tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104906156789221902.post646235690626955645..comments2023-12-19T20:11:22.958-05:00Comments on Patience Mason's PTSD Blog: One cure for reexperiencing (intrusive thoughts, nightmares, flashbacks)patience masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396609902249752438noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104906156789221902.post-83951628429011469162010-07-29T11:43:36.679-04:002010-07-29T11:43:36.679-04:00difficult to get treatment of PTSD when u have abs...difficult to get treatment of PTSD when u have absolutely no memory of "the" event and triggers are all drs, hospitals,lawyers,courthouses, even the written word causes violent reactions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104906156789221902.post-58431598819611665512010-04-27T12:28:25.492-04:002010-04-27T12:28:25.492-04:00For Clair:
http://www.sidran.org is a woman owned ...For Clair:<br />http://www.sidran.org is a woman owned foundation which keeps a list of therapists who would not be like that jerk. <br />You might also try the local crisis center/victim services. In Gainesville Florida they have groups for sexual assault survivors which are open to people no matter how long ago it happened.<br />The man you went to was an IDIOT, and not typical of counselors. I recommend interviewing several counselors and asking what experience they have had with rape survivors and how they proceed in therapy. Someone who is nasty and bossy, you just say no thanks. When you find someone you fit with, then you proceed. It will hurt, but you survived the rape and you can survive therapy. <br />Two relatively quick and non-intrusive therapies are EMDR and TIR (traumatic incident reduction) which you can google to find practitioners.<br />Please also go to http://www.patiencepress.com and read the free handouts. I know I reviewed at least on book called Recovering from Rape in either the first or second issue of the PT Gazettte.<br />I will post my article from the Post-Traumatic Gazette on sexuality.<br /><br />Hope this helps. I will also post this on the Blog as an answer to your comment. Thank you for the kind words.patience masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396609902249752438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104906156789221902.post-11779853535020697172010-04-27T11:54:00.557-04:002010-04-27T11:54:00.557-04:00Patience, I really have to thank you for the work ...Patience, I really have to thank you for the work you've done with PTSD. This post in particular has given me some powerful insight, and perhaps a method to cope. I am not a war vet. I am the survivor of a rape that occurred more than twenty years ago. Five years after the rape occurred, my wonderful hubby - then boyfriend - convinced me to try to get help for what I was going through. Unfortunately, the therapist I went to handled things in probably the worst possible way. In the very first session I was told I had PTSD with very little explaination of what it was (so I concluded that I was a nutjob). I was told point blank in that first session that I would have to discuss the details of the rape with him in order to get better. Still in the first session, I resisted this idea, and was told he'd schedule me for an appointment next week. If I wanted to ever get better, I'd be there. The second and third sessions entailed exactly what he said they would - focus on reliving the event. No repoir had been established; no sense of trust. He was pushy and intrusive to get to "the core" of what was bothering me. I went into a tailspin almost as if I'd been raped a second time. After the third session, I never went back. Since then, I've dealt with this garbage in my own way. I'm fortunate to have the help of a wonderful loving hubby who has patiently helped me through. Until recently, I'd gone for years with very limited symptoms (which, for me include nightmares and flashbacks, among others). Unfortunately, I recently had something occur that has triggered these symptoms again. Though they're nowhere near the severity that they once were, I went for such a long time with NO symptoms, that I'm finding these very frustrating. I've debated counseling again, but realistically, just can't bring myself to do it, so I'm looking for other ways to cope. Your artical might be just what I need. I'm looking for other resources as well, particularly online, and would welcome any suggestions or insight that you might have. Thank you for the work you do, Patience. ~Clair <br /><br />beargod226@comcast.netClairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104906156789221902.post-26181940542894551732009-05-02T13:12:00.000-04:002009-05-02T13:12:00.000-04:00PTSD SOLDIER HELP
im having a hard time with gett...PTSD SOLDIER HELP <br />im having a hard time with getting my VA bennes.dennis linamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104906156789221902.post-56540852957838852292009-01-25T17:13:00.000-05:002009-01-25T17:13:00.000-05:00Thank you so much for this article. I have been lo...Thank you so much for this article. I have been looking for answers to relieve my flashbacks and recurring nightmares for a very long time.<BR/>I was meant to read this today.<BR/>You helped me and changed my life.<BR/>take care of you and I will do the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104906156789221902.post-2370645127080868902008-10-23T06:08:00.000-04:002008-10-23T06:08:00.000-04:00I thank you so much but what if you are suffering ...I thank you so much but what if you are suffering for yrs from domestic abuse and are punished because of it? No one wants to hear it, let you talk it out, cry etc. You know how you can heal but no one will listen for years and so many phone calls, prayers, reaching out, you are still with the abuser and continually being degraded for getting PTSD and being ill from his abuse. Everyone else left because you were considered worthless and ugly? God Bless you and I continue to search & research, pray etc w/very little left. I pray constantly and cry to God for years for all of those suffering and that they will not suffer alone like I have as everyone left. Besides the abuser, I have been beat down by just about everyone else for years and still am. Thank you for your help and everyone else that is praying, posting, researching and trying to help those who suffer who want to remember what it like to just even sleep without the flashbacks. It's getting harder and harder to even remember what it was like and to be considered human but we are still and want to heal so we can help others. God Bless you, your family and everyone. HUGS(I don't even get that except thru type)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104906156789221902.post-76365532959728787072008-06-11T12:33:00.000-04:002008-06-11T12:33:00.000-04:00Dear Don,That is why I titled it as ONE cure. Noth...Dear Don,<BR/>That is why I titled it as ONE cure. Nothing works for everyone. But something else might work for you, and, unfortunately the way things are now, you are the one who has to find it.<BR/>Thanks and welcome home.patience masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396609902249752438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104906156789221902.post-6551203492899802732007-11-03T17:27:00.000-04:002007-11-03T17:27:00.000-04:00I would advise care with this technique: recallin...I would advise care with this technique: recalling a traumatic event or series of events, for some--like myself--is problematic. Instead of alleviating the problem, it only serves to reinforce it. On the several times I have tried it, I spent months afterward in a heightened sense of panic: acutely attuned to all stimuli that triggered recollections of the original events. My life wore down to a bunker-like setting until I could slowly re-emerge into a semi-normal existence. Each of these attempts by well-meaning therapists only left me wounded more by the experience.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697740803405489778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104906156789221902.post-37971674165413694252007-05-05T20:38:00.000-04:002007-05-05T20:38:00.000-04:00Patience,I too have found memoirs to be much more ...Patience,<BR/><BR/>I too have found memoirs to be much more effective than just history books, especially in trying to understand what my husband has been through. I would like to thank you for blogging and to encourage you to keep it up...I am going to pass this post onto my husband, anything could help at this time. Thanks!Delalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02518216049466112093noreply@blogger.com