Exposure to a traumatic event may cause PTSD symptoms. Stress can damage the brain. In this webcast, Dr. Frank Ochberg discusses what happens to the brain after a traumatic event.
I have PTSD. It’s been a long road. Recovery is tough. After years of trauma, including various forms of abuse, my nervous system just said, “fuck it”. Took a long time to get there. Recovery seems impossible. I don’t trust anyone, I see threats everywhere, the slightest thing that to most would seem innocent or innocuous may trigger me. I have two states when triggered, I either run away or I want to attack somebody. As a man, it’s very difficult to find treatment. Even amongst professionals, we are often shamed, blamed, or labeled as “weak”. It’s an injustice. It’s infuriating. You are left with a desperate longing for some semblance of connection or normalcy.
Michele 🌸 💔🌹I realize what psychopaths understand. It's when I mirror the psych of a psychopath. This they dwell on and can actually come to the fractured sensation of a "fear". They stop momentarily what they are instigating, kick gravel backing up, and face their own fear. Works every time,if you're self enabled. Deflect their inflicting self shame and humiliation they refuse to own. I'll lay hands on them and then one of them has the realization. It's a wonderful fulfillment but not very entertaining. Much love, in Jesus Name. 🥀
I've had complex PTSD since I was 10 from incestuous rape, was always told "it's just in your head" or that "you're attention seeking" or even "we know you are lying because he was so nice to us" by my parents/ peers. I was never believed or validated in any way by the people that were most important to me, it was always somehow my fault, even when multiple professionals agreed on my diagnoses and even tried to explain that to my mother with no avail. My CPTSD affects my ability to function, it's considered a disability. Now I feel, I'm much closer to getting the help I need instead of being gaslighted by others and myself that I don't even have a problem at all. I can start understanding myself. I am beyond thrilled I found this CZcams channel, each video is interesting and enlightening. Thank you for making these documentations and sharing it with others.
I understand. I was gaslight by my own family too. I was raped a few years ago and my family never encouraged me to report him to the police. (I grew up sort of friend with his sister I didn’t really know him) his mum was my mums best friend. I was drunk and have no recollection (in the privacy of my own home) must have drugged me. I definitely avoid dating apps now as it’s not safe and I’ve seen him there too. Hope you’re well. People who gaslight are sick humans. I haven’t seen any humanity and that breaks my heart the most. ❤❤
Thank you. I have epilepsy and after a 19 year abusive relationship I too have PTSD......I couldn’t even think, concentrate, or do basic math. I do have brain damage, but after ending the relationship I’m progressing beyond my expectations. The damage is real but the recovery is real as well!
Can you tell me about the treatments? I was diagnoses with complex PTSD. I should tell you I cried when I listened to binaural beats. I wonder if it means I don't use that side of my brain much.
It's literally the most horrible feeling. I've learned to self sooth by reminding myself that feelings aren't reality, but it is never not painful, and it's never not exhausting.
I have chronic hyperarousal too, it's caused my body to have chronic stiff and painful muscles all over for over 30 years, I'm so tired of coping with the pain and anxiety
@@donnasaathoff1220 All we can do is continue looking for help, I guess. I am in your boat too, along with what you describe I always wake up with my fists and jaws clenched. I hope we find real peace someday!
My husband is a policeman, and he encounters violence daily, and is often involved in physical confrontations, that said he also attends to deaths regularly with decomposed bodies, and also attends terrilble motor vehicle accidents. recentlu he picked up the brains and skull of a victim, and two days later attended a collision where a young girls skull was left on the windscreen. He is a strong man, but he is suffering. Sometimes he cries.
+Kristy Niederkorn I agree with you, everyone suffers in the end from the effects of violence and drugs. He received a needle stick injury from an addict last week, and is a little anxious. On the other hand he keeps his mind healthy by studying and spent 4 years at university studying spanish , and now helps hipanics learn english here ,in Australia. Soon he is going to Thailand to learn Thai. He needs a break from the difficulties we face in this world of ours. Thank you for your insight, and take care too.
Thank you for your words of comfort. I am saddended by your experience with 9/11 and wish you all the best. It must be disconcerting knowing that you helped someone to become a victim. That was not your fault and you were just helping out as best you could. My husband is fine but I know he is troubled when he doesn't talk about work. I think we are like water tanks and once full can't take any more water and over flow. You see and experience a certain amount of incidents and then one day you see one too many. You all need interests outside of work to immunise yourselves against violence, pain, and anxiety. Take care and thank you.
Excuse my ignorance but I didn't think men went through it as much as women. I am sorry for what you all have to go through. I hope you area doing well now.
Ellen, PTSD is very real for many First Responders. Your husband is a brave soul and I’m grateful for him and so many others who choose that line of work. Does his department have an Employee Assistance Program or Psychological Services Department? It would be worthwhile to check those out and see what resources are available. Most of these guys and gals live with this pain in silence, and if not addressed, it can spiral in a bad way.
Yes. Any loud or unexpected noise sends my heart racing straight into a panic attack. I've gotten so attuned to the sensation that I can literally feel the stress hormone or adrenaline burst into my chest the moment I'm startled. It's the feeling of utter terror and dread without the danger. I spend the better part of my day trying to calm my heart rate and reminding myself that what my body is experiencing isn't an accurate reflection of what's happening in reality. If I ever stopped fighting to cope with my anxiety, I would likely lose the will to get out of bed at all.
I'm sorry you have it. Good news is there is research going on now and the possibility of a chemical treatment / therapy is getting closer everyday. Our grandparents and soldiers of the world war and ancient wars would have never dreamed about this. This was beyond their knowledge because science itself didn't know what PTSD was all about. Fortunately, things are different now. I hope you live to recover from your invisible injuries.
I am a survivor of complex PTSD from an abusive marriage that included years of marital rape. This and the other videos with it are so accurate and helpful to understand what I am going through. I find the information part of my healing process
I have PTSD due to abuse as a child and seeing my mother been abused .. I'm scared of Scottish accent because my abuser was Scottish I have bad nightmares about it every night ...
Why can't the VA get experts like Dr. Ochberg working for it? Instead we get half assed treatment and pills that aren't effective. This video is amazing. When he talks about the dissociative states and trance-like response, he's describing exactly what I've been struggling to understand for years. It's sad that youtube has been a more therapeutic medium with it's ASMR and knowledge base than the VA has been.
Insanity Chicken the Va is a joke, I got PTSD from Iraq. I have never been the same. the drugs that they have given me almost made me take my own life. I struggle every single day an night. the Va just give me excuse after excuse. with no options. it makes for a lonely an paranoid world to live in with no options. US Navy vet
There is hope. Knowledge is power. Trauma's worst nightmare is a well-informed survivor. Never quit, ever. As a survivor, you have what someone else needs. There is purpose.
I am spaced out numb. I feel like I am behind glass wall. I feel when triggered a pressure middle front of my head. my brain also fragments and it affects my cognitive processing.
So is mine, its so unbearble and I feel the therapists I have, not only is she still not certified and doing jer school hours with me but I feel its half assed. She doesn't even know how to differentiate cptsd from ptsd. She has me doing a series of "exercies" that to me are so meaningless. I am no longer allowed to tell her about my crisis or vent to her because she says it does nothing but I used to at least feel heard. Its a mess.
