PTSD again

[Archnut]

Hi all.

I picked up on article earlier today with regard to PTSD part of it was:

Symptoms of PTSD include continued flashbacks and reliving the event, nightmares and intense distress when exposed to an object or situation that was related to the event.

After reading the above and having been diagnosed as suffering with clinical depression and PTSD. I have great deal of trouble with the above statement This leads PTSD sufferers to avoid those thoughts, conversations or activities that may remind them of the trauma. Not in my case as I am obsessively drawn to news reports and press articles on child protection, paedophiles and CSA.

I get angry but not as much as I used to. Im a news junky BTW which does not help matters. Its like my childhood abuse is the only identifying feature I have, except for the myriad of negatives that I hang onto.

Anyone else have problems with this sort of obsession?

Cheers

Archnut
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[Brayton]

I have had contradictory feelings about it. I am drawn to that information (I have read some really awful stories about it, both fiction and non-fiction) but then it often has triggered the memory-feelings and images which trouble me greatly.

When I continue watching the stories on TV, reading the articles and books, it does feel like an obsession or compulsion. I think I am really seeking out similarities with my own experience in hopes of also finding some comfort.

PTSD results from trauma but there are all sorts of trauma. I think that SA PTSD may be a sub-category. And, then, also, each person is different.

I've been reading 'The Mosaic Mind,' which is really meant for therapists but which has some information which has really helped me understand what I have been experiencing all my life.

In my experience, the PTSD is a given and it is the symptoms which I have to find ways to deal with.