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starfishinthedistance · 1 year

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I talk to many people who say things like "oh I have trauma but I don't have PTSD", but then when I talk to them a little more I realize that they most likely do, they just can't recognize it as such due to how lacking PTSD awareness is, even beyond the whole "it's not just a veteran's disorder" thing.

The main reason they think they don't have PTSD usually has to do with flashbacks and nightmares, either they have one but not the other or have neither. But here's the thing, those are only two symptoms out of the 23-odd recognized symptoms. Flashbacks and nightmares are two of the five symptoms under Criterion B (Intrusion), which you only need one of for a diagnosis. The other three symptoms are unwanted upsetting memories, emotional distress after being reminded of trauma and physical reactivity after being reminded of trauma (i.e. shaking, sweating, heart racing, feeling sick, nauseous or faint, etc). Therefore you can have both flashbacks and nightmares, one but not the other, or neither and still have PTSD.

In fact, a lot of the reasons people give me for why they don't think they have PTSD are literally a part of the diagnostic criteria.

"Oh, I can barely remember most parts of my trauma anyway." Criterion D (Negative Alterations in Cognition and Mood) includes inability to recall key features of the trauma.

"Oh but I don't get upset about my trauma that often because I avoid thinking of it or being around things that remind me of it most of the time." Criterion C (Avoidance) includes avoiding trauma-related thoughts or feelings and avoiding trauma-related external reminders, and you literally cannot get diagnosed if you don't have at least one of those two symptoms.

"Oh I just have trouble getting to sleep or staying asleep, but I don't have nightmares." Criterion E (Alterations in Arousal and Reactivity) includes difficulting sleeping outside of nightmares.

"But I didn't have many/any trauma symptoms until a long time after the trauma happened." There's literally an entire specification for that.

Really it just shows how despite being one of the most well-known mental illnesses, people really don't know much about PTSD. If you have trauma, I ask you to at least look at the criteria before you decide you don't have PTSD. Hell, even if you don't have trauma, look at the criteria anyway because there are so many symptoms in there that just are not talked about.

PTSD awareness is not just about flashbacks and nightmares.

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psychocitysblog · 10 months

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Why does being alive have to be so hard?

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pink-devolve · 2 months

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If you’re a domestic violence survivor, I’m proud of you for surviving.

If you’re an SA survivor, I’m proud of you for surviving.

If you’re a CSA survivor, I’m proud of you for surviving.

If you’re an ECSA survivor, I’m proud of you for surviving.

If you’re a child abuse survivor, I’m proud of you for surviving.

If you’re a neglect survivor, I’m proud of you for surviving.

If you’re a war survivor, I’m proud of you for surviving.

If you’re a natural disaster survivor, I’m proud of you for surviving.

If you’re a gun violence survivor, I’m proud of you for surviving.

If you’re a cult survivor, I’m proud of you for surviving.

If you’re an organized abuse survivor, I’m proud of you for surviving.

If you’re a torture survivor, I’m proud of you for surviving.

If you’re a TTI survivor, I’m proud of you for surviving.

If you’re a physical abuse survivor, I’m proud of you for surviving.

If you’re a mental abuse survivor, I’m proud of you for surviving.

If you’re a survivor, I’m proud of you for surviving.

#trauma #ptsd #ptsd recovery #trauma survivor #complex ptsd #ptsd awareness #ptsd support #did system #did osdd

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honeypleasejustkillme · 1 year

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it’s a fun time when you have both :,)

literally awful, i never know what love is but i crave it so bad

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nmolesofadrenaline · 7 months

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veteranhelpingothers · 1 month

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We need to focus on ourselves and realize no one is going to help. We wake up and feel as though we have no reason to be here. Progress you woke up. Smile and look at yourself in a mirror and stand strong for yourself .

#living with ptsd #ptsd awareness #self help #ptsd recovery #ptsd

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smudgethebadbard · 11 days

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Y’know what. Screw it, random Harvey headcannon time:

This man is my personal little skrimblo, my grunkle if you will, so I have decided to compile my personal headcannons for him here for you folks!

