can someone explain this to me?

[HB]

can someone please explain P.T.S.D to me??


Is this an example of it... when i was 3 my dad left me and my brother in the car for 5 minutes while he went into a shop... i was sick.... he came out and made the BIGGEST fuss about it and he told me off. Ever since then my sickness phobia has been apparant.

I would be grateful if someone could explain it to me. Thankyou x

H

[ana]

Hi Helen!
Sadly, I can't explain the P.T.S.D 'cos I am not quite sure what it is.
In 2001 I've lost 2 dear members of my family. Since then I'm soooooo afraid of dying.
So, anyone? Is this P.T.S.D??
Thank you for reading this
Ana
xoxoxox

[Meg]

PTSD
'' A reaction to exposure to traumatic events involving actual or threatened death or serious injury. with a response of intense fear, helplessness or horror.

The most common causes are combat , rape, violent crime and natural or man made disasters. ''

The symptoms are of panic attacks but include flashbacks too and are in response to cues that trigger memories of the traumatic event .





Meg

Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind.
If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.
Robert Albert Bloch

[HB]

heehee sounds like we are both confused ana!!

H

[twister]

It doesnt sound like Post traumatic Stress Disorder but just a reaction to what hapenned when you were young. In a way you are lucky as if you can pinpoint when a phobia started it is easier to treat. Most of us have no idea why we feel a certain way.........

Emily

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit
Understanding is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad

[HB]

yeah, it was extremely hsrd to pinpoint it i have to say. I went to see a counsellor when i was 12 and he helped me think of when my phobia started. It is scary to thik that i have been afraid of one simple thing for over 15 years though- virtually all my life :(

H

[Jadey]

meg

would havin been involved in a bad thunder storm and bein scared wen anova 1 happens a PTSD. we hadda thunder storm and i was really scared coz of wat happened 8 years ago


Scooter Girl

if i wa hungry would u feed me, if i fell u you help me up, if i was crying would brush away my tears

[HB]

sounds like it might be jade x

H

[Jadey]

EEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Scooter Girl

if i wa hungry would u feed me, if i fell u you help me up, if i was crying would brush away my tears

[HB]

what was that last message meant to mean?

H

[Jadey]

just shock really, lol



Scooter Girl

if i wa hungry would u feed me, if i fell u you help me up, if i was crying would brush away my tears

[HB]

heehee, ok!

H

[ana]

Here I am, again!
You posted something interesting, Nicola.
Thanx!
Lots of love
P.S. Big kiss to Helen, hee hee
I love you all!
Ana

[Atra]

<b id="quote">quote:</b id="quote"><table border="0" id="quote"><tr id="quote"><td class="quote" id="quote">PTSD
'' A reaction to exposure to traumatic events involving actual or threatened death or serious injury. with a response of intense fear, helplessness or horror.

The most common causes are combat , rape, violent crime and natural or man made disasters. ''

The symptoms are of panic attacks but include flashbacks too and are in response to cues that trigger memories of the traumatic event .





Meg

Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind.
If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.
Robert Albert Bloch


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[Atra]

symptoms also include:
extreme feelings of guilt, depression, nightmares, headaches, inability to concentrate, short term memory lapses, long term memory failures, suicidal tendancies, tiredness, anxieties...

PTSD is not a phobia but a psychological trauma and so classed as a mental illness