2006-07-10 12:09:21 · 3 answers · asked by Backtash123 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
I have PTSD...I am retraumitized on a rather too frequent basis...it is not something that goes away. If you are asking if I have had other traumatic experiences besides the initial one then Yes. And it just compounds my PTSD so that more input can set me off. this means that certain sights, sounds, smells...bring me right back into those tragic events and I feel like they are happening right then!!!! Can't make it go away. can only try to remember to breathe.
2006-07-10 14:00:52 · answer #1 · answered by running2adream 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's a tricky question because people with PTSD react as if they had just been traumatized when their minds make a connection between occuring events and the traumatizing event. A lady I worked with had PTSD related to her tour of duty in Iraq. We worked next to a firearms range and she came unglued when they fire a particularly noisy weapon. We find her under the desk. Wouldn't you consider that being retraumatized? People with PTSD may make irrational connections subconsciously that may result in symptoms presenting. My husband has experienced this.
2006-07-10 20:39:37 · answer #2 · answered by Speedo Inspector 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i,ve suffered from this malady for over thirty years, but was able to bury it for twenty five years.but then when the gulf war started a few images on the news brought it all back and now i'm in intensive therapy and go to group twice a week. now i don't watch the news. i have to be careful if my surroundings,some people, sounds, smells can put me over the edge which results in where i'll find myself when i come back frm my nighmare.
2006-07-10 22:30:29 · answer #3 · answered by hopping mad 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