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Nexus, Welcome and know that we value all opinions and support. We encourage you to continue to share and use the program to assist you. The members are quite amazing and can really help with support and knowledge :) Josie, Health Educator
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Hi Jose, This is my first post to this site, and this area is an area of concern for me personally. I have wrestled with what to say here, with tears in my eyes as I struggle to say what I want, yet also fear that I might say something that gets me permanently banned. Please understand my posting is not intended to insult or offend anyone. I personally struggle with the medicalization of my experience of pain and suffering. I feel obliged to object to being subjegated to only being seen or understood from a medical model point of view. A view which promotes the internalization of my problem, and the subjegation of me as a person to being a disorder. I can assure you and others that I am far more complex than being given a label that may (and I might emphasize only maybe and not for certain) allow me to receive help for my struggles. This then for me is a barrier that makes seeking help more difficult. This online forum in one way helps me to overcome such subjugation and internalization by allowing me to maintain my anonymity while interacting here. It seems to me the experience of trauma is one which dominates a persons (my) experience and identity, and that parallel is why I comment on the importance of not allowing me to be subjugated (dominated) by the medical model. As a free and equal person we may walk together for a while, and I may be healed, or I may not, but here is to hoping it will be so.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized by the re-experiencing of a traumatic event. The person's response to the trauma involves intense fear, helplessness, or horror. This disorder can occur in individuals who have undergone a traumatic experience such as a physical attack, rape, a natural disaster or an accident. The symptoms of PTSD are listed below and occur for more a period longer than one month: 1 - Flashbacks: the person relives the traumatic event in some way. Flashbacks may be persistent thought or images of the scent or they may be vivid hallucinations. Individuals experiencing PTSD may re-experience the traumatic event over and over again. 2 €“ Avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma: Individuals with PTSD actively try to avoid anything that reminds them of the event. This can lead to disruptions in their normal life including, avoidance of their family and friends and anything or one that reminds them of the trauma 3 €“ Chronic arousal symptoms: These symptoms can include but are not limited to sleep disturbances, irritability, outburst of emotions or anger and difficulties in concentrating. Any questions, comments or stories about PTSD? Post them here. Josie

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