I Illustrated Mental Illness And Disorders For Inktober

I was diagnosed with a severe form of PTSD. This picture is accurate. A combination of Acutonics therapy (helped stopped the spontaneous flashbacks) hypnotherapy (helped ease the fear and anxiety and get me centered) and taking the course in the forum with landmark worldwide helped me get over the terrifying phobias I was told I would never get rid of. I learned in that course a way to distiguish my past from the present and it set me free. While I had it and before I I used holy basil, gaba, and Rhidiola to control my anxiety and stress level. Holistically. I went to a holistic psychiatrist so that natural methods were chosen first before prescriptions. This is curable and you don't have to go on heavy pills and live like this forever. I share my healing journey because they are not well known and I was a severe case due to the multiple trauma I endured as a child my doctors were fascinated by my progress. It is curable and I am sharing how do all who suffer from this can learn.

I know about it, too; it is so hard to put into words, either spoken or written, so that it sounds right to me and so I think maybe someone else actually understands what it feels like, how I see and feel stuff differently than other people do. And this is good.

its not a disease its yoru body trying to work with what happen in the past and is still hurt from it. a disease is a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury. its close but this is mentally, not physically.

Same except since I was about 3...

i feel the same

you are the locksmith of your dreams ;) dont bury yourself within yourself. life is about living your life the way you want it to (thats reaching deep but you get the point). YOU are the only one who can and will ever truly change your life, if you want to change. obviously (to me) these illustration's intentions are positive. That is because i have raised above it. Dont let yourself come in the way from you reaching your dreams. also another great tip would be to take a reality check once in a while. You can go through with yourself... (where am i now, what do i want next). In life i have learned that the best ways often is right on the tip of your nose. good luck to you my friend :)

5 years too, was 17 years old and still just a kid, but i grew up right in that moment. it's not easy to manage the flashbacks i've found the key to it is willpower and distractions lots of time with friends and family and a job you enjoy stay away from stress as best you can or try to calm yourself i tend to just enjoy a joint at the end of a stressful day and everythings ok wish i lived in america so i could get a prescription

Emdr look it up

Bach remedies help in your situation.

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PTSD is not a disease. It is not contagious.

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I understand that these conditions should not be ignored and they should be treated with the same urgency as diseases but they are not diseases themselves, but a condition or disorder of the brain caused by experiences that are or were incredibly stressful or demanding. A disease is something that is contagious and can be caught, whereas conditions like this can only be developed under the right circumstances. Don't get me wrong, I have been diagnosed with clinical depression and anxiety so I know the feeling.

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Your right Rebecca.... Over a decade later, lots of education. And support and my demon no longer has me in grasp. It just lingers in the background trying to get hold of me again while I spend everyday dodging it. Some days are harder than others but I believe it will get easier. Like anything else - I know if I practice I'll get better.

Veteran teachers?... maybe if you are teaching in the ghetto with those savages maybe. Here in NYC a Principal go knocked out when he told a feral pavement ape to remove his headphones while in the hallway.

`Its not just those that have been through war that suffer from this terrible affliction. Although i know soldiers do suffer from an extreme form of PTSD. I as a child was slammed into a brick wall by my stepfather who also did something to me in the bath that i dont recall or want to. I was sexually abused from an infant by my grandfather, my mother physicly, mentaly. abused me then i went into care and was physically mentally and sexually abused after escaping from there i was raped at knife point. All the time being told i was worthless stupid an idiot and this was all i was worth each attack was worse more violent more sickening than the last. In the end, i believed what i was told. That i was worthless disgusting and every relationship i went into for yrs i believed if he didnt hit me he didnt love or care for me. The PTSD i suffer is much different to what the veterans suffer but in some ways its so much the same..