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The thought patterns of PTSD element of mental illness from a first hand prospective

eudemonismSenior Contributor25 Oct 2018, 9:20 pm AEDT

The thought patterns of PTSD element of mental illness from a first hand prospective

Is there anybod who suffers from PTSD, and has noticed certain thinking patterns arising, which are getting in the way of being proactive towards leading a healthy, rewarding and fulfilling life. -which they'd be capable of, if it were not for the PTSD element of their illness? Take note, some symptoms may be repressed, have manifested into other behaviours or may present themselves in a way-which is hard to deal with.

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BunniekinsSenior Contributor26 Oct 2018, 6:15 am AEDT

Re: The thought patterns of PTSD element of mental illness from a first hand prospective

@eudemonism Hi Eude my son2 who was violent 8 years ago when he was so mentally sick has left me with ptsd. As soon as he starts to lose it here now even just getting a little bit annoyed I immediately start going into panic mode. My daughter when she goes out of the house becomes hypervigilent scared that she/us will be attacked.

It has left a huge mark on us as a small family unit. I am currently having psych sessions re it.

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eudemonismSenior Contributor26 Oct 2018, 8:22 am AEDT

Re: The thought patterns of PTSD element of mental illness from a first hand prospective

I was thinking more along the lines of; having thougths, ideas and urges, about doing stuff in the moment, which are positive; and which are our own way of 'getting on with life'. But thinking and feeling-it's all to hard... It's all to much... it's all to stressful... and then, starting to think about traumatizing stuff from the past, which puts us in fright, fight and flight mode. That's what ptsd is to me... then the end result of this cycle, when we finally take action, is usually quite negative and only the bare basics... and the positive thoughts, ideas and urges never get achieved or take ages to achieve... hence contributing to the stress... and making life harder...

This fright, fight and flight reaction... is within our minds and against our past experiences and memories... and the mind trys to resolve the emotional reaction of the fright, fight and flight reaction in anyway it can... usually resulting in what the professionals consider to be symptoms... the mind can create a huge array of reactions/symptoms in the process of trying to deal with the emotions/thoughts that are attached to our past experiences and memories; where the fright, fight or flight reaction was in play...

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