Research Article On Ptsd And Ocd

[sun seeker]

Last time I posted an external link it was removed, but you can find this article by googling the September 2012 edition of the Scientific American. It is about a subtype of OCD that is caused by PTSD and needs a different treatment approach.

I never did feel comfortable with the CBT approach to my OCD symptoms and couldn't get past base one. The symptoms completely make sense in terms of my trauma. Just some validation for others who may be in similar situations.

 

[SoSadGuilty]

Last time I posted an external link it was removed, but you can find this article by googling the Sep...

I found it too yesterday @sun seeker This it? http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/compulsions-can-follow-trauma/ There are quite a few medical papers as well discussing their co-morbidity etc.

 

[SoSadGuilty]

Last time I posted an external link it was removed, but you can find this article by googling the Sep...

And this one @sun seeker http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4346088/

 

[sun seeker]

This it?

I forget. Sorry. It was a while ago. The second one looks more informative though.

 

[SoSadGuilty]

I forget. Sorry. It was a while ago. The second one looks more informative though.

Yeah @sun seeker there are quite a few I've come across during my recent compulsive googling. I'll try to dig them out if you're interested but I just have to be careful I don't end up googling stuff that feeds my ocd *sighs* This stuff really isn't easy....

 

[sun seeker]

I'll try to dig them out if you're interested but I just have to be careful I don't end up googling stuff that feeds my ocd

Please don't then. You need to take care of your safety first. (As one person with OCD - or something like it - to another, I'm sure you will understand my concern.)

 

[JACC]

Please don't then. You need to take care of your safety first. (As one person with OCD - or somethi...

I thought about hypnotherapy... If there is such a thing that can help you not dream about the events again and again and again.... But will we be the same person? I think I rather be what i was before, but what do you do when you have photographic memory and it won't erase? Instead it reinforces stronger as the time goes by....