[Rockinonahigh]

Originally Posted by apocalipstic

I have been requested to start a thread on Trauma survival and recovery.

I looked up symptoms of PTSD as a place to start.

Symptoms of PTSD can include:

• Hypervigilance and scanning --to some degree,much less than before
• Elevated startle response --yes
• Blunted affect, psychic numbing --yes
• Aggressive, controlling behavior (a high degree of insistence on getting your way) --not to much
• Interruption of memory and concentration --yep,hate it cause it messes me up in being able to finish what i was doing.
• Depression --geneticaly predispositiomed for it,so far not to much,light therapy helps lots.
• Generalized anxiety --depends on how u look at it
• Violent eruptions of rage ...not in the lasr 20years
• Substance abuse --no way
• Intrusive recall -- different from normal memory in that it brings with it stress and anxiety --nope
• Dissociative experiences, including dissociative flashbacks --mild for of it
• Insomnia --on again,off again
• Suicidal ideation ..nope thank goodness
• Survivor guilt--yes.why my twin lived when she out weighed me by 3 pounds at birth

Thoughts?

thinking bout this.
Rockin