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 May 07, 2009, 12:11:23 AM
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PTSD sucks, I can tell you from experience. Feel free to ask me about my personal experience with it anytime.
Here is PTSD as explained by NIH
What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. Traumatic events that may trigger PTSD include violent personal assaults, natural or human-caused disasters, accidents, or military combat. More about PTSD »
Signs & Symptoms
People with PTSD have persistent frightening thoughts and memories of their ordeal and feel emotionally numb, especially with people they were once close to. They may experience sleep problems, feel detached or numb, or be easily startled. More about Signs & Symptoms »
Treatment
Effective treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder are available, and research is yielding new, improved therapies that can help most people with PTSD and other anxiety disorders lead productive, fulfilling lives. More about Treatment »
Getting Help: Locate Services
Locate mental health services in your area, affordable healthcare, NIMH clinical trials, and listings of professionals and organizations. More about Locating Services »
Related Information
Information on Coping with Traumatic Events
Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters: What Parents Can Do
Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters: What Community Members Can Do
Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters: What Rescue Workers Can Do
Children and Violence
Information about medications
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Information and Organizations from NLM's MedlinePlus (en Español)
Some mental illnesses also carry an increased risk for suicide.
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May 23, 2009, 08:50:41 AM
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When all else fails, play dead!
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I love it, typical doctor speak. It's all PTSD sufferers MAY have this or that symptom.
I keep getting memories of being spat on by a very drunk guy when I go to a city station. I get tense, and Kaos senses it too, he gets very touchy. The police at the time of the spit weren't very helpful, I sat up the front of the train and shivered all the way home that night.
This happened 3 1/2 year ago. Would this be PTSD, or just a bad memory? It seems to resurface at that station in particular, and I get edgy if I park with people behind me...I prefer to sit on the platform 2 extension, because there's a brick wall on one side.
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May 24, 2009, 02:30:57 AM
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I love it, typical doctor speak. It's all PTSD sufferers MAY have this or that symptom.
I keep getting memories of being spat on by a very drunk guy when I go to a city station. I get tense, and Kaos senses it too, he gets very touchy. The police at the time of the spit weren't very helpful, I sat up the front of the train and shivered all the way home that night.
This happened 3 1/2 year ago. Would this be PTSD, or just a bad memory? It seems to resurface at that station in particular, and I get edgy if I park with people behind me...I prefer to sit on the platform 2 extension, because there's a brick wall on one side.
New your situation IS definately PTSD. Anything that traumatizes you to the point of near panic when its near you because of a bad event is basically PTSD. Now if it was just a bad memory you would maybe sure think about it from time to time and how much it sucked that it happened .. but because you are altering the way behave (aka getting edgy and sitting on platform 2 extension) in the same situation each time that is what tells me it is PTSD. I have PTSD now due to an endoscopy I had done last summer, I woke up in the middle of the procedure and was able to feel and remember everything , I remember the sounds of the room, what the nurses and doctor were saying.. all of it. They knocked me out again with more stuff in the IV hoping i would not remember but I DO. 
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**Kristin**
First Struck with Anorexia on and off for about 6 years beginning in 1993. 1995 Diagnosed with GERD, IBS, Anxiety. 2006 Diagnosed with CFS, 2009 Diagnosed with Sleep Apnea and Circadian Rhythm Disorder and Hypoglycemia. 2011 Diagnosed with Vitamin D Deficiency and Hyponatremia. But... why?! I think I am one step closer to that answer ON my own. Your are your own advocate for your health! No one can tell you how you can or can't feel!
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