present late.
Awesome video!
I've been there, never been the same afterwards. I Want to know the tools & skills to overcome this
Everyone has different vulnerabilities or flaws in how they see the world. That’s why some people are traumatised by an event that doesn’t traumatise someone else. Usually one’s vulnerability is not obvious and we are blind to our flawed view of the world (common flaws are: driving is safe, people are mostly trustworthy, my managers care about me, I can ignore my conscience, etc).
These vulnerabilities are weak points in our resilience and are dangerous flaws in our model of the world. In PTSD a solution is to figure out the vulnerability so that one can address it and curtail some future event from threatening us through that flawed model / weak point again. Thereby we also update our model of the world. It needs to be addressed at high resolution. The usual response is low resolution (eg everything is dangerous so I’ll stay home to be safe. Then one has sacrificed the world and remains unwell). Once one figures out one’s vulnerability and updates their model then one also needs to see that it works. Which means venturing back into the real world with the protection of the updated model of the world. This is not an easy process to undertake and getting the right help is hard to find. But worthwhile.
Thanks
Thank you guys… 🙏🏻 seems like you’re describing me exactly 😢😢🤪😢
We greatly appreciate your contribution
Thanks guys this explains a lot of what’s going on with me.
@Sandy Smith
Here’s something we think is even more important to understand about PTSD:
PTSD Mechanism and Susceptibility: What You Need to Know
ua-cam.com/video/Afp0_u4fLK8/v-deo.html
Let us know if it resonates.
@@thePSYCHcollective I watched the other video you suggested, it kind of made sense, I was diagnosed with diabetes, then 3 years later my mom was diagnosed with lung cancer and died within a month and a half, then 3 years after that my brother in-law died by suicide by hanging himself so all these events have close together has caused a lot of distress, and shock. Then my moms husband died, then my other brother in-law died of cancer brought up my moms death. The suicide of my brother in-law really impacted me the most, it happened close to where we live, I see the shop everyday where he did this. I go out everyday because it triggers me. Horrible event. It was my husbands brother, I told him I want to move he won’t. I said it traumitizes me he said that’s in the past now. So I suffer.
1000% 🙏🏾
I'll be damned!