Hi to all....
This is my first post to this sit and I need some help please in understanding PTSD. Approx. 15yrs ago I was diagnosed with PTSD related to accumulated on duty incidents (I'm a police officer). Rec'd psychological support & treatment over a few years and life became "manageable" but never returned to "normal".
About 6yrs ago two of my children became critically ill from a municipal water supply that was contaminated with E.coli 0157. Both were in hospital at the same time fighting for their lives. This went on for a couple of weeks until their condition stabilized. Both have suffered serious consequences from their illness including brain damage, epilepsy, kidney disease, cardiac damage etc etc.
I was diagnosed about two years after this with PTSD (again) and I'm currently undergoing treatment.
Question: After having PTSD once is one "predisposed" to getting again, or is it the "original" PTSD coming back, or can you get it more than once in your life? Please help! This time seems worse than the last! I am struggling....this event is in my face "all of the time"....everytime I look at my children it's there, every doctors appointment with them its there, every time I turn on the damn water tap its there, my wife and I are very close to splitting up...things are a real mess.
Thanks for your help.
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This is my first post to this sit and I need some help please in understanding PTSD. Approx. 15yrs ago I was diagnosed with PTSD related to accumulated on duty incidents (I'm a police officer). Rec'd psychological support & treatment over a few years and life became "manageable" but never returned to "normal".
About 6yrs ago two of my children became critically ill from a municipal water supply that was contaminated with E.coli 0157. Both were in hospital at the same time fighting for their lives. This went on for a couple of weeks until their condition stabilized. Both have suffered serious consequences from their illness including brain damage, epilepsy, kidney disease, cardiac damage etc etc.
I was diagnosed about two years after this with PTSD (again) and I'm currently undergoing treatment.
Question: After having PTSD once is one "predisposed" to getting again, or is it the "original" PTSD coming back, or can you get it more than once in your life? Please help! This time seems worse than the last! I am struggling....this event is in my face "all of the time"....everytime I look at my children it's there, every doctors appointment with them its there, every time I turn on the damn water tap its there, my wife and I are very close to splitting up...things are a real mess.
Thanks for your help.
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