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Mar 29, 2008, 08:56 PM
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I have had PTSD for a variety of traumas for most of my life. In the past month I have been having flashbacks 24x7 and I am to the point where I don't think I can stay sane anymore. I can barely function. It takes so much energy just to get through the flashbacks that I have none left to work, clean my house, or go to my graduate classes. I'm in therapy for BPD, but my therapist does not treat PTSD. There are no therapists in my city who treat PTSD that I can afford. I applied for government assistance in mental health but was denied because I live in a different county than I was born in. I am about to lose it.
What I want to know is this: is there a self-help process out there for ptsd? I've searched and searched. I have no other options. I need help. |
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Mar 29, 2008, 09:19 PM
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i'm afraid i don't know of any resources other than the ones posted HERE in the resources, books etc...but i take it you do have meds to help you thru this rough time? ((((Jenny))))  
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#3
Mar 29, 2008, 10:40 PM
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There are people who specialize in ptsd and do so over the phone. You can try a search for those two together or maybe by whatever is causing your ptsd.
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#4
Mar 30, 2008, 08:43 AM
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http://www.traumacenter.org/
http://www.trauma-pages.com/ http://www.jimhopper.com/ http://www.sidran.org/index.cfm
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Now if thou would'st When all have given him o'er From death to life Thou might'st him yet recover -- Michael Drayton 1562 - 1631 |
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Mar 30, 2008, 01:35 PM
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Everyone, thank you so much. Yes, I am on Zoloft, Klonopin, and Proponol for BPD and PTSD.
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Mar 31, 2008, 05:22 PM
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Does anyone in your area do Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
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Obsidian Lord, help me be the person my psychiatrist medicates me to be... |
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Apr 01, 2008, 03:12 PM
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CBT is done here but alas, I cannot afford traditional therapy.
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Apr 03, 2008, 09:03 PM
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can be done, to a point, on your own. The therapist is there to help you stay on track. I think Sky has a list of CBT stuff in one of the forums here.
But essentially, it is repeating affirmations to yourself, recognizing when you start spiralling into that bad place. When I first started, I combined my CBT at home with copious amounts of really heavy yard work. I was literally hacking ivy and blackberry vines with a machete, repeating over and over to myself to stop thinking about the bad things, telling myself, to the rhythm of my hacks that I was strong, I could do this, I was in control. I know... it sounds completely insane. I can only imagine what my neighbors thought! A machete, Linkin Park on my stereo, and the occasional tantrum. But slowly, I gained more control over my thoughts. I must sheepishly add now that my pdoc eventually put me on Xanax XR to make me stop overworking.
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