I apologize in advance for what may be perceived as a negative attitude at the overall inability of humanity to discover a means by which a sufferer of PTSD may move past the diagnosis and into the richness of life that can be experienced beyond the affects of early (or later) trauma. My opinions are my own too. My trauma experiences go back to before I can remember and then more which I can remember.
I'm within the spectrum of causes: Chronic parental neglect, emotional and physical abuse, sexual abuse. I have the intellectual understanding of all of it, and I have felt deeply the pain and intense feelings stored in my body from these experiences in my efforts to move the trauma out of my emotional cache. I've done everything from psychotherapy to meditation and Eastern Wisdom Practices, starting back in my late twenties.
I'm not here to complain or accept some inevitability of a condition that perhaps is not as well understood in it's treatment as it could be. I think it can be very individual and require a lifelong dedication to moving past it. Yet I also think it is a doorway to personal growth and finding a deeper experience to life- I didn't always see trauma that way.
I'm here to share my experience with what I have done in my efforts to move past it. I'm 60 and am currently dealing with chronic depression associated with the processing of these early traumatic experiences. I have tried many types of non-drug and drug therapies including Anti-depressant therapy, which I do not advocate based on my own experiences on the drugs and the dysfunctions they caused me; that coupled with a pharmaceutical industry who could genuinely care less about helping because their efforts are wholly profit driven. My view on Anti-D's is also associated with reading the experiences of people who unknowingly got on them and are now trying desperately to come off them. But enough of that I'm not waving that flag here in introductions ( I have a lot to share and caution there.) My journey is about moving beyond the traumas without drug therapy going on three years now.
I hope that I may contribute something meaningful to this group and may learn from those here who share their experiences.
Thanks to the moderators and posters!
Peace on your Path!
Mark
I'm within the spectrum of causes: Chronic parental neglect, emotional and physical abuse, sexual abuse. I have the intellectual understanding of all of it, and I have felt deeply the pain and intense feelings stored in my body from these experiences in my efforts to move the trauma out of my emotional cache. I've done everything from psychotherapy to meditation and Eastern Wisdom Practices, starting back in my late twenties.
I'm not here to complain or accept some inevitability of a condition that perhaps is not as well understood in it's treatment as it could be. I think it can be very individual and require a lifelong dedication to moving past it. Yet I also think it is a doorway to personal growth and finding a deeper experience to life- I didn't always see trauma that way.
I'm here to share my experience with what I have done in my efforts to move past it. I'm 60 and am currently dealing with chronic depression associated with the processing of these early traumatic experiences. I have tried many types of non-drug and drug therapies including Anti-depressant therapy, which I do not advocate based on my own experiences on the drugs and the dysfunctions they caused me; that coupled with a pharmaceutical industry who could genuinely care less about helping because their efforts are wholly profit driven. My view on Anti-D's is also associated with reading the experiences of people who unknowingly got on them and are now trying desperately to come off them. But enough of that I'm not waving that flag here in introductions ( I have a lot to share and caution there.) My journey is about moving beyond the traumas without drug therapy going on three years now.
I hope that I may contribute something meaningful to this group and may learn from those here who share their experiences.
Thanks to the moderators and posters!
Peace on your Path!
Mark