Posted by zeugma on October 19, 2003, at 16:32:23
In reply to anxiety caused by bullying in youth. any cure?, posted by Wolf Dreamer on October 19, 2003, at 4:09:59
I think this'll soon get redicted to Social, or maybe Psychological Babble, but it's an interesting subject that i unfortunately know all about, so i can answer here.
Many years after the events (constant bullying, constant fighting from ages 9 or 10 at the latest until age 21, and isolated incidents even later), I can say i haven't 'gotten over it.' In fact I feel like I have a form of PTSD, which unfortunately hasn't been recognized as such by a succession of therapists who really, for all their training, seem to need great help in pointing out the obvious. I have been progressing lately through medications that (finally!) are working the way they should, and I'm currently paying a lot of money to see a CBT therapist AND a neuropsychologist specialized in the particular neuropsych issues I've always struggled with (non verbal learning disorder and ADD). Since the neuropsych sees a lot of children she's well suited to explore these issues with. I have a lot of the symptoms of PTSD. Nightmares, exaggerated startle responses, virtually constant severe anxiety. Bullying is no joke, and I hope people take it more seriously now than when I was a child. The aftereffects can last a lifetime.
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