Panic Attacks and Complex PTSD
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- Discussion on panic attacks as a result of Complex PTSD. The symptoms and causes, as well as ways to minimize or stop attacks before they start.
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You should do guided meditation with that soothing voice ! Thank you
Thank you! I'm glad it was a little helpful to you. I started making videos again. They are a bit different, but I am hoping they will be even more helpful to people.
Your description of the onset of a panic attack was spot on. I eventually realised that my panic attacks were being triggered by a perceived loss of control of my surroundings....or more precisely, the perceived onset of conflict that I wouldn't be able to control (emotional flashback to being in persistent conflict with an aggressive, abuse alcoholic father). I found that by accepting I had no control in certain situations I relieved myself of the stress associated with it. I'm still learning to do this consistently but I believe I'm learning new default behaviours.
Best explanation of panic disorder so far. And your voice is so calming
I'm glad you mentioned Benzo's, I've been on K-pin Klonipin over 20 years, it works really well for me but Doctors are cutting people off and NOT weaning patients its complete HELL psychosis. It happened to me, always taken as prescribed had to find a new doctor to reinstate after 3 months of near death.
What I dont understand is this....
Ok so you take antidepressants. They say itll take up to a month or two to fully reap the benefits. You go back in 2 months, say I dont feel better, in fact I feel a bit worse. What so they do?? Up the dose. Next time? Up the dose.
What do they say about coming OFF anti-depressants and anti-psychotics??? DONT EVER COLD TURKEY CAUSE IT COULD BE FATAL. You have to ween off of it.
Ok so.... According to that, weening means your body has become DEPENDANT on the drug, and it has to be withdrawn slowly so your brain can re-regulate better than it would if you just stopped.
K LIKE I SAID DEPENDANCE.....
I am on valium, which I take AS NEEDED for severe CPTSD related panic attacks. Sometimes I go days without, sometimes I need 2 a day. Im only "allowed" 14 per month, and even then I am INSANELY lucky JUST to get those. And they wanna cut me back still because its "addictive"..... Well I dont recreationally abuse my valium, so how is it SO MUCH WORSE FOR ME than an anti-depressant (which dont even get me started on the SEVERE side effects ive had from some anti depressants/psychotics) which your body is dependant on???? They are ok to mess with and up the doses of THOSE drugs, but when you find a benzo that helps.... No, it causes addiction/dependence.... Well how is that different to the addiction/dependence your body has on antidepressants/psychotics....
So ive discovered the medical community likes to pick and choose their wording in order to fulfill an agenda.... Benzos dont cost a lot of money, antidepressants/psychotics do..... You can see where im going with that. Its a TRUE TRAGEDY we have to suffer to the point of suicidal ideation because the medical community has no clue how to effectively treat us, and the ONE THING that helps..... They are taking away from us, citing addiction being the issue.
Does that mean diabetics are addicted to their insulin because theyre dependant on it?????
Watching your videos one after another is helping me so much. Finally finding someone that knows exactly what I'm going through makes me so relieved. You inspired me to write down everything about the Illnesses I have and compare them to my own symptoms and what therapy for each looks like. Just having it written down is already helping me understand my brain better. I do believe knowledge is key when dealing with one's own health. I used to have panic attacks as a teen for about 6 years I think. I used to go to therapy for it and take antidepressants because of my depression (which is still take at 23yo) and what really helped me was just removing myself from the situation. I usually got triggered in the middle of class. Would say I don't feel so well and go to the infirmary. Have the panic attack for at least an hour and be so drained afterwards that I'd just go home. I had a lot of missed days because of panic attacks in the morning or because of depression. Therapy really helped because it helped me talk about my challenges. The turn point was when I talked to my amazing homeroom teacher about it and a few other teachers and they suggested bringing it up to the class when I'm not there. I told my teacher what I need everyone to do when I'm having one, they had the conversation with my classmates when I wasn't there and that was it. The things I said I needed from them was just to tell all the teachers that I have and my classmates, that when I say "I'm having a panic attack" the teacher will acknowledge it and everyone just ignores me whilst I leave the class to just have the attack alone in private. And that everyone just ignores me when I come back after and sit back down in class. Just thinking about having to go back into class and everyone looking at me would make me have multiple attacks after one another and I'd just give up and go home so them just not even looking at me was so helpful. Also not asking how I am and stuff right after. At some point the attacks started getting shorter, after that I was able to just calm down and not have one at all and after that they just stopped some day. I haven't had one for about 5 years, but as you mentioned I still feel on edge a lot of the times but it's 99% mentally not physically. I'm constantly physically drained. When I'm really stressed I get up to the edge of having one but it never tips over cause I don't really see the issue with it anymore. I think because it's become "mundane" for me so it doesn't tip anymore. Will probably comment on another video as well but I wanted to say thank you so much for making these videos, they're actually giving me a little hope.
Thanks for the video.
You're welcome.
