Flashbacks

[illusionist]

I had a friend who had depression really badly and on talking that's what she felt...but what I posted earlier, she felt was the reason.

So if your Ptsd was suddenly cured, you would cease to exist?...that's not possible. What would cease, would be the hell you go through. You and your personality will still be there.I go through a lot of symptom free periods where I've learned to see the true me. Given time you will see yourself shining through.

What are your beliefs, your preferences, things you love, things you hate, your hobbies, taste in music.....all sorts of things that make you uniquely you. They are different to every other person who has Ptsd.

 

[Deleted member 27340]

Obviously I wouldn't cease to exist, but there would be nothing left. There's no me, there's only PTSD and depression.

 

[holdenmonty]

It's tough for me to figure out what is a flashback and what is an intrusive thought because sometimes my T dismisses it as an instrusive thought when I tell her that I have had a flashback. But for me personally I think of a flashback is when I hear something and all of a sudden my mind sees a memory from my deployment and I start to have a panic attack. For me personally I think of an instrusive thought is when my mind just brings up memories and I don't feel any kind of physical reaction to those memories.

 

[Ronin]

...what if there's nothing to keep? I don't have an identity.

You can make one, and if you're uncomfortable with it, re-define it.
You breathe, you interact, you remember, you share, you have likes & dislikes, you're someone already. We all start small, it's okay to start at a later time, or start all over again, any number of times a person needs.

 

[holdenmonty]

I was going home from work and saw a black hawk... why are these stupid block hawks around this isn't a normal base... But anyway I saw one going home from work and I could see the mountain in Afghanistan behind the black hawk and started to have an anxiety attack. It totally sucked