I was shot in my abdomen almost two years ago and i struggle with PTSD and I've been searching for answers to how I feel alive again. It's a hard thing to deal with everyday.
from my personal experience with pstd. it is created by the brain as a defense mechanism to subconsciously avert something bad from reacuuring that had happened before. i had a bad car accident in a intersection at 50 mphs, and totaled mine, and the other drivers car. when i started driving again a couple of weeks later, i found myself involuntarily coming to almost a complete stop at intersections while i was driving. it was like my brain was saying, oh no im not going through that again.
i was born from a family of geniuses and schizophrenic but i was also abused as a child in every way and into adulthood. .my health has declined including mental health. .no one is helping me..my psychiatrist only sees me twice per year. .listens for about 15 mind...that's it..i cry alone and hope the sufficient amount of tears come...trying to have faith in JESUS CHRIST MIGHTY NAME. .😢
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Hi hermit. It is a very lonely illness. I have pets and am looking into the weighted blanket. I used to garden but I’m too all over the place to enjoy it anymore. Although I do love seeing all of my gingers blooming...I wish there was a support group for ptsd bc a lot of people have inferred “that’s military” and the general public has no clue. My neighbors shoot fireworks over my house twice a year and it ramps me up for sure!!!so rude and illegal in the city but they don’t care..
This comment is a year old now but I had to reply and suggest a weighted blanket. I got one for my birthday a week ago. I have all the symptoms of my cptsd, including insomnia, until I pull that blanket up over my shoulders and feet. I can't explain how else it feels, expect like a hug. I feel hugged and I immediately relax and begin to fall asleep. I don't know how it works, or why it works, but it has been one of the best gifts I've ever been given. If you're ever able to get one, I highly suggest giving it a try.
PTSD is being in Debt,, the Body, Emotions, Brain get put into a Deficit/Bankruptcy,, due to not enough resources or support. The people who are supposed to be the Support are the ones creating the Stress
That's sad. My ex gf had it from military. I sacrificed everything to help her out and stick around, in the end she kept pushing me away and eventually decided to move on, but I doubt someone will travel for hours and miles in storm just to hold her and calm her during anxiety attack and such. When I held her at night she didn't even need meds to sleep. Either way she eventually decided to move on and I know I set her off with every action I did since it wasn't the way she would do it.
Just when you think your gona have a good day boom there it is. hate being ready to fight all the time. Completely drains me. If its not that than is the fear of being around people. People just don't understand.
So now if PTSD can be measured in the brain, we can use this in a civil suit in a court of law to win compensation against those who have caused us PTSD. I smell coming-Law Suits loud & clear.
Ik this isn't a healthy solution but I've found the best way to avoid my ptsd.. waking up to certain triggers etc is to stay awake until about 3am or later. It's the only way to stop it.. Thank you for this video. I'm trying to learn about ptsd in hope that it will help me cope
Yea I am one of them. Childhood PTSD is also referred to as CPTSD. Also when saying something like “well life is hell for everyone” it hurts people that have and are struggling with one of these disorders. It makes us feel invalidated and that the traumas we faced don’t matter. Language is important when talking about these issues.
Yes I have it from childhood not war but in many ways my childhood was a war. I can relate closely to vets with ptsd without even going into battle. Maybe someone can help me took this long to truly realises or accept I have ptsd
Part of the problem with quantifying treatment methods is that if something shows up as "effective", they force you to do it and if you refuse for any reason, you are non-compliant and they won't pay for any other treatment. Got a bad reaction to a drug? Too bad! Feel even more reactive after CBT? Tough shit!
I have PTSD.... thank you for exsplaining I can not have anything that is not normal in my life, it freaks me out and I get short of breath. My every day life is not, can not sleep and so on! I try to make life normal, but have a hard time doing so
Going through horrible shortness of breath for past month due to corona virus retriggering my PTSD ..ie, don't feel safe again. Have to sit up all night many nights, just to force air down..just horrible. I relate..sending you big hug
Dr. Frank Ochberg, Great job !!! You describe the brain parts and patterns affected by PTSD very clear and correctly. I feel that if you would have connected the hormones and neurotransmitters that are responsible for these changes in the brain, your presentation would be very CRYSTAL CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD. I'm in the process of making my own video reiterating the overwhelming overall process that can reverse these brain changes. Thank you very much for you're time involved helping to save lives.
on my worse days l can only sit there and stroke my dog over and over again cause my brain feels overloaded. makes me a little bit calmer touching her. could not even fill put simple forms, l save that for my good days. i'm on high alert..see every thing more intense, colors are brighter. l got over it after a month but it comes back when l have to go back to the house l used to share with my husband. feel quickly thoughts flying around in my head, confusion, remember all his threats he made to my person. l think it's a mecanism to protect your life. keeps you on high alert it won't go away till you get out of the unsafe situation.
ptsd is very serious- my blood pressure is stage 3 and 4, will not respond to meds so my kidney's are failing, eventually a persons body begins to suffer, I also have fibromalgia pain due to ptsd- I just put out good thoughts to anyone out there who suffers from this- my ptsd is severe and unusual because childhood abuse was severe and unusual, the government says i'm a liar, which you can guess worsens the ptsd, if the ptsd could have become worse, it did, after being called a liar by the government, government destroys my medical records and other documents regarding my ptsd, it goes on and on people, that would make anybody sick, my case is pending in federal court against the government for pattern of evidence tampering, due process violations, on and on it goes, over 8 years this legal battle, and i'm getting sicker and sicker, trying to stay alive long enough to defend my liberty, not only for myself, but for others, guess what? the gov doesn't care that they have made my ptsd worse, they enjoy doing this, just mind boggling cruelty, Obama drones innocent children, so no surprise here what they have done to me, and what do they have planned for you, guess what? the gov is getting ready for a civil up rising for the likes of us low life patriots, where will you go? will you submit? what world will you leave to your children? do you care? what is wrong with he american people? too late to cry once you are in the concentration camp they also have ready for you, why don't you stand up to the psychopaths, if not for your self, but for what is right? are you so dumbed down you don't even see what they are doing to you? perhaps it has something to do with the flouride that put in your water and the chemicals they spray on you while you are sleeping- for myself I SHALL NOT BE MOVED- I WILL NOT SUBMIT-I WILL NOT COMPLY- I AM A HUMAN BEING GOD DAMMIT AND IM NOT TAKING IT ANYMORE- BETTER TO BE DEAD HAN LIVE ON MY KNEES AS A SLAVE
Having PTSD since the early 1970's, Dr. Shelly Uram treated me with EMDR 2005. Life changing. High functional CEO working with media for nearly two decades I was suddenly thrown back to my childhood but EMDR relieved flashbacks, nightmares, anxiety that is until my child was a victim of violent crime and threat to lives. With Secondary PTSD my symptoms are more intense that I ever experienced before. I would love to participate in any studies that would possibly help me and others. Nightmare!
I really like your videos! :D I have a trauma since nearly two years. But it's getting better. And since watching your videos about PTSD, I feel a lot more "normal" with my traumatic symptoms. Thank's for that. :)
wow when i get my ptsd attack i have mini-seizure that last like 2 seconds and i lose complete control of my limbs body feels stiff and face and spine feels sensation, then im fine just today this happened 10 times i get all sorts of physiological changes this is maddening oh yeah i dont get those typical flashbacks of a specific event i think my rough life just took its toll what could set off a mini-seizure phone rings dog barks sudden movements
I'd say, the biggest brain function noticeable to me is a much higher activation of the survival function. It can be mild to severe, hyper vigilance to paranoia. The survival mechanism must have a direct correlation to ptsd.
And in 2020 I see parents or boyfriends/partners killing their young children...we are going thru covid-19 but child murders were on the rise before then. I don’t know how someone could even hurt their kid or any child but some are torturing them then killing them. As sick as my brain is my depression is so bad I’m too tired to kill myself and if I felt better I wouldn’t want to. I just don’t get it at all and it’s on the news nightly. Just jay advocates for children on yt. God bless you all for explaining our sickness.
Loved the information!!! I really appreciate you breaking down the science. one tech comment... hope it helps more people to know the video low volume made it difficult to hear.
i was diagnose with severe ptsd in february 2018.its hell all right and a struggle everyday.i,m just trying to inform others and help them understand what i go through on a daily basis.
