Poll Do You See An End To The Symptoms In Your Life?

[safenow]

For the first time in my life I can honestly say YES!

If you want to know why, feel free to ask.

 

[hollyberrytea]

I'd love to be positive about it.. But I don't think there's a cure. You can try your best to overcome it, and maybe mostly get over it. But it's a shadow. It will never leave. The light never gets that bright.

 

[LhasaLover]

Hi,

I can see the symptoms and flare up's be reduced but there will always be triggers and outside events that I cannot change. I know that the brain can heal according to researcher's latest studies. However, this is a long road with a lot of variables... Making big lifestyle changes, seeking professional help, support groups all help make a huge difference.

If you current support system is not working, you need to seek out a new one. At least that's my 2 cents.

 

[The Albatross]

I was a bit more positive on my initial response to this thread, but am coming to think more like Lhasa Lover.

 

[anthony]

Only time often tells....

 

[Ayasha]

It depresses me, sometimes, to realize that my symptoms will never fully go away. But I do believe, or at least hope very much, that with time and healing my symptoms will get much better and I can manage them, which might make me feel like they have gone away. I am hopeful but I do understand that they may never fully go away.

 

[anthony]

I look at mine like this... if I provoke certain things and put them into my course of a day, then I accept a certain reaction will follow some time after. I don't get reactive nowadays versus it more slugs me the next day, or day following. How long for... that is always the magic question.

I know what causes reactions, so I can gauge the fallout. Some days I can go shopping for hours, no fallout. Others... I may already be starting before I arrive at the shops, and then I fallout the following day because I was already on the precipice to begin with, and pushed myself over.

What I view as better, is my reactions to things now versus in my past when PTSD was pretty much running me. They just aren't even the same thing... I can still become violently ill, but I have to provoke first which I know what will do it, mostly. It's like knowing what's coming now, so I can rest and expect it, hopefully curbing the worst before it starts with a little preemptive action.

 

[LhasaLover]

Hi All,

I'm not at all feeling negative about PTSD, it's part of who am I now - I just accept it and work on it. There is a therapist who believes I can be cured of all trauma with EMDR and have a very low incidence of relapse with PTSD.

What I am trying to do is be realistic. I've gotten over wanting my recovery to go quickly. I have gotten help, but simply have to get help where and when I can get it.

What I do know is that I am definitely not in the same place I was when I was diagnosed, which was crying for months and being extremely fragile. At least that part of my PTSD is behind me for now. I'm determined not to let PTSD stop me from living and enjoying my life.

 

[The Albatross]

I approached my PTSD wanting to beat it like I have other health situations. I don't mean to suggest you're being negative about it at all. Just that your comment was a more realistic approach.

 

[The Albatross]

The idea of trusting that PTSD is part of "who I am" is becoming more comfortable to me... though I get some angst about possibly embracing some aspects of it I can still improve on.

 

[LhasaLover]

Hi Albatross,

Oh I take no offense... the benefit to this forum is I reallly can think and articulate thoughts on PTSD with people who understand. Suddenly, the alientation is lifted and I am feeling more in the "now".

Does that make sense?

I really am skeptical that all trauma can be cured with EMDR, but I would give it a try. This therapist seems to rush through things, I go to joint therapy with him and a family member.

My therapist does straight psychoanalysis, and while the direction is not clear to me, it is very clear to her.

I am appreciative of both therapists, but I really have benefited from the exploration of myself with my primary therapist. Radically different styles....

Wishing you & everyone a good day/evening!

-LL

 

[LhasaLover]

Albatross,

I will admit to you, I am feeling like the black sheep of the family. This PTSD has set me apart from everyone. I have learned that the things I enjoy are different from my family (I have to remember to keep my mouth shut and not joke around about mundane shows like "Dancing with the Not Really Stars"). In addition, I practice boundaries... I do not speak to my mother or brother which upsets my father. I'm doing everything I'm supposed to be doing and honest and working hard, very hard with therapists. However, it seems I am the viewed at as the problematic one when all my desire has been my entire life is to not pass on the diseases and behaviors by my family. My family tree alone has three suicides and one death from alcoholism in it and that is just what I know! I am, ironically, like the "albatross".