News News Article - Abused Children May Get Different Form Of Ptsd

[Springer80]

Come on Pencil!!!! RKofME and I want to know why we demonstrate the article! :bored:
Plus it will have the added bonus of bringing the thread back to Bloomin'Winters topic,... albeit, via regency frocks, free range hellions, bongs and Mr Collins!

 

[Springer80]

Are we off topic?

Yes we are :meh:. Big Surprise with you involved :rolleyes:....we almost made it but now I want to talk about capes. I suppose the Nietzsche Superhuman thing is more grown up.

 

[rightkindofme]

If we are then I want to follow you to it.

Yes, my clothes are part of my conscious presentation in the world. I startle people. The earlier I get it out of the way the easier things go in the long run. If they decide I am weird because of my clothes then they don't freak out when my speech is odd. Of course it is. Look how I dress...

I don't have a normal to return to. I have never seen normal. When I read articles like this and they use language like "had an average of seven traumas" I blink really hard and wonder... wait... am I supposed to be separately traumatized by each individual rape and beating or am I allowed to just group them into "rapes by my dad" "beatings/attempted rapes by my brother" and leave it as one long really nightmarish life.

Everything I was taught was bad. I was told to be quiet. I was told to not intrude on people. I was told that I should not speak. Bwah. I talk talk talk all the time. People think I'm polite until I'm really not. I'm told that my honesty is refreshing. Ha.

I have had six rape free years. I am still scared all the time wondering who next, when next. My therapist has suggested martial arts to channel some of my aggression and fear. :)

 

[Springer80]

If I can't have 'normal', what are the alternatives?

I think therein lies the path to freedom, sanity and health. Just let it all spill out.

 

[rightkindofme]

As far as these things being genetic... I come from a long line of abuse. All kinds of abuse. Really bad stuff on both sides. Both of my parents were broken before they found one another. I absolutely believe they were taught and went on to teach their very broken behaviors. I'm not sure they were capable of change by the time I knew them. :(

 

[Pencil]

RKofME and I want to know why we demonstrate the article

Bloom's heading says 'different', the heading of the article has the word 'unique' ....

 

[rightkindofme]

Different, I would think.

And I HONESTLY think the superhuman label is NOT ridiculous. Hell, to go through what we went through and still joke about it ....

Are we off topic?

I have announced in groups of rabid feminists who were saying that no one ever has the right to make rape jokes, "Actually after twelve rapists and many dozens of rapes I think I've earned the right. So, has anyone heard any good ones? I should add to my repertoire." Yeah yeah, I'm abusing people by announcing that in public. I know. I don't think I need to sit there silently and let them believe their point of view is the only one in the room.

I do think that the way I view the world is intrinsically effected by my life experiences. I have only the rock solid belief that everything good in my life has been the result of me working like a dog and getting what I want. It is hard to persevere. It is hard to deal with flashbacks and tinnitus and vertigo and constant panic attacks and keep working. I don't really see any other road. I have never seen a different road.

 

[rightkindofme]

Err, we could move to the chat room. Since we seem to be up at the same time...

 

[Pencil]

Springer?

 

[Springer80]

When I read articles like this and they use language like "had an average of seven traumas" I blink really hard and wonder... wait... am I supposed to be separately traumatized by each individual rape and beating or am I allowed to just group them....and leave it as one long really nightmarish life.

I think I just merge it into one big blob and forget about it. I really don't pick hat scab anymore or rather its stopped itching me. Either way, whatever the effects of taking hat approach/having it become your 'being' is just how I am now. Like you say...better just get your freak on and carry on regardless!

People think I'm polite until I'm really not. I'm told that my honesty is refreshing. Ha.

Good me too, I do find it strange and tiring that people think honesty is novel. What is the opposite exactly? It's like spinning plates, pointless but people do it.

I have had six rape free years. I am still scared all the time wondering who next, when next. My therapist has suggested martial arts to channel some of my aggression and fear. :)

I don't know how to phrase this. That's wonderful is hardly appropriate, what does that say of our standards? I'm glad you have had relative safety for a while now. I ran a short self defense course at my local women's center cos I wanted one in an arena where the fact we had suffered violence was known and taken seriously, rather than just something at the local gym. I do think physical confidence can be gained through any kind of fitness cos it builds strength and keeps you 'in your body' in a positive way. Takes your mind off things too, gives the worry part of your brain a rest.

 

[rightkindofme]

I've been running for the last two years. I completed a marathon in October. I'm serious about this getting stronger business.

 

[ninja]

How do others feel about this? I feel guarded/resistant. I feel that some things can't and shouldn't be remedied by drugs.

I agree with you fully. I do not want their drugs either. I grew up with elevated stress hormones as my "normal." Yes, it probably threw off the rest of my system *coughautoimmunity, but NO I do not think psychotropics are the answer for me...future varieties included!!

I am interested in epigenetic reversal techniques though. :) Particularly curious about the origins of those potential treatments/medications: synthetic, natural, etc.

I suppose what I'm saying that even if a pill cane mimic or replicate the love and trust lost over a childhood and subsequent life time, it's a pill, it's not a person. Why do the medical profession not get that. Having medical professionals simply admit that would be worth it's weight in gold to a persons physical and mental health and self perception.

YES!! Love this!