Posted by Shadowplayers721 on October 28, 2004, at 2:31:54
In reply to Re: Flashbacks are not a choice » Shadowplayers721, posted by Larry Hoover on October 27, 2004, at 22:55:12
PTSD is real and very difficult to live with as I will illustrate in these examples.
My nephew had his hand cut in half on his job by a saw. Did he have flashbacks? Heck yes! He would wake up in the night screaming. He blocked out a lot of the actual accident.
How about my my friend's father that's a vet. He can't drive, because he sees the "enemy" in the rear view window. He can't go into WalMart, because he can't take hearing the people talk on the loud speaker. He would literally hit the floor in WalMart. He can't handle hearing lawn mowers either.
In regard to myself, I have mentioned in posts before about my difficulties. All I can say is to disbelievers is walk in my shoes and then see what you would say about memory and abuse. If you haven't experienced this, you don't know what it's like. Why argue what you don't have? I don't need or want another insensitive website talking about something that is dismissing the truth and suffering of PTSD. There is way more data to support that PTSD is real and people do repress memory.
Why did I repress? Because, I almost died from my abuse. This isn't a topic to make light of at all. It's very disabling. It's crippling. If you have it, God bless you and I pray you will be given help to get through this pain.
Thank you, Lar, for your kind words. You sound very strong and I pray for you to be surrounded with support, inner strength and health. You have a great attitude. You are making lemonade. I admire you.
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