His personal comfort show is Over the Garden Wall, I can imagine him listening to the soundtrack while he builds :]

He struggles with C-PTSD and RSD, which is possibly canon? Hinted at HEAVILY in his higher friendship/marriage dialogues. I just need him to know it’s gonna be okay ;-;

He enjoys antiquing and thrifting! I feel like he would heavily enjoy the pre-loved items, however making sure to properly cleaning them before he puts them away!

There is absolutely no evidence to prove this, but I feel like he would, or has collected coins. Really not sure why, I just feel like this fits him quite well.

Mentioned this in my last Harvey appreciation post, but I feel like he would be asexual or possibly demisexual! This might also be your local ace wanting more rep, but I get a strong vibe from this man.

He has a fear of getting tattoos. Both the commitment of having something on his body for so long, the risk of infection, and the fear of the actual process worry him, however he hopes to get one to represent Farmer soon :3

Harvey loves bugs. Another one I don’t have any evidence for, but I can just imagine him sitting on a bench outside with a little guy on his hand while he reads, or flipping over stones to make sure the pill bugs are doing well. (Also, he seems like the kind of person who had a bug hyperfixation, coming from someone with one)

He doesn’t know any instruments fluently per say, but he finds the mandolin to be a fun, and good instrument to play around with, especially learning songs for farmer!

He has a complex understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet, and will go on happy rambles about etymology if farmer inquires! He is a doctor after all, and lots of medical terminology is based in latin, which has a deep connection with the IPA so this would make sense!

He is terrified of dogs, specifically small dogs. They just seem too evil and ill-intended, he cannot understand why these little goblins must be so aggressive, which is honestly valid

Anyways, that’s all i’ve got for now, but more coming soon possibly?? If folks want, I can do my headcannons for other characters as well!! Enjoy my friends :3

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k9emote · 3 days

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helloo, first of all, I wanted to say, I enjoy your emotes! your art style is so pleasing to look at (^_^)

anyway, I've come to ask, do you have some sort of PTSD png? I've seen you've made some for other disorders n such, so I wished to ask if that's okay!

Never posted it but here here

#k9emotes #emoji blog #custom emote #custom emoji #discord emoji #emoji #aac emojis #emotes #emoji requests #ptsd #actually ptsd #ptsd awareness

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pigeonwinnin · 10 months

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Is it pathetic of me to just want someone interested enough to ask me questions? About myself, about life, about things I’m interested in that bring me joy?

I find that I like asking a lot of questions about people I care about. I think they’re so amazing and I want to listen to them and figure them out like a speciality puzzle.

But the reciprocation of this is nonexistent and it makes me miss my last friendship that I had this dynamic with that’s almost been gone for ten years.

I don’t want to be tolerated anymore- I want to be cared about.

#borderline personality disorder #bpd shit #bpd thoughts #bpd #borderline personality traits #bpd episode #bpd stuff #bpd tag #mentally drained #mentally exhausted #mental health #mentally tired #ptsd awareness #anxitey #generalized anxiety disorder #childhood ptsd #childhood trauma

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speakingofpsychosis · 10 months

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i introduce to you: the good luck lizard

#schizophrenia #schizophrenic spectrum #schizoposting #schizospeaking #schizospec #psychosis #psychosis awareness #psychotic #schizo spectrum #schizoaffective #mental problems #mental health #ptsd awareness

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dax9616 · 9 months

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I really appreciated how Strange New Worlds portrayed PTSD in ‘Under the Cloak of War’

From the way Chapel and M'Benga disassociated when they were triggered.

To how the two and Ortegas talk about their experiences during the war... Bravo

My favorite line is when Chapel says 'Why is it so hard to explain to people that weren't there?'

When we go through a traumatic experience, it can be hard to connect because we feel that nobody understands what it was like to experience what we have.

Connection is often the first step in healing and just as often it’s the hardest step to take.

#star trek #star trek strange new worlds #strange new worlds #nurse chapel #christine chapel #mbenga #dr m’benga #lt ortegas #erica ortegas #ptsd recovery #trauma recovery #ptsd #ptsd awareness

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kingmagnificoofrosas · 3 months

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Do we need another Magnifico based PTSD awareness call? Yes, yes we do!

I alongside others, won't stop defending this character!!!

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This is just one of MANY other things one can find upon research.

