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I agree with the way many of you deal with friends and family on what I have heard it called "that PTSD thing you have". Really folks? Its not a 'thing' I have. I have lost friends that didn't know what to say,how to react or could no longer deal with my excuses for backing out of plans we...
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I believe Invisible Sun's posting is for entertainment purposes only. As someone that is in recovery, working to heal from complex PTSD I have become quite knowledgeable about the DISORDER. When someone that does not have PTSD makes a blanket statement that "PTSD is the most misunderstood...
If you're going by the DSM definition of what trauma is then there are a lot of people out there that have just had a bad day and don't really have PTSD. My personal opinion is anyone experiencing a traumatic or horrific life altering event cannot help but experience PTSD on some level.
I think you will find EMDR to help as far as processing the trauma out of the body. The mind is one thing but the body remembers and a lot of trauma is stored in the body. the body needs help in moving the trauma along so to speak EMDR does work ...just make sure u have someone that was trained...