Late Nite Ptsd Recovery Theory

[Thinkingman85]

I did a little bit of thinking and may have thought of a way PTSD can be beaten. For PTSD to occur, something had to threaten the person's survival. When the person is vulnerable or believes to be vulnerable, the pain will remain as a defense mechanism. When the person is stable with his/her life, being vulnerable will no longer be an issue. The person will be confident with his/her life and will not have to be connected with the trauma. Simple, but how I envision it.

 

[woundedsoul]

I agree. Processing the traumatic memories and realizing you are no longer facing a life threatening situation is vital to recovery. I know many times my flight or fight response kicks in and I am not actually in a life threatening situation any longer but my body reacts before my mind comprehends it is not in danger.

 

[712xx]

I did a little bit of thinking and may have thought of a way PTSD can be beaten. ... When the person is stable with his/her life, being vulnerable will no longer be an issue. The person will be confident with his/her life and will not have to be connected with the trauma. Simple, but how I envision it.

Is this your recovery theory? We just have to find stability and everything will be ok?

PTSD isn't about being weak or vulnerable. PTSD is like being allergic to emotion -- once we have that trigger, our body overreacts. How do people who have allergies become cured of their allergies? I have only heard of a few cases where kids can sometimes outgrow them, or their immune system was slow to 'take inventory' of self proteins, and became adapted to their environment later in life. Those cases are rare.

As far as I know, most of the time allergies become worse as you get older. I really do believe there is a similar process at work with ptsd and being allergic to emotion. We can manage the symptoms, and try avoiding the triggers; some of them can even be desensitized. Untill they come out saying they can cure allergies, I don't see a cure for ptsd in the near future.

 

[TLight]

Isn't a lot of life about surviving, paying bills, dealing with difficult and, sometimes, dangerous people? Yeah, 'normals' can deal with these things, but everyone is stressed and a lot in survival about what will happen next, stressed with kids, bills, aging parents, commutes.

Is there such a thing as 'stabilty' in life?

I think PTSD is here to stay, unless I marry very rich, never have responsibilities and never have to deal with a holes again......sure, then I'd be pretty good probably.

Don't mean to shoot you down, but I don't think 'stability' really exists for most of us.

 

[intothelight]

Is there such a thing as 'stabilty' in life?

I don't think there is such a thing as stability in life. Life is full of things that we have no control over. I believe we look for stability from within ourselves. That is why therapy and all of the others tools are used to increase our own individual stability. That is the only thing we have control over.

I believe that PTSD affects each person differently and to a greater or lesser degree than others. Maybe the goal should be "the best you can be". No one can ask any more or any less of themselves than their personal best.

Just my .02.

Deb

 

[Sterre]

When the person is vulnerable or believes to be vulnerable, the pain will remain as a defense mechanism. When the person is stable with his/her life, being vulnerable will no longer be an issue.

Thinkingman85: How do you reach this kind of stability?

As others allready stated, stability is very hard to reach. In fact it is impossible and unnatural to remain stable all the time.

What I notice about myself and other members here on this forum, is that part of the "problem" is that our reactions to'"normal" life happenings, can destroy our sense of stability much easier than people who dont suffer from PTSD.

And if somebody believes they are vulnerable, how do you get them to let go of that believe?