SkyWhite,

I am sorry you had that happen to you and it triggered you this way. As far as that Nurse triggering you, it doesn't have to be a person who looks like an abuser, yes, it is the way the other person can be condescending and dismissive and disrespectful instead. Also the fact this Nurse talked about herself having PTSD from childhood abuse doesn't make her any more qualified to decide what you should have for treatment. Yes, you need to tell your story in a repetitive way, but it is more involved than the way she disrespectfully described it. The way this Nurse directed this meeting also was very disrespectful because the tone from her was that you as the patient only JUST has to, and that is NOT what the long healing process with PTSD is, there is no simple "just". And any truely qualified KNOWLEDGABLE "trauma specialist" would not accept having a distressed PTSD patient wait for 2 years to get "just" 10 sessions and bingo the patient is all better. Also, it is not "just" a matter of changing your medication either, if it was that simple there would not be so much effort taking place to study this disorder and keep trying to find better medications for treatment because it is well known that the medications being used only help with "some" of the symptoms and it has consistently been strongly recommended that "therapy" for the patient is very important. Along with that any "true trauma specialist" will know the significance of the patient feeling SAFE with their treatment provider, not intimidated as was how you felt in that meeting.

I will say that what is really taking place is your health care system is failing at assuring that people who genuinely suffer from PTSD get the right treatment. I feel that this is also how the attempt made in the health care system in the U.S. is also failing to meet this genuine need, even in the state that totes they are very successful with the similar "social healthcare design" because all one has to do is interact with people who are supposed to be receiving "improved" care and they will talk about long waiting lists too. So, what this meeting was really saying is, "we don't have the resources to adequately treat you and all we can do is find a way to pretend you don't need the treatment you are saying you so desperately need." For a person who experienced childhood abuse, that will be triggering because that is what abused children get told too. Well, no one should have to go through that again as an "adult". For "anyone" who has experienced PTSD personally, they will know that is "inhumane". So much so that at least here in the States there have been laws passed and groups have been formed to "adovcate" for those who suffer from PTSD as well as other disabilities. The only problem right now is that the individuals who are working in this area have not found a way to get funding so this service is provided at no cost to a patient.

Complex post traumatic stress disorder (complex ptsd, pdsd, shell shock, nervous shock, combat fatigue), symptoms and the difference between mental illness and psychiatric injury explained

there is a link in this information Legal aspects of PTSD that covers some interesting legal situations. Within that link are other links that may lead you to information that discusses the need for treatment. Doing your own research can provide you with research information to back up the fact that you deserve treatment, something that is actually well known in the field of those who best understand the needs of a patient aside from the burearcratic crap that individuals like these throw at innocent patients when the reality is these individuals are simply, as I mentioned, making excuses because they are covering up for not having adequate help to fill a genuine need. The reality is, these individuals are adding "insult to injury" and that is not being fair to you. Therefore, while I know you are struggling, you need to throw it back in their faces. Keep as much as you can in "writing" SkyWhite because what these people are doing with you is "wrong".