Hi Desiree, Have you tried cognitive behavior counseling for your PTSD? The psychiatrist gave me meds for my PTSD, but the counseling worked better for me. All the drugs did was messed up my liver and caused me weight gain which lead me to diabetes. Meditation and prayer to God helps. Best wishes to you and be careful if you get prescription drugs for PTSD. It has side effects and may not be good for the body.
Kayla Nguyen Benzos like valium, xanax are much safer than those sytnhetic "psyche meds"'. They dont hurt any part of your body actually. The drug companies dont make $ on these. SO there is a bigotry towards these. NOBODY can say they dont work. They do! They sedate the VERY region of the Fight and flight part of the brain well. Other classes are blanket covering drugs or are non-specific. Sadly you likely were never put on those or you be able to maintain the PTSD. It helps me in about 80% of my triggers.
+UZI9MMAUTO Actually-- I have PTSD and am in the psych field-- must respond re: :benzos--I really do understand how much they help you. (Me too) BUT-- BIG HUGE WARNING-- If the person has ANY addiction issues, is an alcoholic (in receovery above all), they can trigger relapse with those life-endangering health issues. They work on the exact brain receptors that addictive substances do as well: it is such a catch-22 for these folks-- but addiction is an equally misunderstood mental health issue. I have seen many disasters with these recovering addicts having huge issues with their other diagnoses- triggered by these drugs. Also , benzodiazepine withdrawal is highly dangerous, and should be supervised medically, and done in a long taper relative to the time the person has been prescribed the medication. I wouldn't personally choose these-- even tho they provide relief, no "high", they are very tough for some folks to manage. Just want ths info out there too. Glad they have helped you so..
my boyfriend holds his breath and counts until the flashback stops. he use to do that until he passed out but that was before I got with him. now it's gotten alot better
I developed PTSD as a result of a violently abusive spouse years ago and long divorced. According to this video I have PTSD II now due to my present work environment under a sadistic psychopathic type person. Right now I feel like I'm headed toward the spaced out trance like symptoms...
I was diagnosed with PTSD 4 years ago due to domestic violence. I still suffer from it everyday. It consumes 75% of my thoughts throughout the day and I feel as if I've developed a bad case of paranoia from it. I feel like I can't trust anyone sometimes not even my own family which makes it hard to relax. What can I do to subside these feelings and thoughts? I can't live like this anymore. I'm not suicidal by any means I want to live a long and happy life but I can't seem to with these thoughts.
I'm in the same boat. I'm currently doing schema therapy which is helping a lot, but it's work laying the foundation of the healing process. Cognitive therapy also helps too. A self-help book to read in the mean time if you can't get to a therapist right away, you still need to see one, is "Reinventing Your Life: Breakthrough Program to End Negative Behaviour..." by Jeffrey Young and Janet Kloslo.
Same, I use mindfulness and meditation both and I study everything new I can get my hands on free off the internet about PTSD, research has come a long way since 2009 when I started studying. My quality of life has gone up and my depression part of my ptsd is probably about 1/4 of what it used to be. I have other struggles but depression was and is still substantial in large part. Now biggest is agoraphobia, since 2010, and social anxiety, of course I still have nitemares and am afraid to fall asleep, but use supplements to help daily also. Different strokes work for different folks I've found and you have to customize your own path. I can't afford wear and tear on my car or gas to go get the help so I do it all myself. The studying I do occupies my mind enough to help me be more functional and I have not dissociated for 2 yrs now in May, that keeps bad thoughts to a minimum and makes your joys greater than when dissociated (numb which causes suicide, not depression). Safe warm hugs your way and I hope this helps a little. I'm grateful you're still alive.
are you a male who has suffered??my son in marriage 4 yrs has left 3 x this makes 4 but goes back;;this time she trashed apt;;damaged all new furniture that was rented called police and said he shot her up w drugs and '''raped her''' got evicted too w nowhere to go;;i am disable, bedbound mom who loves him so much;;he is a great loving person but bipolar since age 10;;she was his therapist;;lured him into a sexual relationship(never had girlfriend before)2 son's later, both taken away living w her parents who have a restraining order against her;;;i called social workers in columbus and they found her guilty and she has lost her license for 5 yrs but she has beaten him just last yr, found guilty of domestic violence (think 2 or 3 convictions but her dad always gets her off w probation;;;he has ended up in pscy unit to get meds straight she had the nerve to seek a ''protection'' order court on tues;;;i am just dumbfounded as to how she can continue to get away with her lies and destroying my son's life;;when i went to get him last year his forehead all bloody and she poured salt on his wounds and told him to suffer;;anyone knows Anyone who can help us;;;please please contact me
Children screaming triggers me, I don't sleep well, i sometimes startle awake terrified, and I've learned to get by with it, but life is much heavier because of it. We are conditioned to put it in our ruck and keep moving. I went to Iraq twice, got divorced when I returned with young children when I returned.
I agree with April as that has been my experience with people who SHOULD be helping, but are apparently amused by effects of the "buttons" they push to see results for their entertainment, because it sure has only set me back, bigtime! I'd like to see these people go thru what i have n see how they cope!
It's a bit ironic that I got PTSD after suffering a brain injury in hospital. Then while having EMDR for that PTSD, I discovered that I have Complex PTSD! Life plays weird tricks, huh?
Glad u r reaching out and never stop learning or trying something different. At 59, I wish I had all the knowledge that’s out there bc I’m getting old and worn out. U r so young I hope u can kick ass and b healed!
@@tinawindham6958 thank you so much i really appreciate the support ❤ it's never too late to seek help ! i hope you're doing good and life is treating you well ❤
04mscentrum No, Claire dear:But you can re-trigger PTSD,so no need to read about it! Protect yourself now.Blessings. MUSIC is great.Blocking extraneous noise (earplugs) helps.Therapy helps... Prescribed medications by professionals help, sometimes. Get involved.Volunteer somewhere.Learn to play a musical instrument.Join a choir.Get away from triggers, and avoid flashbacks.Don't watch scary TV, too much news, etc.
I've expressed to many doctors over the years that I feel brain damaged . I cannot think in stressful situations only shutdown . And I was fairly smart before . Husband n family have often commented on how stupid I am one moment then smart the next and it seems connected to the presence of anxiety/ stress.
Interesting about front part of brain. When I have a severe full blown ptsd trigger panic attack always I feel a pressure top of my head at the front part. Every single time.
@@Ohkeh640 no am not taking meds. How strange this was written 8 years ago thank you for replying. Its like bread crumbs back. I am 8 years later. Lots of therapy down. Yesterday was my last trigger. Yep I feel that pressure on top of my head. Am exhausted. Things changed a bit after covid. Trauma informed care. But 8 years ago there was nothing for me. Those experiences are also trauma triggers too. I now have cptsd from ongoing trauma finding it impossible to access right care. By the time I did over a decade had passed and I had lost everything.
excellent share-left vs rt vrain rt on-hippocampus regen-much hope-nueroplastic rehab working for me but only on physical level-biochem change and brain functioning another issue-i am probably the second type-lost in space-at least after many years i have become a better surfer and practicing tsunami prep= its all a tsunami-on the other hand the universe is a wonderous place and so easy to travel away and thru during those intense periods-manythxs2drfo for honest and intellgent perspective-
I'm 19 and i was diagnosed with CPTSD. I also have ADHD and i had some seizures before. Yesterday i had to do the WASI test, at the beginning i could form only two images because out of nowhere a flashback came to me. My horrible traumatic memories kept coming and suddenly i was trying to escape the room. I'm so embarrassed because I will probably score badly due to my traumas.
Awww ty very much Katie : ) . You don't mind if I subscribe do you? Maybe you can tell me some ways on how you dealt with it or any tips or tricks you found have helped.
