Ptsd And Math.

[snakeeater955]

How does PTSD effect your ability to do math. Is your ability to do math improved when your PTSD is in remission.

 

[hodge]

I needs my caculator now.

 

[ShodokanJenn]

Often times, I'm unable to focus on ANYTHING because of the PTSD symptoms. So I would definitely say it impacts my ability to do math. It was in remission when I first started college, and I noticed a definite drop in my math ability as the symptoms re-emerged.

 

[RavenGirl]

My EVERYTHING is improved when my PTSD is in remission. I wish I was in a remission right now. :( When I'm in a flare up, I can't remember what I want to say in a sentence. My patience is short, I sometimes stutter, I lose people's names that I've known for years, math is harder, recipes that I've done for years I can't remember, EVERYTHING is harder. It sucks that's for sure!

 

[Friday]

I'm fairly certain that my PTSD doesn't affect my maths whatsoever.

As, up until I fractured my skull, my math skills were completely unchanged. It was banging my head that last time, that made all my numbers fall out, and caused me to have to relearn what numbers were and how they interacted with each other.

 

[sedna]

This is an interesting concept. I've had PTSD since I was a kid and I've never been able to do math, but did great in every other subject.
I wonder if there is a connection. The only difference I notice in a relapse is that I'll spend time trying to defend my inability
to math because Im afraid I look stupid. When I'm in remission I just laugh and say I cant do it without apologizing.

PTSD makes you hard on yourself about not functioning well, that's for sure.

 

[snakeeater955]

the thing is my ptsd has only been in remission once for maybe a week or two if in remission at all. I started to go in remission around 21.5 22 years of age, then my mom poisoned me and I woke up around 3-4am vomiting blood. Then my ptsd reoccurred. Ive never taken the sat while in remission and math is the only subject I scored low in. When I started therapy I didnt even know I had ptsd. When repression was resolved my earliest memories were age six, and I had ptsd then.

 

[Enaila]

Sometimes playing with numbers is a way for me to feel grounded. It forces me to concentrate, so it seems my math ability stays about the same. As far as writing and reading when having ptsd difficulties.....that is a different story.

 

[Ronin]

PTSD itself, no relation.

Trauma, many relations. A long time of being very hurt for stupid shit relating to numbers.

I re-learn my math, and other sciences, periodically. Different style / different way of explaining the same concept, trauma move out, math is amazing ;)

That said, I can't do basic computations for shit.
I grok concepts, theories, relations. 'Simple' is too difficult & confusing & making me feel stupid.

Show me a more interrelated way to look at the thing and I'll do it, give me the basics and I won't put it together.

 

[trying2movefwd]

I am not going to say a thing.... (not in remission,skills limited in all areas right now, except ptsd,mindfulness,grounding,and other psychological words...i have a degree in psych though...but it seems my "job readiness" scores indicate I am only intelligent enough as a 14 to 16 year are in this season of life.

 

[Enaila]

@trying2movefwd I noticed my skills, particularly writing and vocabulary, have decreased significantly. I have a master's degree and wrote a thesis paper after many years of research. If it wasn't my name on it and I didn't have my diploma and pictures, I don't know if I would believe I did it. Those years are still blocked from memory, but as I started displaying symptoms of ptsd, my skills are even worse. Some days are a real struggle and it scares me as I teach.