News Ptsd Gone Wrong - Eva Amurri Says She Had Ptsd After Baby Drop

[anthony]

Susan Sarandon‘s daughter, Eva Amurri Martino, is having a rough time after a nurse dropped her son Major, fracturing his skull. “Kyle and I were sleeping at the time and were awoken by the sound of his head hitting the floor, and then hysterical piercing screams,” she revealed on her website Happily Eva After on Sunday.

Problem #1 - Self Diagnosed

However, the accident has not sat well with the 31-year-old mother of two, who believes she’s suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Problem #2 - Beliefs are Misguided

“It’s nearly impossible for me to trust anyone but myself to take care of Major now... ...Hearing Major cry hard immediately triggers my memories of the moments after the accident and instigates an immediate panic attack — my heart races and tears spring to my eyes. Sometimes I get dizzy spells. I feel nauseous and overwhelmed and even small discomforts he has make me anxious. My appetite has decreased to nothing, I have a hard time getting to sleep after night time feedings, and my milk supply goes up and down depending on the stresses of the day. Any time we are near an edge or a ledge, I fear that he will fall, somehow, and be hurt again.”

Problem #3 - Anxiety Does Not Equal PTSD

Because a person suffers an event in their life, followed by anxiety as a consequence, which is normal, does not mean they have PTSD.

People need to educate themselves before choosing such self-diagnostic terms to apply, especially if a celebrity.

Eva Amurri says she had PTSD after baby drop

 

[mamachick]

I am sure she is having a really rough time after such an incident. She probably thinks this is as bad as it can get and that she has ptsd, but only self diagnosed. She might even be able to find someone to diagnose her with ptsd...Im sure.

 

[Enaila]

Most of her issues sound like what many new mothers experience especially with changes in hormonal levels, as well as normal fears parents have when a child gets injured. I agree with you Anthony. Anxiety does not equal PTSD.

 

[Fadeaway]

I have a hard time getting to sleep after night time feedings, and my milk supply goes up and down depending on the stresses of the day. Any time we are near an edge or a ledge, I fear that he will fall, somehow, and be hurt again.”

Don't all new mothers (normal ones anyways) have amplified fears about their child being hurt? Anyone who has ever been involved in the Le Leche League or has experience with breastfeeding know that the milk supply is in constant fluctuation.

Did the child suffer any long term damage? Edit: It does not appear that the baby is going to have any long term effects.That is a relief. I am sympathetic to the fact that had to be very worrisome. I am not sympathetic to the fact that she is calling normal new mom emotions PTSD.

 

[anthony]

I understand she may be suffering anxiety as a result of her baby having a head fracture from being dropped. No debate about it. If she was diagnosed with PTSD, OR, she wrote symptoms of PTSD, then I would have a vastly different opinion. But that is not what has happened here... she wrote about symptoms of anxiety and worry for her child due to being dropped and sustaining injury. Perfectly normal, totally get it... but she should not be claiming she has PTSD when describing anxiety symptoms.

 

[mamachick]

I wonder if we are not a bit de-sensatized from our own ptsd-to seeing how another can blow their crap out of proportion. Being a new mom can be tough..I know..been there with new born and 18 month old, and we do have fears as new mom. But having nurse drop the infant and fracture its skull would come with some serious worries and deserves some compassion in my opinion. If you can't trust a hired nurse with baby, who can you trust. That would shatter any mothers security....and could even cause lawsuit if in hospital at least. That said...no way to the ptsd. But I can almost picture the well intended friends and relatives listening to her accounts....cant sleep, cant eat...well that sounds like ptsd. Or her even googling her symptoms...ptsd. She has much to learn...For those not diagnosed, most general population are somewhat ignorant about what it really is. I don't know whole story and am assuming this is all recent. If thats the case, I give her a pass on her thoughts and would expect her to retract that once she discovers what she is claiming. If she in fact is not sleeping or eating and hormones out of whack, she is not thinking straight. For her, time will likely heal those thoughts...I hope so anyway. If she pursues being diagnosed with this based on this incident...well thats way off. Sounds like emotional distress, not ptsd.

 

[Suzetig]

Sounds like she's having a perfectly normal reaction to someone dropping her baby, a period of post traumatic stress is to be expected but that's far from PTSD - the "D" standing for disorder...

It matters because the public are ill enough informed about PTSD without celebrities self diagnosing it for every single thing. I don't doubt she got a terrible fright but it sounds like her little one is ok.

 

[Gs172003]

Susan Sarandon‘s daughter, Eva Amurri Martino, is having a rough time after a nurse dropped her son Ma...

It's pretty normal for a mother to be this way after her child is injured or sick. Don't people realize it takes alot more than anxiety for PTSD anyway? And...is this her first child? I'd bet after the first one she wouldn't freak so much

 

[Deleted member 541]

@anthony I'm agreeing with you on the point that she's claiming she now has PTSD because of the possible injury of her child. Most likely not PTSD, just a very emotional mom that keeps playing things in her mind over and over again.....

On the flip side of the coin, she's a mother, and mothers have different relationships with their children than fathers do. I TOTALLY get where she's coming from as far as being a wreck about her child.

When my daughter was 5 she needed her tonsils removed due to constant ear infection that didn't end from the time she was 3 months old until she had her tonsils out. She almost died from having the surgery. She had 3 operations in 9 days to stop the bleeding, transfusions, was give the last rites, and was baptised before her last surgery. She still almost died after the surgery too. We found out 2 yrs later she had a bleeding disorder.

I was a mess emotionally, physically and not functioning well at all. So I get where she is coming from.

 

[anthony]

I already do get that. I fully accept that mothers have a bond with children, and thus are susceptible to such stressors. Like I said above, if she described PTSD symptoms, I would have agreed with her self-diagnosis and state I hopes she seeks professional opinion. But she hasn't described PTSD symptoms, but those of anxiety... hence I don't think it helps PTSD when a celeb starts mentioning PTSD as a self-diagnosis when specifically talking about anxiety symptoms.

I think she is enduring perfectly normal stress after her baby has been injured. No doubt about it. PTSD? she is not describing though.

 

[The Albatross]

I myself, at 6 almost bled out twice and needed transfusions from a botched tonsillectomy at 6... so the example is personal and not foreign to me and I agree with Anthony. Did this affect my parents yes it did. Was it systemic to the subsequent traumas and dysfunction... no it wasn't.