What is PTSD?

Almost everyone lives through something traumatic at some point in life. Most people have a lot of distress right after a #trauma happens but begin to feel better over time. For other people, the distress continues, and they begin to have symptoms that really impact their lives.

#PostTraumaticStressDisorder #PTSD #MentalHealth

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[eroslove]

It's hard when people say
"What happen to you is not that bad "

[advent]

And you know what is the worst? Your family members don't recognize it as a disease and ignore it. They keep blaming you for your actions although you don't want to act like that. When there's no one you can share, it's very awful. Hope that one day, someone can truly understand what we are suffering and have gone through.

[Hello-iipy]

My grandfather got ptsd after he was in war, he would wake up in the night thinking that there were enemy troops in his house. He would always think back to when his camp got raided. After a while it got better. And he’s doing pretty well now.

[Peters-kf]

*I was severely traumatized years ago as a teenage, got diagnosed with OCD. Spent my whole life fighting OCD. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my husband recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean, never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.*

[welldressedcone]

This video helped me a lot. I have suffered ptsd for 6 months after i was abused sexually and mentally by a female friend. For anyone who is suffering same type of pain i can say, that it gets better over time. Today i saw my abuser and just run away in fear, but i don't blame myself. She left lifelong scars, but i will survive. First step for me to overcome my traumas was to start talking about these events. Being open about them helps me personally. I hope that my story helps someone who is suffering like i do. It will get better, trust me, you are strong. People have bullied and mocked me becaus of this, but i dont care. Do not let same type of people put you down either.

[AnjeloValeriano]

Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.

[ingtve]

I just got diagnosed today. It feels nice to be validated after thinking I've been overreacting for years

[lavenderwindsor]

The nightmares never stop it's been years

[zarahandrahilde]

Nightmares, triggers, isolation... but what feels the most hopeless is to feel so crippled by a wound nobody else can see. Every day I wish i could trade in my PTSD for an amputated leg or scars on my face, so that people would know at a glance that i'm a wounded veteran, and never doubt me. The worst feeling during my PTSD has been telling doctors about it, and then being able to tell that they don't quite believe that i'm in pain.

[ilovethis]

The main issues I'm having is my family not caring about it, soon as I get out of this house hold, I'll be saving money for it if I have too

[chang]

Research has shown psilocybin to have potential to treat a range of psychiatric and behavioral disorders.

[teresagriffiths]

I wonder if I will ever get back to normal again. My world is a completely different place. Its weird.

[GothClassics]

I've lived with PTSD for decades and now with CPTSD finally being recognized as a real disorder with DSM I can finally get a voice and tell people what is wrong with me. I barely have any friends because dealing with me pushes people away from me so I'm constantly alone - and that is when my PTSD gets worse because I have nothing to take my mind off it. It really has ruined everything and continues to haunt me and everyone around me.

[jeremyhunter]

I have PTSD from being bullied in HS. People, especially kids, can be very cruel. It's sickening. Makes my stomach sick. Everything that I went through stemmed from being there. My whole life felt it was crushing down. It's been years and I have graduated from college. I still suffer and have nightmares. The taunts have haunted me for a long time. I have to deal with it. But I also need to understand it is important to seek for help. Asking for help is not a crime.

[samanthalawson]

That should be a school program for PTSD

[ironboyjunior]

I have suffered from PTSD for around 11 months or a year after I use to get physically assaulted and beaten by my dad when I was younger. I was diagnosed with it in January 2020 and tbh, I was shocked, but this was found out by a professional psychiatrist and I was showing some symptoms. It usually hasn't been severe but I have been getting panic attacks recently and I get angry when my mum talks about my dad.. I think about my past quite a lot nowadays and get anxiety from it all. I am on anti psychotic medication called olanzapine which helps me relax and get better sleep, I have anger issues too so it does help contain my anger a bit. PTSD is horrible for me because I avoid my dad all the time, I feel uneasy with him around, I stress about it and get angry and the overall feeling is awful. So anyone who suffers from PTSD, you are not alone, and things will get better for you.

[larryc]

Thank you so much for helping me understand ptsd. My wife is suffering severe ptsd from multiple childhood abuse events. Now I understand better

[AztliG]

My brother in laws wife has Post Traumatic Down Syndrome and it’s heartbreaking. Sometimes I wonder how she even goes outside with all the loud noises that we hear daily. Very brave of her especially when their kids were born with SIDS and they have to raise them too. So proud of her.

[chaviesdiary]

this trauma has lived in my soul for many years, it hard to erase when i got it from my childhood.

house supposed to be home but mine not.

im scared.