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4 years into the PTSD/TBI?

And you’re only 6 weeks into therapy?

Ptsd can heal, but you’ve got the extra benefit of a TBI which will make healing more difficult.

I can see why your employer wants you in treatment.

Can you try to work with them?
 
4 years into the PTSD/TBI?

And you’re only 6 weeks into therapy?

Ptsd can heal, but you’ve...
4 yrs yes. have been working on my tbi since then. had alot of therapy for it.
worked very hard for it, done everything they asked me and more. when the docs told me this was it, i had to learn to live with it, i had a hard time. but i finally managed.
And then they screwed everything up... ptsd was only diagnosed about 5 months ago. started therapy in november, ended in february.
 
@LilyRose i can identify with you. I also had a work injury that permanently disabled me from ever working in my field again. I was so sick from a chemical exposure I couldn’t function. I have brain damage as well as other injuries. My doctor ordered neurological testing on me to see if I had organic brain damage. The testing lasted 8 hours. The result of my testing proved PTSD. This changed everything for me. When I am exposed to chemicals of any kind, my symptoms look like PTSD but I also get a closing of my throat, inability to breathe and would get tremors. So it kinda sorta looks like I have symptoms of PTSD but in truth my symptoms are chemically the reason I get symptoms. For 20 years I have one doctor that understands my two disorders that are difficult to be treated objectively.
So here I am trying to advise you. You need supportived testing to diagnose your TBI separate from neuropsychological testing that will either confirm or rule out PTSD. I would start wth that. Andbit should be a neuropsychologist that performs and interprets the testing. I’m sure there are similar deficits that can manifest by either the tbt or PTSD. These workers comp whores will do little to get a true diagnosis. They’re job is to deny and/orvwithhold your money.
It will help you to learn what brain part is causing the tbi and what clinical deficits cause PTSD
 
@LilyRose i can identify with you. I also had a work injury that permanently dis...
I've had 2 neuropsychological tests which showed multiple deficits. Which they explained as a result of tbi. Small damage all over they said. Not one part of my brain.
So they couldn't see it on mri. Had a different test for ptsd last year. Took 4 hours to diagnose me.
 
So is your struggle about doubting your diagnosis or is it resistance to the process of PTSD therapy? I would think any brain that is injured would create new pathways of some degree with therapy. If not talk therapy then perhaps art, music or movement? Or meditation?
 
So is your struggle about doubting your diagnosis or is it resistance to the process of PTSD therap...
i've had therapy for my tbi and i learned alot. just needed time to adjust to the new me.
i struggled at first with my ptsd diagnosis, but i wanted to get better in any way so i let it go. gave all i had for therapy. this process has undone everything i worked for the passed 4 yrs. i was ok with it since they told me i would have a setback but it would get better in time.
but they just made it worse and then left... usualy i can fix myself... but i am affraid i can't this time... i can only see one way out if nothing changes. i am tired from poor sleeping, stress, and being pushed to the limits... i am scared and unsure for what will happen next.
a few days ago i felt like i could do this, i can fix myself...
but right now i feel like i'm spiraling out of control.... really irritated about everything, exploded when my cat wasn't listening... i don't feel good at all...
 
It sure sounds like you’ve been activated. That can easily happen if your therapist doesnt contain you before you leave your appt. can you find another trauma specialist? Digging into trauma can definitely rub salt into a wound. “First do no harm” my t is glacial with me. I always resist going but always feel better by the end of the session. Did your t teach you skills? He/she should have. For now can you calm yourself with mindful breathing? Did anything you learned in your tbi therapy address distress tolerance? Google that forvthe hell of it.
 
It sure sounds like you’ve been activated. That can easily happen if your therapist doesnt contai...
don't know any skills... i walk in, he starts, i tell my story, ok see you next time... i leave shaking, heart racing and upset... there was no hey, how are you? how was your week? what happend after...
with tbi therapy i didn't learn things like that... it was more about physical stuff and learning to plan/get trough my day without crashing. they didn't care about the rest.
 
believing that you were better before hand can be a bad thing in the long run, the fact that your asking about it here, and that you went into therapy in the first place says a lot about the big picture when it comes to where you are with your trauma.

I have been down this road, just around 2000 I went off all meds, and stopping getting mental health care, and did so until 2016 when everything caught up with me. Prior to 2016 my Mental Health care did not address my trauma, and even if it would have I was not trusting enough to allow it to happen.

Therapists are like fine wines, they come in all flavors, and what works for one person may not for another. I recently terminated with my therapist because things were no longer working between us.

You may consider trying another therapist, until you find the right one. It helps to know what you need and want beforehand. Sometimes it helps to prepare the new therapist for what you need. For instance, my new therapist has the benefit of a detailed abuse history and hospitalization history and now has some understanding of how I got the way I am, what I struggle with, what triggers me, and what took place that led to some of my mal-adaptive behaviors and cognitive distortions (part of the problem with the old T is she would not go near trauma stuff, did not even want the detailed history. From her perspective she just needed to know I had a history.)

You may want to give it another go, until you find the right T for you.

Its a lonely place being stuck with all that comes with trauma, and no path towards moving forward and away from all that comes with your trauma.
 
believing that you were better before hand can be a bad thing in the long run, the fact that...
i went into therapy because i had no choice.. if it were up to me, i wouldn't even have been tested, i didn't know i had a trauma. when my doc told me he wanted me tested, i got mad and blew up on him.. thats when he was sure i needed it...
 
So, @LilyRose . How are you feeling about moving forward?
that is all i want... but i feel like they wont let me. i was ready to move forward and leave it al behind. but then they pushed me back because acording to them i had a trauma and i really needed therapy. now i feel like i am stuck and can't find my way out.
 
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