Dealing with the Fight or Flight Syndrome

That is really brutal. I know how depressing it is to have difficulty walking and limited range/mileage.

Recently, I came across an ad for Holosync and was intrigued. I read the information and then researched reviews. I even sent away for and listed to a demo. Based on the reviews, I went to an online store and ordered similar CDs that focus on healing and other issues. Today, hopefully, I will purchase stereo headphones on which to hear the CDs. (The headphones are required to have the full effect.) I am hoping they will help me subconsciously and with relaxation issues to turn off the FOF problem. If they do, there are other CDs in the series I can also buy. I feel it was a modest investment without a lot of sales hoopla.

It sounds to me like your circumstances are adding to your problems so I'd say until you move out and your mother dies, there cannot be a whole lot of help other than therapy where you actually talk with another "sane" person (since you do not have work in which to socialize). You have a similar sort of problem stay-at-home mothers can get where they only have babies/toddlers to "talk" to all day. If you just have your abusive surroundings around you, good luck not feeling abused and like you want to fight or run away. Being stuck with your own thoughts will cause that as there's nothing to break it up, give you something else more pleasant to think about.

You say you want to work, I would concentrate on what you want to do, getting training for it and thinking about what sort of company you'd like to work for, how much you think you would like to make and researching all of that. Looking forward could help you feel like the guy with his head sticking out of the tank hatch driving through the lovely countryside feeling able to deal with any threats that might arise instead of the guy stuck inside the tank, under attack?

Thanks, Perna. I don't live with my mother but my alcoholic brother does. I am considering a new career but have no clue what to do. But, I am looking. It has to be a desk job as I have very bad feet. When things clear up I will resume job hunting. I may even relocate to a new state. I am sticking with the new T for the time being. Hopefully, it will help.

Are you familiar with the work of Peter Levine? He invented something he calls Somatic Experiencing, there are therapists around the country with exposure to it; basically he talks about reawakening an instinctual response, it is *not* about "relaxing" (which as you've noticed can make things worse for people with symptoms of hypervigilance).

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