Just been diagnosed with ptsd after an attack that took place over 10 years ago. I suffer with depression anxiety fear hyper vigilant at all times unexplainable anger outbursts wich landed me in prison.its a real shit kicker too have I thought I had it but never wanted a real diagnosis because I thought id be sectioned or something. How ever finaly getting the diagnosis means I can finaly explain why I feel so disconnected from other people. And why I only feel safe when I'm locked away in my own house
I got PTSD from doing a Rescue of injured passengers onboard a Commecial Flight. 3 flight attendents were injured, ppl were screaming.. ppl were catapulted from SEVERE TURBULANCE over the Atlantic. I was the only one on that flight that had any medical knowledge, which is First Aid, CPR and the Heimlich Maneuvour.. I removed glass from a FA's face and some glass entering her left eye. Severe Lacerations to her head and legs, 1 woman was going into cardiac arrest, she was saved. Under treatment..
I don't know why you say only a few really don't get angry and just feel numb and dissociated I think the majority of us feel this way and we also get angry to at times I don't think you should separate the 2 I often get angry and have to hide myself from family and friends I also feel desensitized to violence or even death like I don't feel anything where I know I should I just don't is whats really hard is listening to other people talk about how they got PTSD from slipping on a banana peel and they will forever hate banana peels now I sit at home scraping my skin off of my arms just trying to feel if I am still alive like can I still bleed to the point I'm covered in scars and can't ever go to a public swimming pool again I have lost my wife my home my jobs the VA has put me on narcotics and anti-depressants I now live off of social security income food stamps section 8 housing and on top of that I am a single father of 2 kids who also have PTSD because their mother abused everyone of us glad she is not in the picture anymore but we still live with the fear of going outside or going to the park or going shopping because she might be there afraid for the kids to even go outside and play with friends because she might kidnap them just the constant worrying about every single possible outcome to every situation makes you feel like a prisoner in your own home I really don't know if talking to someone really benefits me or just makes me feel worse because every therapist I talk to wants me to relive the traumatic experiences I had every session makes me dread going there i could be doing fine all week but then my appointment comes and its like oh man I hate that freaking place .............
Who do you talk to about getting your brain examined for PTSD? I have been in therapy for over 10yrs.. I took a few written tests. But now I am curious about the brain parts you talked about in here. I have had numerous traumatic events.
I can also remember the exact clothes the man wore when he died, which direction he was laying, position, hair color etc etc. Now is Adrenaline rushes a symptom? Because even if laying down to sleep if im calm and tired and I think about some moment like those incidents involving my survival I will get one hell of a adrenalin rush sometimes and then its hard to go to sleep. On occasion I wake up explosively with a adrenalin rush and fight or flight response, but I never remember nightmares?
Same here, the distressing thought occurs and I feel a zing go through my body, like it just got flooded with chemicals... after that there's no chance of sleeping
I have brain damaged from childhood abuse so that I can't socialize and getting fired from jobs because of lack of attention. How to prove brain damage by PTSD? Can this be classified as disability?
OMG...I would space out (not full on thrashing seizures) as a kid and I was diagnosed with seizure activity (epilepsy) in my right temporal lobe, which I miraculously "grew out of" in my twenties. My father forced me to orally copulate him and have actual sex with him, my mother was very mentally ill (paranoid schizophrenic) I was forced to watch animal cruelty, etc from the time I was a toddler till age 16. Makes me wonder if my "epilepsy" was actually from abuse...I always felt my "seizures" were just a way to help me escape from my pain, as were the times I left my body during the actual abuse. I wish I knew of a study somewhere I could participate in to check on effects of chronic abuse on the brain!
Question: My mother-in-law forgot to remove her severely disabled daughter from her car way back in 1981, and the daughter died inside a hot car. According to my husband, my MIL has never sought counseling or therapy for what happened, and now, she seems to be falling into not only a deep depression (she has several times since, but not quite this bad now), but into a hallucinatory state. We are doing everything to keep her alive, but she seems to be letting go, even on an antidepressant and an antipsychotic. Any recommendations? We ARE trying to seek some counseling for her as well.
Can PTSD prove parallel demensions? Perception is reality, so if it's 20 years ago in my mind during a flashback/dissociation but the condition causes me to be unaware that it's a memory and not the present, does this say anything about parallel universes and alternate realities? Isnt a PTSD symptom event( for lack of a better way to put it) an alternate reality or a step into an alternate reality where the past Literally repeats?
I have ptsd from ongoing domestic violence i have had cbt therapy for years and other forms of therapeutic help its not over for me its gotten alot worse i am unable to work as i have panick attacks i need a cure so i am able to function and make money so i can leave the abuser once and for all i have tried leaving in past but was unable to finacialy substain that freedom i crave antidepressants do not work My memory is crap that i am unable to hold a job because i constantly keep making mistakes i Am unable to be with people cause im so low in mood and paranoid with trust issues please tell me how recovery is possible
(continured) I am in treatment now and have been labeled as a Rescue worker altho I am not, I just has some training... I saved 3 lives that day on that plane Oct. 30, 2007. And having flashbacks of ppl getting thrown around in a plane is something you never want to see.. I was the only one who kept my cool and now I am dealing with it. Cancer can be treated and so can others issues... PTSD is like have a Devil on your back.
I have PTSD. It’s been a long road. Recovery is tough. After years of trauma, including various forms of abuse, my nervous system just said, “fuck it”. Took a long time to get there. Recovery seems impossible. I don’t trust anyone, I see threats everywhere, the slightest thing that to most would seem innocent or innocuous may trigger me. I have two states when triggered, I either run away or I want to attack somebody. As a man, it’s very difficult to find treatment. Even amongst professionals, we are often shamed, blamed, or labeled as “weak”. It’s an injustice. It’s infuriating. You are left with a desperate longing for some semblance of connection or normalcy.
IF psychopaths WEREN'T in charge, there wouldn't be misery inflicted on innocent people
Are you still on CZcams?
Michele 🌸 💔🌹I realize what psychopaths understand. It's when I mirror the psych of a psychopath. This they dwell on and can actually come to the fractured sensation of a "fear". They stop momentarily what they are instigating, kick gravel backing up, and face their own fear. Works every time,if you're self enabled. Deflect their inflicting self shame and humiliation they refuse to own. I'll lay hands on them and then one of them has the realization. It's a wonderful fulfillment but not very entertaining. Much love, in Jesus Name. 🥀
People who actually meet psychpaths arent happily around them. They leave if they can
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Yea fk those people. We just trade a demon lord for another demon lord every time
PTSD ruined my life, I always feel sad, it is a struggle, war is evil
Hello, I want to know what you experienced because of the trauma had from war. Thank you
I've had complex PTSD since I was 10 from incestuous rape, was always told "it's just in your head" or that "you're attention seeking" or even "we know you are lying because he was so nice to us" by my parents/ peers. I was never believed or validated in any way by the people that were most important to me, it was always somehow my fault, even when multiple professionals agreed on my diagnoses and even tried to explain that to my mother with no avail. My CPTSD affects my ability to function, it's considered a disability. Now I feel, I'm much closer to getting the help I need instead of being gaslighted by others and myself that I don't even have a problem at all. I can start understanding myself. I am beyond thrilled I found this CZcams channel, each video is interesting and enlightening. Thank you for making these documentations and sharing it with others.
I understand. I was gaslight by my own family too.
I was raped a few years ago and my family never encouraged me to report him to the police. (I grew up sort of friend with his sister I didn’t really know him) his mum was my mums best friend.
I was drunk and have no recollection (in the privacy of my own home) must have drugged me. I definitely avoid dating apps now as it’s not safe and I’ve seen him there too.
Hope you’re well. People who gaslight are sick humans. I haven’t seen any humanity and that breaks my heart the most. ❤❤
trauma changed my life at 17 forever, rippled through my life , even now I am affected . 30 years down the line. Stress breaks the brain
Now we are being told 1 in 25 people are a sociopath in 2020!
Thank you. I have epilepsy and after a 19 year abusive relationship I too have PTSD......I couldn’t even think, concentrate, or do basic math. I do have brain damage, but after ending the relationship I’m progressing beyond my expectations. The damage is real but the recovery is real as well!
