Quick question? - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Message Board

JACKFLASH · 07-09-2007, 11:43 PM

I thought in order to be diagnosed with post traumatic stress you had to have the traumatic event blocked in your memory. It becomes recovered through those horrible flash backs. I don't remember most of my childhood. It just started comming back in flashbacks. It is completely foriegn to me. I had no memory of these things befor the flash backs. Is that how it has been for outher people?

trg247 · 07-10-2007, 12:05 AM

My childhood has a lot of holes in it. What I learn comes from flashbacks, dreams, nightmares and what others have said. This is normal for those who suffer from PTSD. I guess the key is to deal with them as they come and move on. For some people the traumatic event could have last for years and not one single event.

take care
trg247

Dee-nah · 07-10-2007, 12:18 AM

Hi Jackflash and welcome to this board...

JACKFLASH · 07-10-2007, 12:21 AM

My abuse lasted for years. Those are the years that are missing from my memory. It's hard to go from remembering nothing to remembering all these horrible things. I wish I could stuff it back behind the big wall.

Dee-nah · 07-10-2007, 12:24 AM

If you stuff it back more ugliness will accure, trust me.. It's painful but to get it out is the best form of recovery you will be able to get... Don't hide it.