One might argue, why are we (us Magnifico fans) making such a fuss over a fictional character? Because this topic is about so much more! I stand with all people who suffered trauma and have ptsd/c-ptsd and feel seen because of characters like Magnifico!

#disney wish #wish 2023 #king magnifico #ptsd awareness

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psychocitysblog · 8 months

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I have a lot of childhood trauma. I sit here day after day thinking about it over and over. You don’t just ‘get over it’. It’s something you have to live with. But why? Why did I have to go through that? I wish I could go back in time and rewrite my story.

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belinhagamer999 · 9 months

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Traumatic psychology/psychiatry experience flag

[PT: Traumatic psychology/psychiatry experience flag /END PT]

A awareness flag for those who experienced trauma with psychology or psychiatry, and also those who don’t have trauma with it but bad experiences. This is in honor for people who tried to cure their neurodivergence but psychology or psychiatry harmed them in some way, people who had terrible experiences with therapy, and etc.

I decided to make this flag, because we aren’t represented and our experiences are almost always invalidated and ignored even by other neurodivergent people! We have our own right of choice to not recover or seek other ways to heal ourselves, whatever makes us more happy!

[IMAGE ID: The image features a lilac and white checkered or grid pattern filling a square-shaped frame. At the center of the image, there's a white square that contains the psychology symbol. The design conveys a sense of simplicity and elegance. /END ID]

Lilac and white are typical colors of healing, it represents our internal or external alternative healing methods. Psychology symbol with an X in it shows that we’re tired, we don’t want to be in a harmful environment anymore

Please this is a coining blog, discourse isn’t allowed.

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idk-maybe-i-did-it · 5 months

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This is for the survivors

TW: PTSD, sexual assault and trauma

nobody talks about the rougher side of PTSD.

like how your trauma could be ‘not as bad as someone elses’ even though everyone’s trauma is different and nobody needs to compare because it’s unhealthy even though a lot of survivors do anyways (me) and that’s not the rougher side im talking about

im talking about how maybe it wasn’t as bad and maybe ‘nothing actually happened’ because its ’not as bad’, im talking about how that’s what we tell ourselves and that’s why we pretend we don’t feel any symptoms and that’s why we mask

im talking about how, yeah no penetration actually happened, but the physical memories still exist all over my body. im talking about how even though ‘nothing actually happened’ and i dont get nightmares about the actual event, i get the physical memories.

I am talking about how nobody talks about the fact that when assholes are invalidating us, they fail to notice that even though ‘nothing actually happened’ we can still feel EVERYTHING, we can still remember EVERYTHING THROUGH OUR BODIES, we might forget in our brains but the PHYSICAL PAIN AND THE PHYSICAL TOUCH IS STILL LIKE A WHISPER ON MY SKIN

I am talking about the rougher side of PTSD where it’s the most invisible side ever that you can’t explain, where even though ‘nothing actually happened’ it doesn’t stop my mind from imagining everything actually happening with random ass people in my life.

nobody talks about the terror, the absolute Terror that grips your heart when you can feel the memories on your skin. Nobody talks about the terror when you think about some random person on the street taking advantage, nobody talks about the unhinged thoughts of Something happening again with Anyone you See.

nobody talks about the pain.

this post is for the people who invalidate themselves and say ‘nothing actually happened’, ‘I don’t get nightmares’, and ‘it’s not that important’ because I want you to know that I fucking see you. I can see through all the lies and all the faking it.

You are hurting.

It is okay.

Please do not downplay your symptoms, maybe not everyone can understand but there will always be someone who wants to help.

please just tell that little person inside you that it is okay to acknowledge how you are feeling. please tell them it is okay.

#ptsd mention #complex ptsd #sa survivor #SA #trauma #rant #I’m breaking #please help #ptsd #actually ptsd #tw ptsd #living with ptsd #ptsd vent #ptsd awareness #ptsd problems #ptsd recovery

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nmolesofadrenaline · 8 months

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#abuse survivor #toxic family #dysfunctional family #emotional abuse #toxic mom #toxic parents #love love love #ptsd recovery #ptsd vent #ptsd awareness #daddy issues #ptsd #actually ptsd #ptsdlife #complex ptsd

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