NakedAnxiety
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Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
It fits my own particular situation a little bit better than the "single event" type of PTSD. My traumatic experiences started at birth, with my first major fracture of a femur (thigh bone) at 8-months-old. My last major fracture was a compound fracture of my right arm 4 years ago. Traumatic events included having to drag myself with a broken leg several blocks home to get help... Having both of my legs broken and rodded by doctors in several places in an attempt to straighten them to get me to walk again. Then having the doctors make me start walking on the broken legs 3 days after surgery to get them to heal correctly.
(Do I hear Barbra Striesand's "Memories" in the background?)
My triggers can be any similar surface that looks wet or slick, seeing a person injured in real life or on TV, and sometimes simply looking down at one of my scars that was a result of a major surgery repairing a broken bone.
Sometimes just thinking of family members can cause flashbacks because so many of them were right there next to me when I had an accident or was in the hospital. I've always been very close to my (first) family and then about 3 years ago, I couldn't see them anymore and only this year have begun to try to get them back into my life.
It fits my own particular situation a little bit better than the "single event" type of PTSD. My traumatic experiences started at birth, with my first major fracture of a femur (thigh bone) at 8-months-old. My last major fracture was a compound fracture of my right arm 4 years ago. Traumatic events included having to drag myself with a broken leg several blocks home to get help... Having both of my legs broken and rodded by doctors in several places in an attempt to straighten them to get me to walk again. Then having the doctors make me start walking on the broken legs 3 days after surgery to get them to heal correctly.
(Do I hear Barbra Striesand's "Memories" in the background?)
My triggers can be any similar surface that looks wet or slick, seeing a person injured in real life or on TV, and sometimes simply looking down at one of my scars that was a result of a major surgery repairing a broken bone.
Sometimes just thinking of family members can cause flashbacks because so many of them were right there next to me when I had an accident or was in the hospital. I've always been very close to my (first) family and then about 3 years ago, I couldn't see them anymore and only this year have begun to try to get them back into my life.