Post Traumatic Stress Injury

[PureDogs]

I liked the idea of some discussion around the subject but definitely don't want anything like the incredibly heated debate on that link, if I evoked any of the strong feelings similar to those on that thread I hold my hands up, apologise profusely and back away. **eeek**

Don't go away - It is ok to have discussion. I don't see any heat debate. If I sounds like I am trying to start that - that is not my intention.

 

[EvenStrongerNow]

Viewing PTS as a disorder helped me get to the acceptance stage--that it's not my fault and helped me understand that it is real. It helped me to understand that while there isn't a cure, I can heal. The longer I denied PTSD, the longer it took me to grab it by the horns and take control.

Viewing it as a disorder is what saved me from the agony in my thinking that I was just crazy and that I was making it all up. It is literally what caused a shift in my brain. I no longer feel that way.

Viewing PTS as a disorder now, at this point in my recovery (three years later), is what gives me hope that I can recover.

I don't know why that is. This is just for me. I have no idea how that would've played out if it has always just been called an "injury". I just don't know.

 

[Kas_Can_Fly]

I don't see any heat debate. If I sounds like I am trying to start that - that is not my intention.

Not you PureDogs, the other thread posted by Hashi on the same subject looked heated - all I meant was I didn't mean to upset anyone by starting this thread and I don't want to cause the same sort of arguments that were there!

 

[Kas_Can_Fly]

@EvenStrongerNow - I value the diagnosis of PTSD - for me it's not the D or I in this case but the PTS - knowing that what I'm struggling with now is because of what I've been through makes complete sense and is a relief - before I was misdiagnosed with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder which was simply the wrong fit. Also as Hope4Now pointed out, it means that being the way I am now isn't my fault which is an enormous weight off of my shoulders. Personally I don't see any difference between the Disorder or Injury in the name, but the way in which it looks at recovery changes in my perspective and I like the way it shook things up for me when I read that. I often find that a change in perspective helps me look at the same thing differently and actually enjoy as many different perspectives (as long as they are founded in common sense, fact or truth) as I can get, it gives me a better sense of the thing which I am trying to understand.

 

[Deleted member 1860]

Ok I changed my mind. I see the benefits of it being an injury as opposed to a disorder. It is the only mental disorder that MUST have an external cause which "injures" the sufferer. The injury label would change public perception, I have no doubt.

You WERE injured (something done to you) versus You ARE disordered (something seen as a part of your personality). It's the difference between dealing with an external hardship and having a flawed or weak personality/character/mind.

 

[Survivor2Thriver]

You WERE injured (something done to you) versus You ARE disordered (something seen as a part of your personality). It's the difference between dealing with an external hardship and having a flawed or weak personality/character/mind.

Exactly! Perfectly normal children and adults are abused all the time by idiots. The idiots are the ones mentally disordered. They're the ones who should be walking around with their heads hung low with shame! Never forget that. Ever. :)

 

[Survivor2Thriver]

If you're in the military you're given awards for surviving battles. What's the difference? Society in general needs to learn the difference! We have soldiers risking their life for our freedom and society writes them off as damaged souls. How disturbing is that? PTS survivors everywhere need to ban together and educate society. :)