Has It Happened To Anyone?

[StarChild]

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[Freedomfighter]

My PTSD started 10 years ago. I had those memories which caused me great deal of discomfort and max...

Yep, that is unfortunately normal for this unreal disease.

 

[PTSDisweird]

Yep, that is unfortunately normal for this unreal disease.

Its so strange. At the first years I couldnt take off my head the thoughts and memories and they made me sweat, nauseous etc, but now most of the times they arent distressing. What makes me believe that my brained numbed the trauma instead of resolving it, is that one of my traumas is of sexual nature, and I have a weird numbness when it comes to sex, orgasm, bodily touch etc.

 

[Gs172003]

Its so strange. At the first years I couldnt take off my head the thoughts and memories and they ma...

I tend to "disappear"

 

[C.M]

Not alone and I relate. Traumas feel like they are "stuck" in the body (body memories) and deep deep within the mind (any reminder direct or indirect) cause distress, stress and confusion occurs when needing/wanting to access the whys of such responses. Overload occurs and numbing, feeling "crazy" happens. One thing I have found to be a little bit helpfull is stating out loud "It is 2016 and I am safe", this does not allways resolve it yet it reminds me to be here and now as best as I am able.

 

[EveHarrington]

Yes.

Mind healing can happen quite quickly but body healing is a bit slower.

IME.

 

[Gadgie]

Mind healing can happen quite quickly but body healing is a bit slower.

That's weird, as I thought it was the other way around? Or maybe it's just how I think of things.

 

[PTSDisweird]

That's weird, as I thought it was the other way around? Or maybe it's just how I think of things.[/QUOTE...

Everyone is different ofcourse. What do you meam the other way around?

 

[Gadgie]

I meant that the body can heal a lot quicker than the mind, well that's just my thought on it.

 

[VioletButterfly]

I'm kind of there right now wondering if I imagined it all and that I'm just some crazy, overwrought person with addictions who needs to create a network of friends and stabilize her finances. Was I that brainwashed by my first therapist and everything that followed was a lie? Get's me no where except running in circles. Hope that makes sense.

I'm just trying to hang on until I can situate some of those real-time issues and then taking another look. I do still have intrusive and racing thoughts, but attribute that to real-time stress. Who knows, one day at a time is about all I can do right now, though sometimes I do try to think outside of my box of a mind. I often find myself just wanting it all not to be real, so maybe that's part of the problem as well. I just want to be "normal." Hmmmm. Yep, I think that's part of the problem. VB

 

[PTSDisweird]

I meant that the body can heal a lot quicker than the mind, well that's just my thought on it.

Yeah I agree with that. My guess is that brain numbs traumatic events after years, and tries to burry the memories. Thats why with therapy of PTSD its possible to remember old forgotten traumatic memories. In other words, speaking for myself at least, the memories were way more painful at the onset of PTSD and for some years after, rather than a lot of years after. The memories are not so painful, and I can feel an element of numbness surrounding them, but the subconscious most likely knows and causes hyperarousal and anxiety symptoms still. Not a professional, all those come from insight in myself.

 

[lostforgottensoul]

I go numb ALL of the time. It seems when there is a ton of emotions all at once is when it happens. Its like my system cant handle it and shuts down or something. Most especially here recently since my mom died.

I have been just letting myself be. Staying patient with myself and eventually things start to slowly come out. Most stuff I can feel at first but slowly starts to emerge and then deal with that one and then next and so on.

Hope this helps.