PTSD and Me

[Furyan66]

Good Sunday All... Things still been going pretty good controlling all the Anxiety and even been doing better at getting out of this shell and actually socializing more. Always will be a struggle but just remember when you feel the anxiety coming on just take a deep breath and refocus your thoughts to that "special place of peace" in your mind everyone has one and concentrate on your breathing. Most people who don't suffer from PTSD breath and dont even think about it. PTSD sufferers have to control your breathing otherwise anxiety can turn into a full blown panic attack and those are one of the worst things I have ever went through. Breathing, Controlling your thoughts and you have to be one tough minded person to fight through this but you can..

Each person has to find their own way and some doctors don't always know best.

My daughter recently gave me a couple Salt Lamp Crystals that I have incorporated in to my meditation and after taking a few nights to get used to the diferent glow at night, I have now learned to love em

This is a link to another thread that has good info about Anxiety
http://ioplist.org/showthread.php?tid=2389

Salt Lamps Link
http://ioplist.org/showthread.php?tid=29...light=salt

Hope you are doing well mboxfrogger and dancing wolf, remember you are not alone. My PM door is open

my mother swears by these steam releasers that you drop essential oils into... i'm really more of a visceral person and i usually need some sort of proff something is working or will work but at the very least it's neutral and  could argue the point that if you use it (many essential oils are very pleasant smelling to spread through your living space) when you are calm you could create a neural connection there.

on another note, the worst thing i've noticed about my PTSD, after my 'frozen' period where i mostly felt nothing is that your average panic attack which is nothing to sneeze at could, given the right circumstances (for some reason sunday late nights going into monday mornings are a concern/trigger point for me) i go through this... total breakdown where a bed of general anxiety and fear is laid down and the smallest thing will set off a panic attack. these episodes will last for 4-5 hours and i could easily have 2,3,4 panic attacks an hour in that time. I find the weirdest things to latch on to to hold on to my sanity (running sink water, sitting in a chair i normally don't sit in, pacing because to sit down will trigger another panic attack, running warm water over my hands or feet) this type of stuff really makes me feel crazy and is a fresh new hell in my battles with mental health. any experience or advice on this?

Yea it's a horrible thing to have to go through and the bad thing is that before I was diagnosed with PTSD I was one of the idiots who thought I was immune, stronger and no way could happen to me. Well learned that lesson the hard way. This is serious and if you don't find a way to deal with it you will never have the quality of life you deserve.

After countless doctors visits and MANY medications most made me feel worse, I learned the things I could do to calm myself down. Focus on breathing, listen to music (That's a biggie), taking long drives in the country. When I am stuck at home and I have issues I mostly come back to listening to music, meditating, focusing on breathing and trying to focus my mind away from what I call "The Edge Of Sanity" and get back to a normal train of thought. You got to learn to fight and try to silence at least some of the negative "racing thoughts" going through your mind. Easier said than done I know but you can do it. You really got to learn what combo of medications and alternate therapy work for you but realize this.. I know it seems like sometimes no one understands but trust me I can relate 100% and their are others.

Good Luck my friend and may you find peace