News Reckless behavior fuels ongoing stress for some with ptsd

[MyPTSD]

For those with posttraumatic stress disorder, risky and harmful behaviors could lead to more trauma and, in turn, worse PSTD symptoms over time, research concludes.

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[Deadman]

I can certainly say my experience supports this hypothesis.

 

[Casey_03]

My experience supports this as well, 100%. The last decade of my life was basically this. And yes, it did lead to more trauma on top of trauma I had refused to deal with earlier.

 

[Fadeaway]

I find it interesting that they added reckless behavior as a symptom. Sabotaging behaviors I understand, but sabotaging behaviors can be avoidance from taking care of something you need to do like filing your taxes.

Is reckless behavior really that common? I ask because personally I have unnecessarily high levels of avoidance of actives deemed risky.

 

[Friday]

Is reckless behavior really that common? I ask because personally I have unnecessarily high levels of avoidance of actives deemed risky.

Yeah. A big subset of us go for thrill-seeking of various kinds. Adrenaline heavy, need-to-feel-alive, fight-picking or finishing, lashing-out-acceptable, harder-faster-stronger, thrill-of-danger, relaxing-to-USE-every-hotwired-instinct, reckless, wild, free, omfg bliss <swoon> I feel human / normal / anything. Even if for only a bare second. Or a moment. :sneaky:

Every thing that kills me? Makes me feel alive.

Shrug.


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...Until it goes badly. And then it's just like :banghead: f*ck. Motherf*cker. Goddamn f*cking sonnuvabitch, again???? f*ck me. f*cking f*ck. How many times have I sworn neeeeever again. f*ck! :whistling:

<cough> Took me a moment to remember that part.

 

[Casey_03]

A lot of my "reckless" behavior was socially acceptable things. Most of my career choices could be seen as reckless, though to an outside observer, it wouldn't have been obvious. But even my moving to Russia with no knowledge of the language and no real plan -- that could be seen as reckless now, in retrospect. Though it was cleverly disguised and not quite the same as abusing drugs or sleeping around, or anything that qualifies as "reckless" in the most blatant sense of the word. But even my relationship choices were reckless. Hell, everything I did was reckless; I was just clever enough to disguise it all in socially acceptable ways.

 

[EveHarrington]

Count me in the anti-reckless category. :-/

 

[provencepearl]

I have always had a high need for safety/security. I do not like reckless activities, never have. I don't like sports. I like to be home and safe, doing quiet things like reading, gardening, cooking, sewing, crochet, etc. Noise is a problem for me.

But after car accident in 2012, I was no longer able to file taxes. I had suffered tremendous financial losses. Finally got to talk to someone at IRS. Because of my losses, low income, disability (different diagnosis) I have been excused from filing for those years. I believe I have been given an extension so I can file to get write-offs and little bit of refund due me. Can't get it without filing. Does that count as reckless behavior? I have always been responsible. But harder and harder to do so many things as time goes by and more traumas.

 

[Deadman]

Is reckless behavior really that common?

It is very common. It just doesn't show up the same way in everyone. I kept taking the most dangerous assignments I could get. I had a tendency to ignore my own safety and security advice. I had affairs in countries where that could get you arrested or stoned to death. Conversely I avoid crowds, hate getting the mail, and fear the ring of the telephone.

I've come to the conclusion that PTSD just doesn't make sense :confused:

 

[provencepearl]

It is very common. It just doesn't show up the same way in everyone. I kept taking the most dangerous a...

I also have problems with mail. I understand this is a common symptom for people with legal abuse syndrome as the underlying cause of ptsd. I have had problems with phones since car accident in 1999, which is what started all the problems. I am much happier at home doing quiet things like reading, cooking, quilting, crochet, gardening. It is an ordeal to go out in public.

Does any of this go away when the stress is gone and time has "healed the wounds"? I was diagnosed with auditory processing disorder. Many symptoms such as sensitivity to noise, can't understand people speaking when there is background noise, many others. But seems like some of these sensory processing things might be ptsd related. Would like to believe that if I could get past the legal abuse/stress, have some time to rest, much of these problems would heal.

 

[Friday]

I've come to the conclusion that PTSD just doesn't make sense :confused:

No shit, right?

I periodically come to the conclusion I don't have PTSD. I have NLSD. Normal Life Stress Disorder. Calm as f*ck when living on the edge. Freaking the f*ck out about normal shit. Everything's backwards.

Hiring someone to shoot at me when I need to get the mail just seems like money better spent moving to Jamaica, where I get palm trees and shot at for free.

 

[anonymous]

@Friday, and @Deadman chaos makes me calm as well....

Calm things make me anxious.

NLSD here as well...