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I have been seeing some articles regarding research done at Oxford. They are using a game called Tetris. From what I can tell, I don't think they have actually used it on a person with PTSD. They enlisted some volunteers to watch graphic episodes of violence and mayhem for a few...

I believe having PTSD is traumatic itself. If that is the case, then would not that doesn't that make PTSD a progressive disorder? I hope I can word this sufficiently to convey my meaning. The symptoms of PTSD, the dissociation, the dysfunction in my daily life, was unbearable. In...

Wherever you are, how's the weather today. I'm in Houston, we had a cold front come through, and it dried up some of the humidity. Outside, it looks so good, it looks like a picture. Just a perfect day.

I watched this with my wife a couple of nights ago. It is about a dentist who lost his family on 9/11. He had PTSD as a result. I was mesmerized, and I thought it was a great movie. I thought it gave a realistic depiction of what it's like to have PTSD. Has anyone else seen this movie?

There is a lot of good in this life. One of my favorite things is to go fishing. My favorite kind of fishing is surf fishing, and that's what I'll be doing the next 3 days. I'm headin out in the morning, going shark fishing on the coast. I've never actually caught a big shark, but it's...

Does anyone have restless leg syndrome? I have had it since I was a child, I have been taking mirapex for it for about 10 years. I have sometimes wondered if there might be a connection between PTSD and RLS. In an article regarding an upcoming study I came across some statements asserting...

Let me pose this question. What criteria would have to be met, in order for something to be considered a cure for PTSD?

I think this is a great addition to the forum. I hope to see many fellow members post on this new topic.

<edited by anthony: this thread has been split from the examples of cognitive biases thread in the anxiety forum.> I was personally given a list similar to this, by a psychiatrist, while in rehab about 4 years ago. I think they called them thought disorders, or something like that. I said to...

http://www.ptsdforum.org/thread31.html Did anything ever come from this? I don't live in Australia, but this was a very good idea.