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Welcome to the forum, Night Owl.
People do get better and people do learn to manage their symptoms so that PTSD does not dominate their life. I have been working at this for a year and I have drastically improved the management of my anger and, subsequently, improved my relationship with my fiancee. It's a lot of hard work but it is worth it.
Go to the 'Accomplishments and Successes' section and check out some of the stories. I go there when I am feeling down and read the posts there for inspiration. Also, check out the 'Therapy' section for information on various therapies that have helped people.
People do get better and people do learn to manage their symptoms so that PTSD does not dominate their life. I have been working at this for a year and I have drastically improved the management of my anger and, subsequently, improved my relationship with my fiancee. It's a lot of hard work but it is worth it.
Go to the 'Accomplishments and Successes' section and check out some of the stories. I go there when I am feeling down and read the posts there for inspiration. Also, check out the 'Therapy' section for information on various therapies that have helped people.
Eleanor
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Hi Night Owl
I am at the beginning of this with my husband - and we are lucky to be in touch here with four or five people who HAVE gotten better. Two of them Vietnam vets who suffered for decades, and now report that they are "different people" who "got their lives back".
"Accomplishments and Successes" is a boost for me as well.
I am at the beginning of this with my husband - and we are lucky to be in touch here with four or five people who HAVE gotten better. Two of them Vietnam vets who suffered for decades, and now report that they are "different people" who "got their lives back".
"Accomplishments and Successes" is a boost for me as well.
Deaf Global Nomad
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Hi Night Owl,
Welcome to the forum! Night Owl would have been the perfect name before I sought out treatment. Now thanks to some meds, the symptoms which made me more symptomatic (e.g. not being able to sleep, not being able to relax, being constantly on high alert, being a perfectionist) have been reduced significantly.
I have been in therapy since I was 3 years old for trauma-related symptoms. Luckily, a year ago, I found a new therapist who is a perfect match for me. She works with people of all ages (children, adolescents, and adults) who have experienced trauma.
We use Somatic Experiencing when I am able to communicate. Being Deaf and having learned a long list of languages of the countries where I grew up, which did not fit either of my parents' native languages, a lot of the trauma memories are not set in my explicit memory. Instead they are stored in my implicit memories, which I can clearly remember, draw it, act it out, set it up in sand play. For anything that actually happened to me, I can't get the words or signs out. It is very weird for someone for whom language and communication means everything. In the meantime if my therapist asks me specific questions "Did x happen to you?" I can nod or shake my head or sometimes say "yes" or "no." Being able to share the most embarrassing things for all of which I still feel unbelievably guilty, despite knowing better.
Within the past year, my attention has improved. On good days I can focus on my dissertation and enjoy working without feeling too much stress. I still need lots of breaks before the stress takes over and I crash from exhaustion.
I hope you will be able to find what you need to help you decrease your symptoms and simultaneously feel better and happy about your life.
Best wishes!
Welcome to the forum! Night Owl would have been the perfect name before I sought out treatment. Now thanks to some meds, the symptoms which made me more symptomatic (e.g. not being able to sleep, not being able to relax, being constantly on high alert, being a perfectionist) have been reduced significantly.
I have been in therapy since I was 3 years old for trauma-related symptoms. Luckily, a year ago, I found a new therapist who is a perfect match for me. She works with people of all ages (children, adolescents, and adults) who have experienced trauma.
We use Somatic Experiencing when I am able to communicate. Being Deaf and having learned a long list of languages of the countries where I grew up, which did not fit either of my parents' native languages, a lot of the trauma memories are not set in my explicit memory. Instead they are stored in my implicit memories, which I can clearly remember, draw it, act it out, set it up in sand play. For anything that actually happened to me, I can't get the words or signs out. It is very weird for someone for whom language and communication means everything. In the meantime if my therapist asks me specific questions "Did x happen to you?" I can nod or shake my head or sometimes say "yes" or "no." Being able to share the most embarrassing things for all of which I still feel unbelievably guilty, despite knowing better.
Within the past year, my attention has improved. On good days I can focus on my dissertation and enjoy working without feeling too much stress. I still need lots of breaks before the stress takes over and I crash from exhaustion.
I hope you will be able to find what you need to help you decrease your symptoms and simultaneously feel better and happy about your life.
Best wishes!
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