I Believe PTSD Is Curable - An Anonymous Source

[lrs]

Enmat - I'm inclined to agree with you.
When I had PTSD

 

[Iam]

OK..wow! This is very interesting stuff. Considering that we know that an actual change has taken place in our brain chemistry and functioning this makes sense to me. I had a lazy eye as a child and remember my mom doing eye therapy with me, i.e. following a pencil with the strong eye covered. I also think it's interesting that I was diagnosed with dyslexia in highschool (which is a right/left perception problem in the brain.) I pretty much overcame this by taking a speed reading class at the local community college. I still have dyslexic symptoms occassionally, but only when highly stressed. That would make logical sense to me considering that follows suit with PTSD. I have controlled my PTSD symptoms to a certain extent (albiet only partially for periods of time, more compartmentalizing/repression than anything) before I even knew I had it. Makes me wonder if all the right eye/left eye exercises has anything to do with that? I am totally game for trying this out. Do you think eating and writing with the left hand would suffice as retraining?

I totally agree with James though....I believe we must process our feelings and reprogram our thought processes themselves along with this. You did this Irs with all the counseling you had before you started with learning to play your banjo left handed.

The two together may give us a mental health we never thought was possible! Wow......hope, now that is an incredible gift in itself!

 

[Artista]

Been following the Post Traumatic Stress- Curable thread. Sounds amazing. Mentioned it to therapist so she can look this site up and read it. Must say, it is one of those things that in some ways seems too good to be true! Certainly worth a shot. I wonder if it matters or not if you have lots of info not uncovered yet??? This is the most stressing this for me. The other shoe dropping.

 

[Iam]

I don't think that this technique has anything to do with bringing up or accessing forgotten memories Artista. I think it is actually is more about reprogramming our thought patterns and how we view things, you know, perception.

 

[AdamAnt]

Do you think that with this training that the other therapys might be avoided altogether? Could this possibly cure PTSD in the early stages, before the sufferer has had to deal with all of the memories?

I'm trying to understand the mechanics of it, could it be that someone with these pathways intact to begin with would not have developed PTSD in the first place?

 

[James B.]

Got my eye-patch pirate style at Rite Aid for like 3 bucks. Did a couple basic mods to it and am walking around outside with it on for about an hour a day.

Still need to make the commitment to try and learn to sketch with my left. Gonna put up a sign (LOL) in my kitchen that says: cook and eat with left hand, so I can remember - sheesh.

One more thought, this isn't meant to sound skeptical or biased., honest - just thinking out loud so thanks for bearing with me.

If someone said, "we're doing a test to see if this stuff'll cure PTSD, do you wanna participate?" I'd say "no, not the right guy". Why? Because clinically I've probably had PTSD (before it became complex) since I was 4 or 5 years old, probably since my first major disocciation when I acted out from having been molested. Think many here and many in the clinical world might agree.

So, for me to feel the test was accurate (emphasis on the word *me*) I'd have to see a 1 to 1 success/failure ratio. That would mean I'd have to be symtom free for about 46 or 47 years, and I doubt I'll be around that long.

Even if the test was a .5 to 1 success/failure ratio, that would take about 23 years, or, pretty much the rest of my life.

Once more, even more lax on a qualifier: .25 to 1 success/failure = +10 years being symtom free in relation to how long I've been suffering.

*Cure* is a big word.

No doubt this stuff - based on the explanations here - really makes sense and is very exciting. Gonna give it a go 'cause, basically, what have I got to lose?

 

[anni]

I hate to keep lobbing the ball back to your court, James, but I agree again on pretty much all fronts. Haivng said that, I realize puts one in danger of being viewed as possibly being categorized as living in the realms as someone who is nicely attached to their diagnosis and doesn't wish to move out of it. In a word, no. I think James is showing a lovely, hopeful and adventerous spirit while keeping his options open as to outcome. It did make me smile about posting signs in the kitchen to remember to cook with the other hand, Heck, I have post-it's everywhere telling me where my car-keys might be that day, much less changing something as routine as cooking.

I very much like your approach to this James. It seems to have a determined but light touch. I'd join you but anything to do with handedness sends me to bed with a hot water bottle.

 

[Jline]

Hi everyone,

Well, I am still free of anxiety. I went home for my sisters wedding, a place where I usually have terrible panic but nothing happened and I had a great time. I am just feeling so normal, balanced and I am sleeping so much better, no racing thoughts keeping me awake. Anyone else feeling better?

 

[AdamAnt]

I'm feelin better just knowing you're feelin better, Jline! :)

I'm watching hopefully!

 

[tgrl]

My father played musical instruments, didn't help him. None of this stuff did.

 

[Jline]

This thread is not about playing musical instruments. It is a about a natural way to help the brain work in balance. How can we get better if we are basically using only one side of our brain? I have been dealing with PTSD all my life, this is the only thing that has brought me true relief from the body and mind crushing anxiety that I was living with everyday.

 

[TLight]

JLine;

I've been a sufferer my whole life too. I've been doing left handed writing during the week for about an hour or so daily. Plus I've been taping my left eyelid closed and going about my day (I'm usually at home, disability).

I have noticed that my 'buzzing' in the left side of my brain seems subsided, that my anxiety seems less, and when I do go somewhere, I seem to manage a bit better. I made it all the way on a hour trip last week and I didn't feel so much dread, like I usually do.

That being said, I did have an intense flashback and rage episode, but I was in a disturbing fight with my BF.

So, I can't say my symptoms are completely gone, but I'm doing a bit better on the ordinary days. I did have two days of darkness after the fight (or during) where I isolated and layed in bed suicidal, so again, my symptoms aren't gone. But I do feel a bit of day to day relief.

I'm going to keep up with these activities and I hope others will try them too. I do play right handed guitar, so today I might try switching, although I don't want to change over the strings! Lazy I guess.....but shouldn't matter. I'll try to play the chords anyway, doesn't matter to me what it sounds like. Seems like just the complex action should be enough.

I'm keeping going. Please keep us up to date, especially when the stress hits, JLine!