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So, I got a friend, let's call her Anne.
She has had a drinking problem before, but not as bad as other people with ptsd do. She hasn't had any physical addiction symptoms.
So we went to a party, we both suffer from some sort of ptsd, she is officially diagnosed, I am halfway through the process of getting a diagnosis. That's not that important now I think.
So it was Halloween and we were going to a party with just a few friends (because of Corona) and we already met them daily in school, so wasn't that problematic with the virus.
We drank a little. Each of us some gin tonic, Cola and something different, I don't remember.
Then we decided to go out, take a walk.
A friend took some weed with him.
My friend, Anne knew she wasn't responding well to drugs because of the trauma memories. But she smoked anyway.
Long story short, she got a horror trip, wasn't responding properly to what I was saying to her, said things related to the trauma and completely made me get sober right away because of the worries and adrenaline. She stopped walking, clung onto me and whispered things. I held her, spoke to her and tried to calm her down. She still wasn't responding much. I was so afraid, that I thought about calling an ambulance because of the huge effects on her, even though she didn't smoke much. It was one of the worst nights ever. And we had a few bad days and nights together. But never that bad.
Have you had experiences like that? I just needed some space for me to talk about that. It really stresses me.
And she couldn't remember much the next day.
Thanks for giving people a platform.
She has had a drinking problem before, but not as bad as other people with ptsd do. She hasn't had any physical addiction symptoms.
So we went to a party, we both suffer from some sort of ptsd, she is officially diagnosed, I am halfway through the process of getting a diagnosis. That's not that important now I think.
So it was Halloween and we were going to a party with just a few friends (because of Corona) and we already met them daily in school, so wasn't that problematic with the virus.
We drank a little. Each of us some gin tonic, Cola and something different, I don't remember.
Then we decided to go out, take a walk.
A friend took some weed with him.
My friend, Anne knew she wasn't responding well to drugs because of the trauma memories. But she smoked anyway.
Long story short, she got a horror trip, wasn't responding properly to what I was saying to her, said things related to the trauma and completely made me get sober right away because of the worries and adrenaline. She stopped walking, clung onto me and whispered things. I held her, spoke to her and tried to calm her down. She still wasn't responding much. I was so afraid, that I thought about calling an ambulance because of the huge effects on her, even though she didn't smoke much. It was one of the worst nights ever. And we had a few bad days and nights together. But never that bad.
Have you had experiences like that? I just needed some space for me to talk about that. It really stresses me.
And she couldn't remember much the next day.
Thanks for giving people a platform.