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Can you tell me about the treatments? I was diagnoses with complex PTSD. I should tell you I cried when I listened to binaural beats. I wonder if it means I don't use that side of my brain much.
Are you one of the happy couple at the start of your journey to the end of the night?
Wondering how many children living with PTSD and remain undiagnosed.
I'm constantly in hyper arousal it hard to even focus on things I feel terrified most of the time
It's literally the most horrible feeling. I've learned to self sooth by reminding myself that feelings aren't reality, but it is never not painful, and it's never not exhausting.
I have chronic hyperarousal too, it's caused my body to have chronic stiff and painful muscles all over for over 30 years, I'm so tired of coping with the pain and anxiety
@@donnasaathoff1220 All we can do is continue looking for help, I guess. I am in your boat too, along with what you describe I always wake up with my fists and jaws clenched. I hope we find real peace someday!
Defence mechanisms... hypervigiliance... I hope one day the nightmare ends.
Yes it is really hard. I found EMDR the most helpful therapy.
My husband is a policeman, and he encounters violence daily, and is often involved in physical confrontations, that said he also attends to deaths regularly with decomposed bodies, and also attends terrilble motor vehicle accidents. recentlu he picked up the brains and skull of a victim, and two days later attended a collision where a young girls skull was left on the windscreen. He is a strong man, but he is suffering. Sometimes he cries.
+Kristy Niederkorn I agree with you, everyone suffers in the end from the effects of violence and drugs. He received a needle stick injury from an addict last week, and is a little anxious. On the other hand he keeps his mind healthy by studying and spent 4 years at university studying spanish , and now helps hipanics learn english here ,in Australia. Soon he is going to Thailand to learn Thai. He needs a break from the difficulties we face in this world of ours. Thank you for your insight, and take care too.
Find a shrink (doctor of psychology) who does EMDR Therapy to help with the visual effects
Thank you for your words of comfort. I am saddended by your experience with 9/11 and wish you all the best. It must be disconcerting knowing that you helped someone to become a victim. That was not your fault and you were just helping out as best you could. My husband is fine but I know he is troubled when he doesn't talk about work. I think we are like water tanks and once full can't take any more water and over flow. You see and experience a certain amount of incidents and then one day you see one too many. You all need interests outside of work to immunise yourselves against violence, pain, and anxiety. Take care and thank you.
Excuse my ignorance but I didn't think men went through it as much as women. I am sorry for what you all have to go through. I hope you area doing well now.
Ellen, PTSD is very real for many First Responders. Your husband is a brave soul and I’m grateful for him and so many others who choose that line of work.
Does his department have an Employee Assistance Program or Psychological Services Department? It would be worthwhile to check those out and see what resources are available. Most of these guys and gals live with this pain in silence, and if not addressed, it can spiral in a bad way.
People slamming things really triggers me sometimes.
Yes. Any loud or unexpected noise sends my heart racing straight into a panic attack. I've gotten so attuned to the sensation that I can literally feel the stress hormone or adrenaline burst into my chest the moment I'm startled.
It's the feeling of utter terror and dread without the danger. I spend the better part of my day trying to calm my heart rate and reminding myself that what my body is experiencing isn't an accurate reflection of what's happening in reality.
If I ever stopped fighting to cope with my anxiety, I would likely lose the will to get out of bed at all.
@@SolaGratia. take weighted blanket it helps..
It's the worst especially when all of your friends just don't understand
I have PTSD. It's hell. I struggle everyday.
I know how you feel.
I'm sorry you have it. Good news is there is research going on now and the possibility of a chemical treatment / therapy is getting closer everyday. Our grandparents and soldiers of the world war and ancient wars would have never dreamed about this. This was beyond their knowledge because science itself didn't know what PTSD was all about. Fortunately, things are different now. I hope you live to recover from your invisible injuries.
Perez Fecto I wish the same for you my friend. And I hope you're right. For the sake of all who suffer.
Pain to the bone with electrical shocks. I understand it's debilitating and stops your life.
I've had PTSD over a decade now and I'm 20 years old.
I am a survivor of complex PTSD from an abusive marriage that included years of marital rape. This and the other videos with it are so accurate and helpful to understand what I am going through. I find the information part of my healing process
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I'm sorry. I hope you are healing and doing well now.
If you've had ongoing marital rape, you have classic PTSD as well as complex.
I have PTSD due to abuse as a child and seeing my mother been abused .. I'm scared of Scottish accent because my abuser was Scottish I have bad nightmares about it every night ...
Why can't the VA get experts like Dr. Ochberg working for it? Instead we get half assed treatment and pills that aren't effective.
This video is amazing. When he talks about the dissociative states and trance-like response, he's describing exactly what I've been struggling to understand for years.
It's sad that youtube has been a more therapeutic medium with it's ASMR and knowledge base than the VA has been.
Insanity Chicken the Va is a joke, I got PTSD from Iraq. I have never been the same. the drugs that they have given me almost made me take my own life. I struggle every single day an night. the Va just give me excuse after excuse. with no options. it makes for a lonely an paranoid world to live in with no options. US Navy vet
+Carl Miller What kind of drug did they give you?
Insanity Chicken Get what ya can, and get help elsewhere
That's me! I'm the one who would be in the trance-like, dissociated state, even from early childhood!
So much time spent adapting to a type of bad situation changes you.
Especially from such a young age.
People don't always eat because they're hungry for food, they're hungry for other things
There is hope. Knowledge is power. Trauma's worst nightmare is a well-informed survivor. Never quit, ever. As a survivor, you have what someone else needs. There is purpose.
Wow this is me. I disassociate. I feel surreal. This is exactly my ptsd (I was drugged when my trauma happened).
I am spaced out numb. I feel like I am behind glass wall. I feel when triggered a pressure middle front of my head. my brain also fragments and it affects my cognitive processing.
+Jacknight Winters i know... it sucks... it has been 6.5 years. sometimes i think it has gone. bang i am back again.
I have failed university because of it, its made me a useless failure and I am close to breaking point if not at breaking point.
There is a treatment called EMDR Therapy with a shrink to help you with the visual memory and helps reduce the physiological effects. It is helpful.
@@mlee7290 your mental health is more important than university. Take care of yourself and seek treatment..
My complex PTSD is killing me.🥀♥️🥀
So is mine, its so unbearble and I feel the therapists I have, not only is she still not certified and doing jer school hours with me but I feel its half assed. She doesn't even know how to differentiate cptsd from ptsd. She has me doing a series of "exercies" that to me are so meaningless. I am no longer allowed to tell her about my crisis or vent to her because she says it does nothing but I used to at least feel heard. Its a mess.
I was shot in my abdomen almost two years ago and i struggle with PTSD and I've been searching for answers to how I feel alive again. It's a hard thing to deal with everyday.
Thats terrible trauma, having a pet really helped me..
from my personal experience with pstd. it is created by the brain as a defense mechanism to subconsciously avert something bad from reacuuring that had happened before. i had a bad car accident in a intersection at 50 mphs, and totaled mine, and the other drivers car. when i started driving again a couple of weeks later, i found myself involuntarily coming to almost a complete stop at intersections while i was driving. it was like my brain was saying, oh no im not going through that again.
You need Jesus
i was born from a family of geniuses and schizophrenic but i was also abused as a child in every way and into adulthood. .my health has declined including mental health. .no one is helping me..my psychiatrist only sees me twice per year. .listens for about 15 mind...that's it..i cry alone and hope the sufficient amount of tears come...trying to have faith in JESUS CHRIST MIGHTY NAME. .😢
the invisible seen Good luck.
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Bless you...I will pray for you..,pls seek better help..don't give up looking. Big hug!!!
