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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.

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Old 19-10-2007, 05:03 PM
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Hello - I'm Aunnika. Started therapy and learned I have PSTD. Also learned there are some people more likely to develop PTSD than others. Apparently, my childhood evironment/upbringing predisposed me and my current symptoms are from two seperate traumatic episodes in my life (at least at this point in therapy )
One episode: Witnessing a brutal rape of a person I knew, powerless to stop it, my life threatened at the time it occurred and after I testified in court
Second: Serious Auto Accident (I was not supposed to live). At first I did not remember the accident or the events leading up to it. Had some help with recall of events leading to the accident (still cloudy). But I am unable to remember most of it. I have flashbacks from both of these, lessened a bit over time.

All this time I believed it was normal and was really just happy I was alive and survived both experiences. Now that I am older, my symptoms are effecting my ability to recover from some experiences. Also having trouble with identifying my feelings about my emotions - Very delayed.
I am a Nurse and I live in the Northern Bay Area of California
Nice to find this site and others to learn from and share. Nice to not feel alone with some of my Symptoms.
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Old 19-10-2007, 05:47 PM
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Welcome to the forum. I had a very long delay in the onset of symptoms that seemed to suddenly put the brakes on in life. So I guess I know what it is like to spend a long time grateful to the "what just happened?"
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Welcome to the forum. My symptoms have been with me a very long time, but I just didn't recognize them for what they were. The diagnosis was very delayed. You are not alone, I am not alone and no one on this forum is alone. Isn't life great!
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Hello, Aunnika.

I too have had symptoms for a long time, but it took many, many years for them to get bad enough for me to seek help and get a diagnosis.

Welcome to the forum.

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