PTSD...as pertains to your sex-life.

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I was Dx'd with PTSD in 2006.
I still get a lot of flashbacks when exposed to something that reminds me of the trauma which happened quite a few years ago. If a persons says/does something that triggers a flashback I tend to get angry at the person, tell them to be quiet/stop doing it, and they generally have no idea what they've done wrong. If I see something on tv, read something, or hear something that reminds me of it, I will get flashbacks and sometimes completely breakdown and start throwing things around/hitting objects, etc.
I try to avoid situations that remind me of it but it's not always possible.

It sucks.

I don't think a person can really respect how hard it can be unless they've been there themselves.

Look, Britt. I think I know what's wrong, but I don't practice medicine. You need to see someone. Someone good. You might never get over it, but you can learn to take your stress level down. If you live in Indiana I know someone. If not, well, there are lots of very good psychiatrists. You probably have every right to be angry, but it's screwing up your life. Why let it. The treatment isn't simple, but it doesn't involve a lot of drugs, or screwball methods. Just a good psychiatrist, and by the way, you're not going crazy, and it's probably got nothing to do with AS.

Hope that helps.

If you want to pm me, look me up in the members roster. If not, don't. But get some help.

Beentheredonethat

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Help can, well, help. . . but the important thing is that it be competent, not that it be professional.


Also, just telling someone to "get help" is incredibly frustrating to someone who knows is not going to go away but has not nearly the resources that might imaginably help better the situation.

We all do what we can.

I've never been diagnosed, but I think I've had PTSD (the complex kind) for most of my life. It has gotten a lot better over time. I never sought therapy for it. Instead, I found time and creative expression to be the most helpful.

i respond to everything first with anger then sadness...
i still can't get over the humiliation of childhood especially
the way we were dealt with. hard to explain, it's like
you don't have a choice the experience never leaves you,
in similar situations the old memories pop up and i get so angry
i couldn't do anything it's like i'm just sitting there brewing.