Andrew1987
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Hi all
Found the forum while searching a few things on google to do with PTSD. I've suffered from PTSD since a car accident around 3 years ago - I was driving to visit my parents as I had not had the chance to see them for christmas & another driver who had been drinking hit me head on, on an open stretch of highway travelling at a high speed. I was trapped for a number hours, the other driver was deceased. I spent around 2 weeks in hospital and considering the speed of the accident my injuries were thankfully not so bad, a few broken bones. I always think of the trauma from the accident as the hardest injury to overcome - I'm still wrestling with it everyday.
Subsequently I've experienced problems with alcohol, by no means alcoholism but more so the binge drinking. The first few drinks make me feel normal again and seem to bring me out of the 'haze' I feel like I live life in. From those first few I drink till im legless...Subsequently I've pushed alot of my friends away and have put undue pressure on the relationship with my partner. I can never really drink alcohol without waking up with some regret the next day.
I feel anger, I feel like life has passed me by, and I feel much older than my 23 years. The last 3 years seem like a blur to me.
I've received treatment on and off from different professionals. Seems to help in the short term, but I lapse in the long term.
I read a number of points for carers in another thread, and it seemed to sum up the symptoms I feel fairly frequently -
Found the forum while searching a few things on google to do with PTSD. I've suffered from PTSD since a car accident around 3 years ago - I was driving to visit my parents as I had not had the chance to see them for christmas & another driver who had been drinking hit me head on, on an open stretch of highway travelling at a high speed. I was trapped for a number hours, the other driver was deceased. I spent around 2 weeks in hospital and considering the speed of the accident my injuries were thankfully not so bad, a few broken bones. I always think of the trauma from the accident as the hardest injury to overcome - I'm still wrestling with it everyday.
Subsequently I've experienced problems with alcohol, by no means alcoholism but more so the binge drinking. The first few drinks make me feel normal again and seem to bring me out of the 'haze' I feel like I live life in. From those first few I drink till im legless...Subsequently I've pushed alot of my friends away and have put undue pressure on the relationship with my partner. I can never really drink alcohol without waking up with some regret the next day.
I feel anger, I feel like life has passed me by, and I feel much older than my 23 years. The last 3 years seem like a blur to me.
I've received treatment on and off from different professionals. Seems to help in the short term, but I lapse in the long term.
I read a number of points for carers in another thread, and it seemed to sum up the symptoms I feel fairly frequently -
- It can be common for a boyfriend, husband, partner to shut you out when their PTSD is out of control or when they are overloaded.
- PTSD can sometimes cause a normally loving person say cruel and mean things to push you away.
- If a PTSD sufferer says they need space....they really mean it and you should oblige. Even minimal contact which you may do out of kindness and thoughtfulness can result in an undesired result.
- While you may want to talk and share your problems, doing so with a PTSD sufferer can add to their stress and actually make them more ill.
- Too much good stress can be just as detrimental as too much bad stress for a sufferer, especially if it is all occurring at once.
I have no idea if posting on here will help me or will achieve anything, I'm just tired of the ups and downs I guess..currently about to start another round of treatment hopefully I can sort things out a bit more.
Thanks
- While you may want to talk and share your problems, doing so with a PTSD sufferer can add to their stress and actually make them more ill.
- If a PTSD sufferer says they need space....they really mean it and you should oblige. Even minimal contact which you may do out of kindness and thoughtfulness can result in an undesired result.
- PTSD can sometimes cause a normally loving person say cruel and mean things to push you away.
