I know we are supposed to use the title to tell about our trauma, but I don't discuss my trauma....ever. I scared the heck out of a mental health professional once and I find that talking about my trauma makes me go backwards rather than forwards. I do talk about symptoms, the reasons for those symptoms and possible treatments of said symptoms.
My trauma was a bit over 9 years ago and center around the loss of my children. Took me over 6 years to be able to make that statement in something resembling a normal tone of voice and I consider it a huge achievement.
I've been receiving hyperbaric oxygen therapy for about a year an a half and I am tremendously better because of it. One of my big chronic issues is the adrenals which are pretty much fried. When I experience stress or anything that would cause the adrenals to be involved I get an enormous amount of adrenalin. An example...I was riding motorcycles with a friend of mine and he crashed. I lifted the motorcycle off of him and pulled him out from under it.....it felt like they weighed nothing, though it was a big full dress Harley. Later I realized that what I experienced was a fairly 'normal' amount of adrenaline for me. Scarred the begezzus out of me when I realized what I was capable of during those times.
The other 2 biggies for me are not wanting to be around other people and a constant need to travel...or 'flight'. Some people fantasize about being rich, some about a perfect mate....mine is to buy an uninhabited island somewhere with a boat to make brief jaunts to calm that constant need to move about :rolleyes:
My trauma was a bit over 9 years ago and center around the loss of my children. Took me over 6 years to be able to make that statement in something resembling a normal tone of voice and I consider it a huge achievement.
I've been receiving hyperbaric oxygen therapy for about a year an a half and I am tremendously better because of it. One of my big chronic issues is the adrenals which are pretty much fried. When I experience stress or anything that would cause the adrenals to be involved I get an enormous amount of adrenalin. An example...I was riding motorcycles with a friend of mine and he crashed. I lifted the motorcycle off of him and pulled him out from under it.....it felt like they weighed nothing, though it was a big full dress Harley. Later I realized that what I experienced was a fairly 'normal' amount of adrenaline for me. Scarred the begezzus out of me when I realized what I was capable of during those times.
The other 2 biggies for me are not wanting to be around other people and a constant need to travel...or 'flight'. Some people fantasize about being rich, some about a perfect mate....mine is to buy an uninhabited island somewhere with a boat to make brief jaunts to calm that constant need to move about :rolleyes:
