You asked a question, I answered. You don't seem to like my answer and continue to defend someone who was abusing the policies of this site (as I understand them. I am not an admin or hold any authority here). Yes my post in question above was a little "victory dance" so to speak. Was it appropriate? Maybe, maybe not. I don't believe he was a PTSD sufferer, so the question of treating a "sufferer" poorly is mute to me. If you do a search of my posts, and read many of them, you will find I am very sympathetic to sufferers and supporters, and intolerant of trolls and spammers (which I very rarely post about. A while back I decided to report, and let admin sort it out). What makes me an expert at picking out the trolls and/or spammers from the sufferers? Nothing, but his self promotion on this site and at least one related, (
I believe the post or thread was found on another website where he was spamming, which is why you can't find it here), and as stated above, many anxiety related websites, of an unrelated quasi-religious website and books on amazon.com, fits most peoples definition of a
troll, ok, spammer, my mistake (Anthony posted while I wrote this, it takes me a long while to write out a post usually).
His posts open with an appealing description, but fall apart near the end IMHO. If you can experience "Bliss"
during a panic attack, more power to you.
Please post how you do it, I'd really, really like to know how you do it, in detail.
For me, a panic attack is just that - PANIC! There is no bliss, or joy, it's terrifying regardless of how much actual control I have or regardless of how strong or mild the attack. If it was blissful, it wouldn't be a - wait for it... wait for it... -
panic - attack. For what little control I do have at times, by the time I've recovered from the panic part of the attack, it's no longer an attack, but feeling blissful about any part of it? No, sorry: opposite ends of the spectrum. I can't even feel happy it's over because the fear and anxiety is still too strong. Depending on how severe the attack was it may take me hours to days to fully(?) recover. Not once during or after the attack would I assign a feeling of bliss or happiness to the event. That is the "
Disorder" or lack of ability to control my thoughts and/or emotions part of PTS
D.
Panic attack... a blessing? I think not. I've gone through phase one, two and three, but
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Hashi said it well, so I won't repeat her post. If you feel I'm wrong or have come to the wrong conclusion of what you posted, please feel free to expand on your post, preferably with references so we know where your coming from.
I asked the person to expand on his post, with references, which he never did. The exchange on my part was polite, but the person failed to back up ANYTHING he posted.
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Post script: Once again I have written, deleted, rewritten most of this post many times over. I hope again I didn't butcher it into nonsense.
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Posted just as I was about to hit "Post Reply"
It's irrelevant if he's a troll,pushing an agenda or a kind hearted soul trying to help. His list has many valid points to consider.
This site is for PTSD sufferers and supporters, not Joe Blow off the street pushing any "agenda" (once again, I'm not admin or any official from this site). His "agenda" was expressed elsewhere, and the thread that pointed it out may have been deleted or just not found (I've got better things to do than search for it, especially because it may have been deleted and/or on one of the sister sites on which he also made the same post).
I am done with this conversation.