Hi hermit. It is a very lonely illness. I have pets and am looking into the weighted blanket. I used to garden but I’m too all over the place to enjoy it anymore. Although I do love seeing all of my gingers blooming...I wish there was a support group for ptsd bc a lot of people have inferred “that’s military” and the general public has no clue. My neighbors shoot fireworks over my house twice a year and it ramps me up for sure!!!so rude and illegal in the city but they don’t care..
"It's a brain injury & there is a recovery period post trauma" ~ yes, nailed it 💯
i need a hug...🙁
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This comment is a year old now but I had to reply and suggest a weighted blanket. I got one for my birthday a week ago. I have all the symptoms of my cptsd, including insomnia, until I pull that blanket up over my shoulders and feet.
I can't explain how else it feels, expect like a hug. I feel hugged and I immediately relax and begin to fall asleep.
I don't know how it works, or why it works, but it has been one of the best gifts I've ever been given.
If you're ever able to get one, I highly suggest giving it a try.
Huge hugs!!!
Hug baby gl
PTSD is being in Debt,, the Body, Emotions, Brain get put into a Deficit/Bankruptcy,, due to not enough resources or support. The people who are supposed to be the Support are the ones creating the Stress
That's sad. My ex gf had it from military. I sacrificed everything to help her out and stick around, in the end she kept pushing me away and eventually decided to move on, but I doubt someone will travel for hours and miles in storm just to hold her and calm her during anxiety attack and such. When I held her at night she didn't even need meds to sleep. Either way she eventually decided to move on and I know I set her off with every action I did since it wasn't the way she would do it.
Just when you think your gona have a good day boom there it is. hate being ready to fight all the time. Completely drains me. If its not that than is the fear of being around people. People just don't understand.
So now if PTSD can be measured in the brain, we can use this in a civil suit in a court of law to win compensation against those who have caused us PTSD. I smell coming-Law Suits loud & clear.
Alex Klatt Good. Our abusers should pay for our treatments.
I'm still waiting. On a good note, the awareness is being shared everywhere!
Ik this isn't a healthy solution but I've found the best way to avoid my ptsd.. waking up to certain triggers etc is to stay awake until about 3am or later. It's the only way to stop it.. Thank you for this video. I'm trying to learn about ptsd in hope that it will help me cope
I would imagine that many ppl with hellish childhoods have PTSD...even bad marriages...lol
Let's face it life is hell for MANY!
Yea I am one of them. Childhood PTSD is also referred to as CPTSD. Also when saying something like “well life is hell for everyone” it hurts people that have and are struggling with one of these disorders. It makes us feel invalidated and that the traumas we faced don’t matter. Language is important when talking about these issues.
Yes I have it from childhood not war but in many ways my childhood was a war. I can relate closely to vets with ptsd without even going into battle. Maybe someone can help me took this long to truly realises or accept I have ptsd
@Halifahk what were some differences you noticed?
@John Doe God cares thats why you need to turn to him
I fall asleep when I listen to this guy.
Part of the problem with quantifying treatment methods is that if something shows up as "effective", they force you to do it and if you refuse for any reason, you are non-compliant and they won't pay for any other treatment.
Got a bad reaction to a drug? Too bad!
Feel even more reactive after CBT? Tough shit!
how to stop that numb feeling..., its like not living..
don t you like it? i find it very cinematic!
Accept it as a way your brain protects you until you can work through your trauma through EMDR.
Do we keep this for life?
I go through cycles from hyper vigilance to dissociation over a period of several weeks before the cycle begins all over again.
I suddenly start to think I am not that weird.
I love that voice. Thank you, Dr. Ochberg.❤️
I have PTSD.... thank you for exsplaining I can not have anything that is not normal in my life, it freaks me out and I get short of breath. My every day life is not, can not sleep and so on! I try to make life normal, but have a hard time doing so
Going through horrible shortness of breath for past month due to corona virus retriggering my PTSD ..ie, don't feel safe again. Have to sit up all night many nights, just to force air down..just horrible. I relate..sending you big hug
Same
Thank you Dr Ochberg, you're so good at healing just hearing your voice. God bless you for your great knowledge.
Dr. Frank Ochberg, Great job !!! You describe the brain parts and patterns affected by PTSD very clear and correctly. I feel that if you would have connected the hormones and neurotransmitters that are responsible for these changes in the brain, your presentation would be very CRYSTAL CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD. I'm in the process of making my own video reiterating the overwhelming overall process that can reverse these brain changes. Thank you very much for you're time involved helping to save lives.
on my worse days l can only sit there and stroke my dog over and over again cause my brain feels overloaded. makes me a little bit calmer touching her. could not even fill put simple forms, l save that for my good days. i'm on high alert..see every thing more intense, colors are brighter. l got over it after a month but it comes back when l have to go back to the house l used to share with my husband. feel quickly thoughts flying around in my head, confusion, remember all his threats he made to my person. l think it's a mecanism to protect your life. keeps you on high alert it won't go away till you get out of the unsafe situation.
thank you so much for uploading this video!
ptsd is very serious- my blood pressure is stage 3 and 4, will not respond to meds so my kidney's are failing, eventually a persons body begins to suffer, I also have fibromalgia pain due to ptsd- I just put out good thoughts to anyone out there who suffers from this- my ptsd is severe and unusual because childhood abuse was severe and unusual, the government says i'm a liar, which you can guess worsens the ptsd, if the ptsd could have become worse, it did, after being called a liar by the government, government destroys my medical records and other documents regarding my ptsd, it goes on and on people, that would make anybody sick, my case is pending in federal court against the government for pattern of evidence tampering, due process violations, on and on it goes, over 8 years this legal battle, and i'm getting sicker and sicker, trying to stay alive long enough to defend my liberty, not only for myself, but for others, guess what? the gov doesn't care that they have made my ptsd worse, they enjoy doing this, just mind boggling cruelty, Obama drones innocent children, so no surprise here what they have done to me, and what do they have planned for you, guess what? the gov is getting ready for a civil up rising for the likes of us low life patriots, where will you go? will you submit? what world will you leave to your children? do you care? what is wrong with he american people? too late to cry once you are in the concentration camp they also have ready for you, why don't you stand up to the psychopaths, if not for your self, but for what is right? are you so dumbed down you don't even see what they are doing to you? perhaps it has something to do with the flouride that put in your water and the chemicals they spray on you while you are sleeping- for myself I SHALL NOT BE MOVED- I WILL NOT SUBMIT-I WILL NOT COMPLY- I AM A HUMAN BEING GOD DAMMIT AND IM NOT TAKING IT ANYMORE- BETTER TO BE DEAD HAN LIVE ON MY KNEES AS A SLAVE
Having PTSD since the early 1970's, Dr. Shelly Uram treated me with EMDR 2005. Life changing. High functional CEO working with media for nearly two decades I was suddenly thrown back to my childhood but EMDR relieved flashbacks, nightmares, anxiety that is until my child was a victim of violent crime and threat to lives. With Secondary PTSD my symptoms are more intense that I ever experienced before. I would love to participate in any studies that would possibly help me and others. Nightmare!
I really like your videos! :D
I have a trauma since nearly two years.
But it's getting better. And since watching your videos about PTSD, I feel a lot more "normal" with my traumatic symptoms. Thank's for that. :)
wow when i get my ptsd attack i have mini-seizure that last like 2 seconds
and i lose complete control of my limbs body feels stiff and face
and spine feels sensation, then im fine
just today this happened 10 times
i get all sorts of physiological changes this is maddening
oh yeah i dont get those typical flashbacks of a specific event
i think my rough life just took its toll
what could set off a mini-seizure phone rings dog barks
sudden movements
Neuroscience is so fascinating. It's interesting how we can in a sense photograph and see the activity in the brain.
I'd say, the biggest brain function noticeable to me is a much higher activation of the survival function. It can be mild to severe, hyper vigilance to paranoia. The survival mechanism must have a direct correlation to ptsd.
1 in 3 kids assaulted, abused or neglected in the US is #NOTOKAY OK?