Thank you for this calming and informative video. I have severe panic attacks while driving, but it comes and goes thru the years. Sometimes I'll go years without one, and then when there is some significant change in my life, they come back. What helps me is counting and taking deep breaths. Definitely forcing myself to drive in a car and retrain my brain that it's safe to drive, and soon my body re-learns how to react and learns that I am not in danger. Of course this is easier said than done but I just keep taking baby steps.
I think you must be an artist. I loved not only the soothing voice, that others have noted, and the relaxing pace of your speech, but equally the series of moving images you have chosen. They span a broad range of subjects yet are all rooted in the historical past, and share a grounded quality that has a centering effect. Even the squirrrel at 3.30 is painted in a dated style. I am just hearing you now describe your panic attacks. You are gifted in conveying your experience, and my heart breaks for the nightmare you lived. You also help me not hate myself for the response of my own nervous system, which I inherited from my father, for whom my heart also breaks.You make me remember he had severe attacks like yours, his whole life, with no insight into why, and no support, no one to talk to, no comfort, just prescriptions that caused a new layer of problems in the end. He died in the middle of a panic attack, in fact. A fate I would not wish on anyone. Thank you this video. I will return to watch it again.
Thank you for this. I have been struggling for most of my life with no idea this was at the heart of my condition.
Last night, I had an experience while breathing to calm myself. I’ve used this practice for years. After an hour, the pieces fell into place and I understood that this wide variety of episodes I’ve been experiencing over the years are panic attacks related to cPTSD. It’s one idea I have been considering among others.
Thank you so much for this video as your descriptions of the elements of this condition have helped confirm some things for me I now have alot of hope for treating this. Thank you so very much and I wish you well.
Peace
My life will change after i found this video after 2 years of PTSD
At the end of a panic attack now. Last two times I went to the ER thinking I was dying and having a heart attack or stroke. This time I'm telling myself I'm okay and watching videos to calm me down that its just a panic attack. Panic attack is almost over.. feel drained and chest still a little tight but dizziness and tingling in hand have gone away. Thank you for you're video!!! 🙏
THANK YOU for addressing the breathing technique thing.... I always get SO MAD when told to just take some deep breaths or do "deep breathing". It ALWAYS makes it 100% worse, and makes me so angry i wanna punch the wall.... Perhaps i am doing it wrong, and according to this i am. Never heard of 5 2 5.... Its always 4 4 4 im advised to do.... I hope one day, i will beat this before it beats me.
Excellent video! Thank you! The Hough (huff) Ear Institute found I have an occasional ( vestibulopathy) misfire in my right inner ear which causes an extreme sudden detachment of directions. This was found in apx 1997 and now I am better. My story is too long. Thanks again!
You have a very calming voice! Thanks for the video!
Thanks❤
Have been having alot lately..... And struggle to leave house unless i have too.... Goodness its debilitaiting. ... Even crippiling.
I too have become agoraphobic since the attacks have gotten worse. I miss the old me, the me that was 100% the opposite to this dysfunctional mess of a human.... I was never home. Now i never leave my bedroom unless its to eat, washroom, let dog out, or the few times I have to FORCE myself out for prescriptions and food. I DO also FORCE myself to walk my dog. Thats the one outing I get regularly, and even still its only 30-45mins.
Thank you greatly. I hope I can follow in your footsteps.🙏
You're welcome. I'm glad it was a little helpful to you. I started making videos again. They are a bit different, but I am hoping they will be even more helpful to people. I hope you are doing well.
thankyou
Thank you 💛💛💛
“My only goal was not to kill myself” honestly it’s soo exhausting I can’t work and do basic things like driving etc
ptsd brains are 12 to 20 percent smaller in the hippocampus, causing poor memory and poor emotional regulation , aside from an overactive amygdala. exercise like aerobics 3 times a week for a year grows the hippocampus by 2%. Also trauma healing and vocally expressing ones traumas emotionally removes the traumas stuck in the amygdala and send sit to the front of brain where no anxiety is attatched to the memory. Yoga or meditation helps in moments of needing calming the vagus nerve and reset the amygdala. Foods that are not biologically meant for your body type, blood type, dna type or ayurvedic type, will cause inflammation and irritation in the brain and body , triggering all the traumas as well as the subtle inflammation on the brain and amygdala. So many "diets", genetics, true ayurvedic body type(including if u have a dual dosha , which can only be found out by an Actual Professional ayurvedic practicioner), this is how u heal as well as if there is trauma, releasing those traumas , by trauma and trigger journaling for a few months throughout the day and getting to the roots of them all. Thank you for such a great video. Sad but true, your gun representation is a great representation, and i have shared this vid to a few support groups and i will share your quote as well. Thank u bro, with the van gogh pic.
Indeed your emotions cant be 2 at the same time. So you have to switch your mind rational and get emotionally happy.
Accept you can have all emotions, fear is, anger is, happy is, you don't want happiness to stop isn't it? Why you want fear to stop then?
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