When ptsd goes away...for a day

[Deleted member 8714]

I can go along and be in a "normal" state for quite a long time. At least what I believe is normal. Maybe a T wouldn't see it that way. And then I hit a bump in the road called death. And wham, everything comes unglued. That's my biggest stressor. I'm still trying to figure out what's normal and what isn't. I used to complain about not being normal. I'm not so certain I want to be what is deemed normal by some. ;)

 

[Treaty]

So, I am noticing that when I am playing for a show (something I really enjoy doing) or going off to wor...

Yes. It’s the good days. I thought it was weird when it happened to me too. To be feeling so badly and then in the midst be like you’re old self. I know people say ptsd is incurable BUT it is possible to string good days together. When I was getting the good days I polled around to see if others had that same experience and they did. I also think ptsd to go into a state where it’s there but you don’t feel symptomatic.

 

[Sweetleaf]

@TexCatDoes PTSD ever go away??? f*ck NO!!!!

For real? That's depressing.

 

[EveHarrington]

@Tibergrace

For real. It’s not so much “cured”.....but people can/do go into long periods of remission with no symptoms. The sucky thing is that seemingly minor things can cause symptom flares (in the future), so you can find yourself in a symptom spike after a good period of little/no symptoms.

 

[shatter eyes]

I dont have a day but i have had good half days. Usually when i have a person i feel safe and in a safe setting like a park. Or when i zone out doing art therapy.

I am more scared of cars and people than slugs n bugs. Any place away from traffic and mindless idiots i noticed lets me feel "what a wonderful world".

Then symptoms flare up later on and i think i am delusional trying to remember if i was ever hurt or not. Tail spin rabbit holes like alice in wonderland.

Art therapy i miss. I feel more me.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

It has been on the cycle of feeling alive again today so I am holding steady and aiming for content for today.

 

[Mee]

@Tibergrace

For real. It’s not so much “cured”.....but people can/do go...

Darn.

This us what I was looking for information on today. One week no panic attack at all, three days this week with no tears and three days last week no tears. Only one panic attack last week. Finding it possible to recognise flashbacks and try to push out of them instead if getting trapped into them.

Having space to think and coping with a couple of stressful situations maybe not perfectly but without tearing panic :)

I am hoping its the start of an upwards progression but it's whispering in the back of my head ’you don’t get your life back you know, you aten’t free from this’