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27-02-2018 08:26 PM
27-02-2018 08:26 PM
Re: Topic Tuesday // Supporting someone dealing with PTSD // Tues. 27 Feb. 7pm - 9pm AEDT
That's a very good point @Former-Member
Dissociation is often a frequent survival mechanism (or response) in people with childhood trauma.
That was one (or the main) reason that I was told that EMDR was not appropriate for people with CPTSD (or me).
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27-02-2018 08:26 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // Supporting someone dealing with PTSD // Tues. 27 Feb. 7pm - 9pm AEDT
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27-02-2018 08:27 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // Supporting someone dealing with PTSD // Tues. 27 Feb. 7pm - 9pm AEDT
Vitally important for people who have PTSD to know that others care about them
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27-02-2018 08:31 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // Supporting someone dealing with PTSD // Tues. 27 Feb. 7pm - 9pm AEDT
Thanks @DeanYates. He does want to be home but struggles massively with sensory overload now which he didn't have before. He is unable to help with the kids (or anything) at night when he has taken his medication, nor in the morning until the medication has worn off and he has been able to get up when it is quiet. We have 4 kids, including a 7 month old so getting them organised in a morning isn't calm!
He also does not have the energy for the gym, gets light headed, short of breath and dizzy easily. Very fatigued. Avoids all social situations and can't have noise at home. This has been going on 3 months now and as a family it is extremely hard. I feel like a single parent, but also a carer for him. He didn't used to be like this
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27-02-2018 08:32 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // Supporting someone dealing with PTSD // Tues. 27 Feb. 7pm - 9pm AEDT
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27-02-2018 08:34 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // Supporting someone dealing with PTSD // Tues. 27 Feb. 7pm - 9pm AEDT
It has to be an individual decision. You have to feel comfortable sharing. When I tell people about my PTSD and say I got it from working in Iraq, covering the Boxing Day tsunami, the Bali bombings, losing three staff in Baghdad, everyone gets it. What I mean is that in a sense, my experience is an easy one to share. I really understand that for others it can be very difficult given the nature of the trauma. That said, I believe that sharing with people who will listen with empathy and try to understand is worth doing. I will be forever grateful to a former colleague from Baghdad who said to me, when I was at my lowest point, that I was not alone. He had gone through the same thing. Until then, I have told virtually no one.From my experience, sharing helps the healing process and moving on. I just don't think bottling up works. By sharing, talking, journaling and processing - I think you get control of the narrative. You get to have more control over how you feel. You give yourself a chance to heal.
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27-02-2018 08:36 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // Supporting someone dealing with PTSD // Tues. 27 Feb. 7pm - 9pm AEDT
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27-02-2018 08:37 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // Supporting someone dealing with PTSD // Tues. 27 Feb. 7pm - 9pm AEDT
Interesting @DeanYates
some tips of Supporting someone dealing with PTSD
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27-02-2018 08:38 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // Supporting someone dealing with PTSD // Tues. 27 Feb. 7pm - 9pm AEDT
Yes, that makes sense. Thanks @DeanYates.
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27-02-2018 08:40 PM
27-02-2018 08:40 PM
Re: Topic Tuesday // Supporting someone dealing with PTSD // Tues. 27 Feb. 7pm - 9pm AEDT
Some of my journalist colleagues in New York attend a drawing class once a month to deal with stress.
Sounds like by REM you mean EMDR. There is a few earlier references to this.