Ptsd Myths - Can You Name More?

[Tanishq]

@anthony Got overwhelmed to see the huge resource. Thanks! :)

This paragraph is very interesting from the link you shared:

In contrast, we hypothesized that dysphoric-borderline batterers come from a background involving parental abuse and rejection. As a result, these men would have difficulty forming a stable, trusting attachment with an intimate partner. Instead, they would be highly dependent on their wives, yet fearful of losing them and very jealous. They would be somewhat impulsive, lack marital skills, and have attitudes hostile toward women and supportive of violence. This group resembles batterers studied by Dutton (1995), who suggested that their early traumatic experiences lead to borderline personality characteristics, anger, and insecure attachment, which, in times of frustration, result in violence against the adult attachment figure (i.e., the wife).

Your choice of "maybe" is right. They(the book) share lack of marital skills, there we go it's upto women/men to develop skills. They haven't talked about cheating directly.

What I wonder, if women/men don't have enough marital skills that might lead to them cheating.

I feel like I need to read the whole book, will do.

 

[anthony]

Yer... I concur, that doesn't really cement it for me. There should be further evidence out there about what really cheating is about.

 

[anthony]

More ideas for you to read and vet.

Psychology Today have a good article, with references: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blo...the-eight-reasons-people-cheat-their-partners

Dr Phil (Psychiatrist): Link Removed -- Still personal to once psychiatrists opinion though... doesn't have studies to evidence.

TED (exceptionally cited article): http://ideas.ted.com/10-facts-about-infidelity-helen-fisher/

 

[Tanishq]

Thanks @anthony for more to read. Especially that TED link!

I am still surprised there are so many stories and blogs online, so this means people are waking up finally. Coming out to know the truth about their own relationship with their partner, I guess it will take a while to come out studies and research matters soon.

I don't believe everyone will give in and say ptsd makes you cheat. There are some people who are after truth and they will explain this all. Good luck to this.

Meanwhile I will try to learn more about other myths which has evidence and new to us.

 

[Summer Ava]

Myth: Children are resilient to trauma.

Myth: You had to have experienced actual physical injury to develop PTSD.

Myth: Everyone with PTSD experiences the same symptoms.

Myth: PTSD recovery is a linear process.

I don't have time to provide evidence for these, however, putting them out there in case anyone else feels up to it.

I do have a collection of citations regarding the role of percieved threat in the development of PTSD -- which I had to compile to educate my clinical psychologist, of all people. When I have access to my laptop, I'll post it.

 

[moonbeam]

Myth: Combat Veterans get PTSD because they killed people.

I'm not sure if this counts as a scholarly source but I found it very helpful.

https://www.myptsd.com/threads/killing-is-not-what-messes-with-your-head.46408/

 

[anthony]

Look forward to citations @Summer Ava. @moonbeam... I would say the myth is incorrect, because some combat veterans do get PTSD due to killing, and killing alone. The majority do not, but some do... making that myth true and not false.

 

[anthony]

Myth: Children are resilient to trauma.

I think this is going to be an interesting debate... as children are as exposed and vulnerable to trauma as anyone else, yet they are also more resilient to trauma, meaning they're far more adaptable and scaleable to self soothe and find non-threatening reasons to account for events in their lives.

I'm currently writing a piece on resilience for the newsletter, and the research is fascinating and complex, to say the least. Resilience is a tough word of choice is what I am reading, based on its definition. Evidence shows children are more resilient to trauma due to their lacking complexity and understanding of complex emotions and meanings, however; they're more vulnerable to trauma at the same time, yet none of this stops them getting PTSD based on overall risk profiles and pathways leading to PTSD.

A very interesting one that I look forward to your data. I'm on the fence with it myself...

 

[hodge]

I'm afraid I can't offer data, only my experience. I was 11 when my first trauma happened. I had several more traumas after that until the age of 30. I didn't develop PTSD symptoms until I was about 39, though. I worked really hard at my career, kept a momentum going, also my mother had me going all the time trying to get along with her. I finally got my mother issue resolved and within a year developed PTSD symptoms and went to get help and got diagnosed. I think it was problems with her that held all the other traumas at bay, because once I got things resolved with her, the PTSD hit.

 

[NarcSis]

Not really a myth more an inquiry, but can anyone find a citation regarding the validity of measures being able to delineate between post traumatic stress and PTSD?

Just for research because I've read in the past that PTS symptoms can last longer than previously thought (? Up to 2 yrs.)

I guess the emerging myth would be that PTSD is highly recoverable but I'm running on the assumption that PTS is often mistaken as PTSD.

Would this myth be True or Busted?

 

[joeylittle]

because I've read in the past that PTS symptoms can last longer than previously thought (? Up to 2 yrs.)

Busted.

According to current diagnostic criteria, the name for PTS is more correctly Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) - this diagnosis has existed since the DSM IV(1994), and changed little in the DSM-5.
It essentially mirrors PTSD criteria with two notable exceptions:

• The symptoms must last no longer than one month (whereas PTSD cannot be diagnosed until after symptoms have been present for one month)
• More emphasis is placed on dissociative symptoms being present in ASD - specifically numbing, distancing, 'tuning out' the event. These symptoms are especially noted because the more present they are in the individual with ASD, the greater chance they will develop PTSD (theory being that once dissociation is gone, the patient will truly be confronting the trauma, and will experience a spike in the other symptoms).

The goal in treating ASD is to keep it from evolving into PTSD. The percentage of people with ASD who will convert to PTSD seems pretty high (Moving vehicle accidents, 78%, assault victims, 83%) - but I can't find much more data than that.

I like this description of the emergence of ASD best:

Initially, the victim will experience confusion and a state of disorientation with an inability to comprehend what is going on around them. This is followed by either complete withdrawal from the situation or agitated, anxious responses and depression. The reaction begins within minutes of the event and typically disappears within hours to 2-3 days. If not, this is when acute stress becomes a disorder.Dead Link Removed

Other sources:
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/treatment/early/acute-stress-disorder.asp
http://www.theravive.com/therapedia/Acute-Stress-Disorder-DSM--5-308.3-(F43.0)

 

[fellowsufferer]

Myth number?? ( i don't know where we were) "If you could ONLY put much more effort in it, it could go away"
I don't think so, IMHO it doesn't work like that!!