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Poll Do You Shake?

Please select what types of shaking you have and what diagnosis.

  • I shake externally?

    Votes: 129 75.4%
  • I shake internally?

    Votes: 92 53.8%
  • I have PTSD?

    Votes: 81 47.4%
  • I have Complex PTSD?

    Votes: 77 45.0%
  • I don't have the shakes?

    Votes: 6 3.5%

  • Total voters
    171
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becvan

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After having a bit of a discussion on shaking, Willing brought up an interesting point. Complex PTSD or DESNOS includes the shaking as a symptom. Well, I want to find out if that is a symptom most members have not just a complex PTSD thing!

So please tick off the boxes and give a quick explanation as to what makes you shake!

Thanks,
bec
 
There is mine. I have both and I have Complex PTSD.

I'm using the terms loosely for this poll.

Remember you can do mulitple voting in this one!

bec

Thanks Evie! Added in not shaking as I never thought of that!
 
Well I just voted. I shake internally only, and I don't have complex PTSD. My diagnosis is severe chronic. The only time I shake externally is when I'm cold or ill.
 
Oops now I can't vote for the "no shakes", since I already voted, but anyways I do shake internally so it doesn't matter. :)

This post was kind of pointless actually. :p
 
LMAO, sorry I'm posting and editing on top of you! Too quick on it for the moment.. I guess I should enjoy it while it lasts.. heheh:dont-know

bec
 
Voted for "shake externally" as I do this occasionally when very upset. Don't have PTSD though.

Jim.
 
Hmm, that's interesting Jim.

So basically that says that external shaking can be a normal response to stress and "upset" emotions!

Interesting.... *hmmms*

bec
 
Believe it's normal, yes. Clarification though - when I say upset, I mean angry not scared. Shake when I'm very angry. Scared - I instinctively take up a defensive position, related to my military training no doubt. Does not include shakes.

Jim.
 
I agree with my husband, and I know from my work that shaking is a normal human response. Perhaps what is "abnormal" (hate to use that word) about it in people with PTSD is the cause of the shakes, their frequency and severity. But at the core, shakes are as normal as say, the startle response. Everyone has the startle response, people with PTSD just have it more often and more severely. In any event, I voted yes to both kinds of shakes, I have had them occasionally when frightened, angry, and very sad as well.
 
I voted internal and external. external is related to fear of physical threat first and foremost, but I think it happens at other times. The internal shakes... little more complex to me. I am inclined to agree with kathy, as with most things - it is not the "event" or "action", but the impact and cause. Kathy also points out that intensity is an important factor.... most people experience a range of emotions and reactions to those. How extreme and frequent can say something quite different.

Kinda cool, this. I like hearing everyone's views.
 
i think the external shakes are the worst, especially when you can see my skirt shaking with them. people notice, and it is embarrassing. i have shaken so hard sometimes, my teeth chatter like i'm cold. seems that everyone shakes some time or other, just wish it wasn't most of the time, lol
 
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Hi all - I was glad to see this poll! I have had varied levels of external shakes over the years and they in themselves were triggers for me because I was in a walk in refridgerator during the robbery I was in. It was like a vicious cycle, I would have a panic attack about something that happend and then the shaking would remind me of when I was in the fridge, and then I would have flash backs! Hopefully now, having read this post/poll, I won't be triggered.
 
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