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    New Flashback Of Being Raped,But I'm Out Of My Body

    Jadebear, This forum isn't very active, for some reason. I posted a thread a few days ago and not only has no one replied, there haven't been any posts above it. I just looked, and apparently the last activity was 3 months ago. I don't have a lot of advice, but I thought I'd say that since I'm...
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    Help With Stopping The Anxiety

    I think the term is "sexual aversion disorder." It can be caused by abuse, or other dysfunction. Forcing yourself to get through it will probably just reinforce the aversion, especially if you're doing it for his sake. Maybe it would be easier for you if you took all the initiative yourself? It...
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    Blackouts

    It's happened to me on rare occasions., probably moreso when I was a kid Unless there's a physical cause (i.e, epilepsy), it's probably just a really extreme dissociative episode. Have you noticed any patterns? What happens right before? For me, it happens after I start recalling childhood...
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    Weird Kind Of Sexual Flashback...?

    I haven't posted here in a long time, but I've had some pretty weird symptoms lately that I'm trying to wrap my head around. I don't know what the connection is between them. This has happened before, when I was younger. Now it's happening again. I'll have some bizarre dream, usually sexual...
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    Living In A Country When PTSD Is So Common, But Unrecognised

    Yeah, those people don't really have the privilege of getting existential. Not to downplay the problems in America, but I think that can help keep things in perspective. Realizing your limitations is probably the first step to helping people without getting overwhelmed. That sounds cynical, but...
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    Confused About Diagnoses, Wanting To Just Fix The Problem

    Thanks. I don't really know what 'affordable' is. How often do most people make appointments? Once or twice a month? I don't really think PTSD is what I have, I think I just need to be deprogrammed. When I took Adderall and Zoloft, that was the first time in my life I felt genuinely safe, and...
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    Memories Of Being A Battered Wife

    Well, you haven't been in a relationship since then, much less a marriage, so your subconscious only has those incidents as its frame of reference. Not that a relationship is necessarily what you want right now, but when you feel ready for one, having a healthy, non-abusive partner will probably...
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    Falling Back Into Bad PTSD

    I can sympathize. Follow-through is one of my worst flaws in life. I started taking one med this year, and got on and off of it about 3 or 4 times. Go figure. If you're feeling ashamed of yourself, or guilty, maybe you're just looking for closure. As soon as people start feeling better, they'll...
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    Fireworks & Combat PTSD

    That sucks. I hadn't thought about that before. But it makes sense, even without PTSD a lot of war veterans probably wonder what the point of fireworks really is. You could try living in an urban area, but then there are sirens and other disturbances. People really like noise.
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    Confused About Diagnoses, Wanting To Just Fix The Problem

    I am on this forum not because I have PTSD, but because when I read information on it, I had some insights about myself. I realized I was making assumptions about myself based on incomplete information. I have never really been counseled. I had a school counselor two years ago, but I didn't...
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    Do You Have PTSD?

    That was just my initial impression of the condition. Most professionals will include other traumas as well, but some people still associate PTSD with combat. Having "flashbacks of Vietnam" is practically a cliche, although not a very funny one.
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    Do You Have PTSD?

    It was the initial panic attack I experienced after reading the Wikipedia article on PTSD that prompted me to look into it. I had come across the article before and made some kind of connection in my brain, like it made sense to me but I didn't really 'get it'. This time I was on my happy pills...
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    Poll Does Anyone Have ADHD in Addition to PTSD?

    Wouldn't PTSD potentially cause the symptoms of ADHD? ADHD symptoms can be numerous other psychological conditions.
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    What To Never Say To A Ptsd Sufferer

    "Welcome to the real world." wtf. :/
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    Can You Talk About Your Trauma?

    I always have an easier time writing something than speaking it. Maybe it's because I'm used to writing fiction; most of what I write is a lie, so I'm not accountable for it. It seems like it would be the opposite, that writing something makes it more real. But it seems that people who are in...
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    Can Adults Have Night Terrors Too?

    I do have those. Not every night, but frequently enough to be a nuisance. They go something like this: 1. I have no idea who I am, where I am, or how I got there. I don't remember any of the events leading up to me waking up in my room. 2. I'm convinced that I am either being shot at...
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    Isolation and socializing

    Yeah, disabled is kind of a harsh word to apply to yourself. I'm considered 'disabled' by my school because of an ADHD diagnosis, but I've never really thought to apply the word to myself. It really is just a synonym for 'needs varying degrees of patience and understanding'.
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    What Are The Consequences Of Admitting You Are Suicidal?

    I had a response typed up. Maybe I should have read the last few posts. lol There's a difference between being 'suicidal' and wanting to die. As long as you don't make threats to kill yourself or others, I think you still have rights. There have been times when I genuinely wanted life to end...
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    Unrealistic Expectations of Recovery

    Psychology and therapy aren't really about cures as much as they are about learning to understand your brain and (if possible) rewiring inefficient emotional processes. This is a lot more complicated with PTSD, because sometimes the more you learn the worse it gets. Oh God. Normal people...
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    PTSD - If You Could Draw It Or Describe It - What Would It Look Like

    I don't claim to have PTSD, but I'll post this because I think it's something people may relate to. It's kind of like waking up in a dark room. I have no memories, no sense of identity, no preconceived ideas, and oddly, no sense that this is an 'abnormal' situation. There are objects in the...
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    I'm Trying Not To Hide

    I don't really like being alone, but I tend to pull away from people who I don't think will understand the kind of life I've lived. I've been quiet most of my life. You don't necessarily have to fake small talk that you aren't interested in. Just try to be pleasant, and people will probably...
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    Well I Was Doing Good..... Until

    I'm really disturbed just from reading that. On the one hand, I'm thinking, get the hell out, that's a terrible job. At the same time, I should say thank you for putting up with all that. Any psychological damage you may have caused yourself by having that job has prevented PTSD for a lot of...
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    Military PTSD V. Sexual Assualt PTSD

    What about emotional abuse, especially with complex PTSD from childhood? It doesn't seem like that would be especially similar to someone who has been in combat as an adult. On the other hand, as long as you know why you have it, the specific label doesn't seem like it would matter as long as...
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    PTSD, Fear, and Paranoia Over the 'Swine Flu'

    You know, I have had something like bronchitis for a week or so, and I'm constantly hearing about the 'swine flu'. Not once did I actually make the connection. I guess that means I'm not paranoid? I mean, maybe I should go to the doctor anyway, but it's getting better. As a child, I would have...
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    Loosening Up Around Other People

    Yeah, I do like to ask questions, but it can be hard to keep my attention on the conversation if it's a group of people talking about things I don't know anything about (which is most things in life).
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