Have you ever suffered from this ailment to the point where you lost your ability to speak for small amounts of time, especially anyone who came back from war.
2007-04-26 13:30:17 · 3 answers · asked by angel 7 in Health ➔ Mental Health
I am a VA outpatient with schizophrenia paranoia. I have known many guys in the VA system with "shell shock" (the old term after WWII for PTSD) and PTSD. Scj1719 was wrong in relating PTSD and schizophrenia; they are different. Those with PTSD have severe memory problems from the traumatic experiences they encountered that interferes with normal functioning. I have never known a guy with PTSD who complained about an inability to speak for periods but believe it could be because I have experienced this and have only paranoia.
I have been rendered mute by fear of others when they acted aggressively toward me and when faced with a situation where I had to speak with authority and didn't feel I was enough of an expert to manage it. It is rather like stage fright where when you are required to speak in public you freeze and can't recall what you intended to say or say anything that seems intelligent.
I can see a situation such that when a person was faced with a flash back brought on by loud noises like gunfire or firecrackers (or some other triggering event to a traumatic experience) being rendered mute with real or imagined fear. Fear brings on a rush of hormones which can cause a person to freeze in his tracks.
I hope this helped. Good health, peace and love!
2007-04-26 14:19:26 · answer #1 · answered by Mad Mac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
certain-it truly is genuine and terrible. there is remedy, medicine and a approach referred to as EMDR it quite is meant to be very effective very straight away. understanding why you react that way is useful. you should nevertheless panic and characteristic undesirable reactions despite the indisputable fact that it will be quite a lot less stressful by understanding you've a reason for feeling and appearing that way. There are tremendous books on PTSD on Amazon or at your library. solid luck!
2016-10-18 04:06:50 · answer #2 · answered by mcgoon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's possible. I know several people (some of them family) that suffer from PTSD that were in vietmnam. All of them have diffrent degrees of severity. My father has vivd dreams and will swing at you when he is awakend suddenly, one person I know is 100% mentally disabled, schitzophrenic (didn't spell that right) though I don't know anyone who suffers the symptoms you describe. I have heard of this and it is definately possible!
2007-04-26 13:35:56 · answer #3 · answered by scj1719 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