topic My brain hurts? in PTSD and trauma

My brain hurts?

Happyness — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:03:06 GMT

Don't know where to start.

Only just started therapy.

I'm scared of the way I look.

I'm a lot calmer than I look

I'm trying very hard to feel peacefull on the inside, regardless of how I'm treated

Peace?

My brain hurts?

Happyness — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 09:30:46 GMT

Yep

i'm keeping my cool

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Neil_1 — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 22:17:45 GMT

Dear Happyness

May I ask how many sessions you’ve had with the therapy so far and is that with a psychiatrist or psychologist??

Have you been referred for any anti-depressants to take??

Peace on the inside and calmness is awfully hard for those of us afflicted with mongrel illness – it’s going to take time.

I do hope you can get back to us – I would love to hear more about you.

Kind regards

Neil

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geoff — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 00:49:02 GMT

dear Happyness, thanks for joining us.

I tend to wonder from your post is that you are trying to keep the lid on the kettle, as it's boiling away, and ready to explode, because when people say 'I'm keeping my cool', this does worry me, I hope that I am wrong. Geoff.

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Happyness — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 03:22:22 GMT

Thank you for your empathy

Enquiry regarding "grounding techniques"

for helping shock and trauma symptoms

regards Happyness

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DaneSaysYay — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 02:12:15 GMT

probs not much help... but for what its worth

afraid of the way you look? why not let others make that choice

the way i got over feeling scarded in big crowds was realising not everyone was looking at me, and mostly they forget pretty soon.

i think a lot of people are screwedup in the way they bully talk down to and treat others in todays society, just think the only people that matter to you are people with in your circle of trust, others can joiun and some csan leave, but haters and bullys are part of today culture..

just think of the leaps and bounds towards your goals with a little focus, worring is just slowing a person down, but it is hard to dealt with the feeling

hopefully in time you can get some stratagies to ease this feeling and hey just remember not everyone is thinking bad stuff. peace:)

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Happyness — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 05:06:46 GMT

Hello

i can only keep it brief

over the last few years

i faint or black out and fall to the ground

some of you might know how scary this is

and the anxiety it causes

and the worry it causes

and the loss of confidence

does anyone know what the mind-body response is

and any suggestions

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Happyness — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 09:43:49 GMT

Hello

Its Happyness doing a post again

Please make me feel welcome

I'm trying to be Happy

🙂

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freemefrommydemons — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:06:23 GMT

Hey happyness,
Do you know what is the cause of the faints/black outs. I hope you are doing well

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geoff — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 14:46:08 GMT

dear Happyness, your on a site where people are depressed but we endeavour to make them happy as much as we can, because this is a positive way of helping them also.

These black outs are quite disturbing however, and there are several issues to consider, your blood pressure is too high or too low, so a blood test and a trip to your doctor who will take your blood pressure will say either way.

I had to cut my bp tablets in half because I kept falling over, but I just wonder whether anyone has seen you fall over and weren't having a seizure, and again your doctor will do some more tests.

Take care and please let us know. Geoff.

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Happyness — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 10:36:17 GMT

Hello

Happyness posting

How important now is my quiet time

Not learnt from books

but an important intervention strategy for me

The quiet time keeps me somewhat sane

Living in the moment

to keep disaster at bay

I have falls sometimes

and need time to digest it

over time

to not completely lose hope

I need the quiet time to hold on

and somewhat take each day as it comes

And keep safe relatively

Admist my widely faceted disabilities

Time to think

And stay somewhat hopefull

That the next day

Will be a better day

And to thank my God

For what I do have

And not what I don't have

Shouldn't we love our brother and sister

And love ourselves

I long for Peace

Happyness

🙂

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Happyness — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 03:57:36 GMT

It's so hard to love myself

Sometimes I feel I love myself

Other times I don't

But

At least loving myself Sometimes

Is still loving myself

And I'm Still myself

Happyness

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Donae — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 01:59:17 GMT

I admire anyone that loves themselves, I wouldn't know how to. I hate tolook at my self in the mirror, I am overweight because I suffer chronic headaches after a craniotomy had breast cancer and grew up in an abusive childhood. Maybe if I could love myself it would help.

Donna.

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romantic_thi3f — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 02:04:28 GMT

Hi Happyness,

Thanks for posting on BB and reaching out.

I'm sorry that you are going through a tough time and I can see from your first post you just started therapy so that's a really good sign and I hope that they can help. Feel free to let us know what's going on for you so we can help more.

If you are feeling comfortable posting, maybe you could let us know what's causing the blackouts so we can offer you some support?

Take care.

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romantic_thi3f — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 02:07:43 GMT

Hi Donae,

I saw your comment here and wanted to reply to you. Sorry that nobody has yet.

I think loving yourself is one of the hardest things that we can do because we have a thousand reasons not to, but I think it's also about accepting yourself first. and we can't really do that until we accept what's happened with the craniotomy and abusive childhood and how that might have impacted you and your self-esteem and self-worth.

Feel free to start a thread of your own or click on 'Get Support' to reach out to a psychologist or the BeyondBlue hotline.

I know it's not an easy path but you have our support.

🙂

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Happyness — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 04:22:43 GMT

I'm not too bad

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Guest_5218 — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 07:18:54 GMT

Hi there Happyness,

I note that you started this thead way back in June 2014, and last updated us on July 2015.

It is good news indeed that you have apparently made good progress, to the extent where you are now feeling "not too bad". Sounds like the intervention therapy has had good results for you. Are you still having regular therapy for shock and trauma symptoms? And do you still have the blackouts and regular falls?

I hope you have learned to love yourself and be happy. I wish you every happiness possible.

Thanks for the update on your progress. Its good to hear.

Sherie

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Happyness — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 03:46:40 GMT

Redemption

Sanctification

It's a simple understanding for me

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Happyness — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 09:48:07 GMT

Hello

I'm trying to meditate on the concept

'Thoughts are only thoughts'

And

'We can make a conscious decision on how to react to thoughts'

Any thoughts?

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romantic_thi3f — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 00:28:58 GMT

Hi Happyness,

Thanks for reaching out to BeyondBlue.

I have heard of those two statements before; "Thoughts are only thoughts" and "We can make a conscious decision on how to react to thoughts."

A lot of this is based on CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy) which is a way of retraining your brain to recognise that we give our thoughts their power. Even though all of us have thoughts, very few of us are able to recognise whether our thoughts are necessarily true/bias or flawed.

Hope this helps a little!

Take care,