And in 2020 I see parents or boyfriends/partners killing their young children...we are going thru covid-19 but child murders were on the rise before then. I don’t know how someone could even hurt their kid or any child but some are torturing them then killing them. As sick as my brain is my depression is so bad I’m too tired to kill myself and if I felt better I wouldn’t want to. I just don’t get it at all and it’s on the news nightly. Just jay advocates for children on yt. God bless you all for explaining our sickness.
Wow lots of great information!
Thanx made me feel more hopeful :)
Loved the information!!! I really appreciate you breaking down the science.
one tech comment... hope it helps more people to know the video low volume made it difficult to hear.
I have tried a few technics such as EMDR, Somatic therapy work, etc...
Which was most helpful?
i was diagnose with severe ptsd in february 2018.its hell all right and a struggle everyday.i,m just trying to inform others and help them understand what i go through on a daily basis.
Hi Desiree,
Have you tried cognitive behavior counseling for your PTSD? The psychiatrist gave me meds for my PTSD, but the counseling worked better for me. All the drugs did was messed up my liver and caused me weight gain which lead me to diabetes. Meditation and prayer to God helps. Best wishes to you and be careful if you get prescription drugs for PTSD. It has side effects and may not be good for the body.
Kayla Nguyen Benzos like valium, xanax are much safer than those sytnhetic "psyche meds"'. They dont hurt any part of your body actually. The drug companies dont make $ on these. SO there is a bigotry towards these. NOBODY can say they dont work. They do! They sedate the VERY region of the Fight and flight part of the brain well. Other classes are blanket covering drugs or are non-specific. Sadly you likely were never put on those or you be able to maintain the PTSD. It helps me in about 80% of my triggers.
+UZI9MMAUTO Actually-- I have PTSD and am in the psych field-- must respond re: :benzos--I really do understand how much they help you. (Me too) BUT-- BIG HUGE WARNING-- If the person has ANY addiction issues, is an alcoholic (in receovery above all), they can trigger relapse with those life-endangering health issues. They work on the exact brain receptors that addictive substances do as well: it is such a catch-22 for these folks-- but addiction is an equally misunderstood mental health issue. I have seen many disasters with these recovering addicts having huge issues with their other diagnoses- triggered by these drugs. Also , benzodiazepine withdrawal is highly dangerous, and should be supervised medically, and done in a long taper relative to the time the person has been prescribed the medication. I wouldn't personally choose these-- even tho they provide relief, no "high", they are very tough for some folks to manage. Just want ths info out there too. Glad they have helped you so..
my boyfriend holds his breath and counts until the flashback stops. he use to do that until he passed out but that was before I got with him. now it's gotten alot better
I developed PTSD as a result of a violently abusive spouse years ago and long divorced. According to this video I have PTSD II now due to my present work environment under a sadistic psychopathic type person. Right now I feel like I'm headed toward the spaced out trance like symptoms...
I was diagnosed with PTSD 4 years ago due to domestic violence. I still suffer from it everyday. It consumes 75% of my thoughts throughout the day and I feel as if I've developed a bad case of paranoia from it. I feel like I can't trust anyone sometimes not even my own family which makes it hard to relax. What can I do to subside these feelings and thoughts? I can't live like this anymore. I'm not suicidal by any means I want to live a long and happy life but I can't seem to with these thoughts.
I'm in the same boat. I'm currently doing schema therapy which is helping a lot, but it's work laying the foundation of the healing process. Cognitive therapy also helps too. A self-help book to read in the mean time if you can't get to a therapist right away, you still need to see one, is "Reinventing Your Life: Breakthrough Program to End Negative Behaviour..." by Jeffrey Young and Janet Kloslo.
Karina Passi Al Anon and similar group therapies are out there in your area too.
I too developed PTSD due to domestic violence. It is a frustrating condition.
Same, I use mindfulness and meditation both and I study everything new I can get my hands on free off the internet about PTSD, research has come a long way since 2009 when I started studying. My quality of life has gone up and my depression part of my ptsd is probably about 1/4 of what it used to be. I have other struggles but depression was and is still substantial in large part. Now biggest is agoraphobia, since 2010, and social anxiety, of course I still have nitemares and am afraid to fall asleep, but use supplements to help daily also. Different strokes work for different folks I've found and you have to customize your own path. I can't afford wear and tear on my car or gas to go get the help so I do it all myself. The studying I do occupies my mind enough to help me be more functional and I have not dissociated for 2 yrs now in May, that keeps bad thoughts to a minimum and makes your joys greater than when dissociated (numb which causes suicide, not depression). Safe warm hugs your way and I hope this helps a little. I'm grateful you're still alive.
are you a male who has suffered??my son in marriage 4 yrs has left 3 x this makes 4 but goes back;;this time she trashed apt;;damaged all new furniture that was rented called police and said he shot her up w drugs and '''raped her''' got evicted too w nowhere to go;;i am disable, bedbound mom who loves him so much;;he is a great loving person but bipolar since age 10;;she was his therapist;;lured him into a sexual relationship(never had girlfriend before)2 son's later, both taken away living w her parents who have a restraining order against her;;;i called social workers in columbus and they found her guilty and she has lost her license for 5 yrs but she has beaten him just last yr, found guilty of domestic violence (think 2 or 3 convictions but her dad always gets her off w probation;;;he has ended up in pscy unit to get meds straight she had the nerve to seek a ''protection'' order court on tues;;;i am just dumbfounded as to how she can continue to get away with her lies and destroying my son's life;;when i went to get him last year his forehead all bloody and she poured salt on his wounds and told him to suffer;;anyone knows Anyone who can help us;;;please please contact me
I like this guy, thank you.
Children screaming triggers me, I don't sleep well, i sometimes startle awake terrified, and I've learned to get by with it, but life is much heavier because of it. We are conditioned to put it in our ruck and keep moving. I went to Iraq twice, got divorced when I returned with young children when I returned.
why do you think kids screaming triggers you?
muy bien explicado, me parecio genial,completo, claro .gracias Doctor
I agree with April as that has been my experience with people who SHOULD be helping, but are apparently amused by effects of the "buttons" they push to see results for their entertainment, because it sure has only set me back, bigtime! I'd like to see these people go thru what i have n see how they cope!
It's a bit ironic that I got PTSD after suffering a brain injury in hospital. Then while having EMDR for that PTSD, I discovered that I have Complex PTSD! Life plays weird tricks, huh?
How u doing now x
I've had PTSD over a decade now and I'm 20 years old.
It’s been 48 years for me
n this Medical Marijuana is the real reefer madne$$
@@k2laSndi glad it's legal where you at. I've decided to reach for help 20 ish days a go I'm getting medical help yey!
Glad u r reaching out and never stop learning or trying something different. At 59, I wish I had all the knowledge that’s out there bc I’m getting old and worn out. U r so young I hope u can kick ass and b healed!
@@tinawindham6958 thank you so much i really appreciate the support ❤ it's never too late to seek help ! i hope you're doing good and life is treating you well ❤
Hear that! I can imagine, thanks
Question have any other PTSD suffers panicked watching this? I have does this mean my brains totally messed up
04mscentrum No, Claire dear:But you can re-trigger PTSD,so no need to read about it!
Protect yourself now.Blessings.
MUSIC is great.Blocking extraneous noise (earplugs) helps.Therapy helps... Prescribed medications by professionals help, sometimes. Get involved.Volunteer somewhere.Learn to play a musical instrument.Join a choir.Get away from triggers, and avoid flashbacks.Don't watch scary TV, too much news, etc.
Claire Wilson yes.
