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| | Notices | Welcome to PTSD Forum. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a life threatening, debilitating disorder that can break down a sufferer’s body through anxiety and stress. Further it poses a significant suicide risk resulting from the brains neurological imbalance and chemical depression. Sufferers often live in denial, thus this community is aimed at helping PTSD sufferers help themselves through others experiences, guidance and education. We are here for the sufferer, spouse and families surrounding PTSD. Spouses and family are too often forgotten in this equation, and often they receive all the worst that PTSD has to offer. If you're involved in any way with PTSD, get registered and help yourself now. Non-active members will eventually be deleted. If you are not a sufferer, carer or someone within the mental health industry, and active, then there is little reason for you to be a member of this forum. Non-active members with zero posts are deleted periodically during the year. |  | | 
17-10-2006, 06:06 PM
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| |  New to PSTD Forum - Teenage Daughter Diagnosed with PTSD
Hi,
I am a mom whose teenage daughter was recently diagnosed w/PSTD. At first I could not believe it, but then like pieces of a puzzle things began coming together to make sense. I do not feel alone, but do feel that sometimes people do not understand if they have not walked in similiar shoes. I stumbled on to this website from a link, funny because I was not looking for it. As a mom I just want her to be happy and whole again and above all begin to love again. She is suffering from the tragic suicide of a friend. Of course there is more to it, but I only feel I can say that for now. Thank you and Blessings. |
18-10-2006, 11:43 AM
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Hi Mom,
Welcome to the forum. Suicide is never a nice thing, and I would assume that because you daughter has PTSD as a result, then she found her friend possibly, or had a direct impact to the suicide itself. |
18-10-2006, 11:51 AM
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welcome to the forum. i am sorry your daughter had to go through what she did. How wonderful that she has a mother like yourself to help her! |
18-10-2006, 07:04 PM
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Hopefully in time your daughter can find the strength and her voice and join us here too. Thanks for being "that Mom" :crybaby: this can't be easy for you to watch. |
19-10-2006, 04:38 AM
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Welcome to the forum, you will find a lot of info here. There is also a great section for those who support and care for those of us with PTSD. |
19-10-2006, 05:23 AM
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Hi Mom,
Welcome! There is much to be had here for both your daughter and yourself. Please feel free to visit the Spouses threads, as I'm sure there are lots of similarities between what you are going through and what we, as spouses, are going through.
Again, welcome, and keep up the loving support. |
19-10-2006, 04:32 PM
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Hi Mom,
Welcome to the forum. Heaps of great info here that should be able to help you, help your daughter. As Kim's Man says, much of what you will be experiencing you will find in the spouse's forum........though the rest of the area's are not restricted to you (except for the PTSD only) where you can gain some valuable insight into what may be troubling your girl. |
19-10-2006, 04:41 PM
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Hi Mom! Welcome to the forum.
I am in a bit of a unique situation (until others in my situation find this place that is) since I am a PTSD suffer as is my son. Parenting with PTSD can be really hard. My son is only 11 and getting him to communicate is very difficult.
First things first. Children (including teenagers) react to their PTSD differently than adults (lord, have I learned this). Read everything you can get your hands on. Try and open up a discussion about how she feels, how she reacts and NEVER make the slightest, sound, facial expression, tone, or wording that may been seen as judgemental. Be prepared to change your parenting style, household rules and how to react. Know the difference between her actual PTSD symptoms and using those symptoms to the fullest extent to get what they want (the handy-dandy child syndrome. LOL).
Lord, I lost my train of thought!! LOL
Bec |
19-10-2006, 09:05 PM
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Thanks for all your wonderful adivce and support. I will take advantage of the spouse's forum. I am encourged.
mom1hs1coll |
21-10-2006, 02:52 PM
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Hey mom,
nice to meet you.
It's hard to get your head around being young and with ptsd (hell, it only happens in 'nam vets right) so it is good that you can support your daughter.
It must be so hard for her, loosing her friend like that. I remember when my cousin died when I was 15. I was having a rough tme on my own and refused to deal with it. It's only now, seven years later, with a lot of other memories and feelings coming back, that I have even started feeling the grief that I should have when I was a kid.
Support is a wonderful thing, both for her and for you.
cass
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