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View Poll Results: Do You Believe That PTSD Affects you Physically and Mentally? If so, How? | |
Yes
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No
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06-03-2007, 06:39 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Columbia, Md
Posts: 14
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The mental is obvious.
As for the physical, well I thnk my stomach problems have only gotten worse from the worry and all the drugs I have to take. Also, I guess sleep would be a part of the physical. I can't sleep. I mean, I've taken over the counter sleeping pills, anti-histomeans (sp?) anything that I think will help me sleep and nothign works. Everytime I ask a doctor for a sleeping pill they give me something thats not a sleeping pill, but is for something else and doesn't help at all.
oh well. |
10-03-2007, 08:18 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Canada
Posts: 19
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I find it affects me both mentally and physically. I am forever drained. I have no energy physically and mentally, my brain just doesn't want to work. |
14-03-2007, 06:36 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: UK
Posts: 43
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Yes, all the way.
I am anxious all the time, constantly scanning my environment for threats. I can get confused about what is in the past, and what's going on now. [I am working lots with this in therapy.] I miss out on enjoying life because I am so scared all the time, scared of people, scared of getting hurt.
My anxiety and panic attacks can make me dizzy. I landed up in A and E last Autumn because I was so dizzy from anxiety I couldn't stand up never mind walk.
I get a lot of constipation, I used to get urine infections, because of held in distress, but with therapy that's eased a lot. I still need to go to the loo a lot though, and have done since I was a child, with anxiety. It increases the toxins and I feel the need to expel them as fast as possible.
I can't handle unknown people close to me, I can't bear unknown people looking at me on public transport. |
18-03-2007, 04:45 AM
| | | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: florida usa
Posts: 201
| |  i am living proof
the stress and supressed emotions and out right anger has affected my health. I vomited when i was stressed and that distroyed my teeth. i have had ulcers . stress headachs, and so on and so on.. |
19-03-2007, 02:52 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: victoria
Posts: 67
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this doesn't require thought cause its a definant yes with out a doubt.....we are the proof.... |
03-06-2007, 12:39 PM
| | | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Colorado Rockies
Posts: 32
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I am reminded everytime I take a step with my left foot how disabled I am by the past. My stress tolerance is low and when stressed my physical endurance and ability to concentrate drops. . Hypervigilance makes doing everyday things harder and mentally and physically I get tired rather rapidly.
Last edited by anthony; 04-06-2007 at 09:39 PM.
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08-06-2007, 05:43 PM
| | | | Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 13
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Can't say it affects me physically, unless you count the adrenaline rush and the damage done to my knuckes from punching concrete :D |
21-07-2007, 07:43 AM
| | Moderated Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 3
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Complex PTSD effects my life daily in that I am continuously questioning |
24-01-2008, 08:41 AM
| | | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North of England
Posts: 187
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I obviously sufer from the mental health problems associated with ptsd. I aslo am sick or gag, shake, get headaches, ache in my back, neck and legs. screw my forehead up (if that counts) and much paler in colour (people haev commented without them knowing that i have any personal problems), have lost weight and gained weight depending on meds. Hmmm cant think of any more at the moment but wil add more if i do later. |
25-01-2008, 12:40 AM
| | | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA
Posts: 260
| | physical/mental
I have suffered from chronic pain for 40 years. Recently, I found something non-drug that helps with the pain and now I see more mental problems arising. I think the pain overshadowed the mental problems that I face now. I blamed the mental problems on the pain but now I can see I had the problems all along but thought it was due to the pain.
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