I've expressed to many doctors over the years that I feel brain damaged . I cannot think in stressful situations only shutdown . And I was fairly smart before . Husband n family have often commented on how stupid I am one moment then smart the next and it seems connected to the presence of anxiety/ stress.
at 5:00 thats how i feel when i have an attact i feel like im out of my body n i can see myself in the deja vu from the seziures i used to have
Interesting about front part of brain. When I have a severe full blown ptsd trigger panic attack always I feel a pressure top of my head at the front part. Every single time.
yeah, me too
Same
Are you taking any meds
@@Ohkeh640 no am not taking meds. How strange this was written 8 years ago thank you for replying. Its like bread crumbs back. I am 8 years later. Lots of therapy down. Yesterday was my last trigger. Yep I feel that pressure on top of my head. Am exhausted. Things changed a bit after covid. Trauma informed care. But 8 years ago there was nothing for me. Those experiences are also trauma triggers too. I now have cptsd from ongoing trauma finding it impossible to access right care. By the time I did over a decade had passed and I had lost everything.
i use to have the strength to fight but its beating me down. But ive got help now. fingers crossed.
excellent share-left vs rt vrain rt on-hippocampus regen-much hope-nueroplastic rehab working for me but only on physical level-biochem change and brain functioning another issue-i am probably the second type-lost in space-at least after many years i have become a better surfer and practicing tsunami prep= its all a tsunami-on the other hand the universe is a wonderous place and so easy to travel away and thru during those intense periods-manythxs2drfo for honest and intellgent perspective-
I'm 19 and i was diagnosed with CPTSD. I also have ADHD and i had some seizures before. Yesterday i had to do the WASI test, at the beginning i could form only two images because out of nowhere a flashback came to me. My horrible traumatic memories kept coming and suddenly i was trying to escape the room. I'm so embarrassed because I will probably score badly due to my traumas.
Awww ty very much Katie : ) . You don't mind if I subscribe do you? Maybe you can tell me some ways on how you dealt with it or any tips or tricks you found have helped.
Just been diagnosed with ptsd after an attack that took place over 10 years ago. I suffer with depression anxiety fear hyper vigilant at all times unexplainable anger outbursts wich landed me in prison.its a real shit kicker too have I thought I had it but never wanted a real diagnosis because I thought id be sectioned or something. How ever finaly getting the diagnosis means I can finaly explain why I feel so disconnected from other people. And why I only feel safe when I'm locked away in my own house
@the 1:46 mark exactly where he posted. I knew he was talking to me.
I got PTSD from doing a Rescue of injured passengers onboard a Commecial Flight. 3 flight attendents were injured, ppl were screaming.. ppl were catapulted from SEVERE TURBULANCE over the Atlantic. I was the only one on that flight that had any medical knowledge, which is First Aid, CPR and the Heimlich Maneuvour.. I removed glass from a FA's face and some glass entering her left eye. Severe Lacerations to her head and legs, 1 woman was going into cardiac arrest, she was saved. Under treatment..
I don't know why you say only a few really don't get angry and just feel numb and dissociated I think the majority of us feel this way and we also get angry to at times I don't think you should separate the 2 I often get angry and have to hide myself from family and friends I also feel desensitized to violence or even death like I don't feel anything where I know I should I just don't is whats really hard is listening to other people talk about how they got PTSD from slipping on a banana peel and they will forever hate banana peels now I sit at home scraping my skin off of my arms just trying to feel if I am still alive like can I still bleed to the point I'm covered in scars and can't ever go to a public swimming pool again I have lost my wife my home my jobs the VA has put me on narcotics and anti-depressants I now live off of social security income food stamps section 8 housing and on top of that I am a single father of 2 kids who also have PTSD because their mother abused everyone of us glad she is not in the picture anymore but we still live with the fear of going outside or going to the park or going shopping because she might be there afraid for the kids to even go outside and play with friends because she might kidnap them just the constant worrying about every single possible outcome to every situation makes you feel like a prisoner in your own home I really don't know if talking to someone really benefits me or just makes me feel worse because every therapist I talk to wants me to relive the traumatic experiences I had every session makes me dread going there i could be doing fine all week but then my appointment comes and its like oh man I hate that freaking place .............
Who do you talk to about getting your brain examined for PTSD? I have been in therapy for over 10yrs.. I took a few written tests. But now I am curious about the brain parts you talked about in here. I have had numerous traumatic events.
I can also remember the exact clothes the man wore when he died, which direction he was laying, position, hair color etc etc. Now is Adrenaline rushes a symptom? Because even if laying down to sleep if im calm and tired and I think about some moment like those incidents involving my survival I will get one hell of a adrenalin rush sometimes and then its hard to go to sleep. On occasion I wake up explosively with a adrenalin rush and fight or flight response, but I never remember nightmares?
Same here, the distressing thought occurs and I feel a zing go through my body, like it just got flooded with chemicals... after that there's no chance of sleeping
I have brain damaged from childhood abuse so that I can't socialize and getting fired from jobs because of lack of attention. How to prove brain damage by PTSD? Can this be classified as disability?
Gediminas Jesinas I think it could - also please do read The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel van der Kolk. It is amazing.
I have it since childhood. Where is there for me to recover to?
OMG...I would space out (not full on thrashing seizures) as a kid and I was diagnosed with seizure activity (epilepsy) in my right temporal lobe, which I miraculously "grew out of" in my twenties. My father forced me to orally copulate him and have actual sex with him, my mother was very mentally ill (paranoid schizophrenic) I was forced to watch animal cruelty, etc from the time I was a toddler till age 16. Makes me wonder if my "epilepsy" was actually from abuse...I always felt my "seizures" were just a way to help me escape from my pain, as were the times I left my body during the actual abuse. I wish I knew of a study somewhere I could participate in to check on effects of chronic abuse on the brain!
sounds more like chronic dissociation,, sorry you had a childhood like that,,
I do hope she finds someone as dedicated as me.
Alfred Korzybski, back in 1933, said that certain linguistic 'insults' can create microscopic lesions in the brain.
Question: My mother-in-law forgot to remove her severely disabled daughter from her car way back in 1981, and the daughter died inside a hot car. According to my husband, my MIL has never sought counseling or therapy for what happened, and now, she seems to be falling into not only a deep depression (she has several times since, but not quite this bad now), but into a hallucinatory state. We are doing everything to keep her alive, but she seems to be letting go, even on an antidepressant and an antipsychotic. Any recommendations? We ARE trying to seek some counseling for her as well.
Can it be fixed? What do i do? I have complex PTSD.
"PTSD"- dealing with the VA in any capacity.
Considering people often dose with cannabis for both of these conditions, it makes sense that there is a physiological similarity.
agreed
Certainly soldiers have explosive, condensed trauma that can never be ignored. I guess it pays to be related to congressmen.
Can PTSD prove parallel demensions? Perception is reality, so if it's 20 years ago in my mind during a flashback/dissociation but the condition causes me to be unaware that it's a memory and not the present, does this say anything about parallel universes and alternate realities? Isnt a PTSD symptom event( for lack of a better way to put it) an alternate reality or a step into an alternate reality where the past Literally repeats?
That was me.
How about family court judges ?
Is this the same brain effect with complex ptsd too?
I have ptsd from ongoing domestic violence i have had cbt therapy for years and other forms of therapeutic help its not over for me its gotten alot worse i am unable to work as i have panick attacks i need a cure so i am able to function and make money so i can leave the abuser once and for all i have tried leaving in past but was unable to finacialy substain that freedom i crave antidepressants do not work
My memory is crap that i am unable to hold a job because i constantly keep making mistakes i
Am unable to be with people cause im so low in mood and paranoid with trust issues please tell me how recovery is possible
did you ever heard about holotropic breathing?
Sometimes it is better just to stay home
God bless the veterans
do you think it has anything to do with it
(continured) I am in treatment now and have been labeled as a Rescue worker altho I am not, I just has some training... I saved 3 lives that day on that plane Oct. 30, 2007. And having flashbacks of ppl getting thrown around in a plane is something you never want to see.. I was the only one who kept my cool and now I am dealing with it. Cancer can be treated and so can others issues... PTSD is like have a Devil on your back.
I have both ..
See the PBS special "The Secret Life of the Brain".