Talk Therapy for PTSD

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#1 May 6 - 7PM
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May 7 - 8AM
narcnarcwhosthere (not verified)
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HERE'S A SCARY TRUE STORY........

i have a friend in another state...also a DV victim...she has horrible PTSD...was diagnosed with it...is on disability for it.... of course she has no money and relies on STATE AND GOVERNMENT FUNDED 'care'...... well...it's been four years...and she's not getting any better....she's getting worse..and why?.......because what they are wanting to treat her for is not PTSD...they're giving her meds for ADHD...why???.....because that's something that can be TREATED... so....she started getting pissed about all of it...she'd love to 'get on with her life'....take some classes...be able to make a decent living again...but the PTSD is crippling...because it's not even being addressed....so she finally went in to her state funded shrink...told him she was fed up with all of it...that she's not getting the treatment she needs.....and he looked her right in the eye and said...'i'm not going to be talked to like this....you have BODERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER...that's MY diagnosis..'.....just like THAT...she challenged him...and the bastard diagnosed her with BPD and wrote it in her file!...told her she had severe anger issues....... gee..i wonder what wouldn happen if that bastard was to meet up with ME?????.....
May 7 - 9AM (Reply to #10)
Barbara (not verified)
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caution... yes

yes, Free Therapy SUCKS - for years SSDI tried to say I had somatoform disorder and was schizotypal. I refused meds and finally forced exNH's insurance to pay to have me evaluated and guess what? P. T. S. D. even HMOs won't treat chronic PHYSICAL illnesses and State funded therapy is worse. They only make money when they can CURE YOU... and just ask the vets at the VA how their PTSD is treated! my late therapist wasn't free - but she helped with the talk therapy. Talk therapy works beautifully WITH SOMEONE WHO GETS IT AND DOESN'T HAVE SOME GOVERNMENT AGENDA! (btw I told my Congresswoman's office about the Government therapy and the office near me got reemed - publicly...) ~~~~~~~~~ Moving Forward: Coaching for Victims Pathologicals Feelings buried alive never die. - Alice Miller
May 7 - 8AM
narcnarcwhosthere (not verified)
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BULLF*CKINGSHIT!!

most therapists SUCK....that's the conclusion i've come to!..and talk therapy doesn't work, if the moronic therapist you're talking AT doesn't give a rat's ass!!....the stupid bitch i was going to couldn't even remember session to session what that the bastard had murdered BEN... here's the BIG UGLY SECRET...wanna hear it???..... when you are getting FREE therapy....from a FUNDED agency...in order for them to GET MONEY, which is what it's ALL ABOUT....they have to be treating you for something you can GET BETTER FROM....so that's why they LIE about what you have...that's why they want us all on antidepressants and other meds..whether we need them or want them or not....because they have to show a course of treatment that has an END is sight....there is no CURE for PTSD...it can sometimes be MANAGED...managed don't cut it when you're trying to suck GOVERNMENT FUNDING..... so....they say we have something we don't....like in my case ...SEVERE DEPRESSION......i have SITUATIONAL DEPRESSION..which could be cured by me getting out of my SITUATION...but of course they have no interest in my situation...they have an interst in GETTING MONEY...so..if they could diagnose me with SEVERE DEPRESSION...shove some antidepressants at me......CASE CLOSED.......i'm CURED......and they get MONEY.... i was never offered any treatment options for PTSD....i was offered antidepressants and told to go do some charity work and 'get over it'.... that kind of talk therapy...me pouring out my heart to some unblinking reptilian bottom feeding loser therapist who then told me to 'get over it' was TORTURE...not therapy.....
May 7 - 8AM (Reply to #8)
quietude (not verified)
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agree

From my own experience, and what I've heard from others, it's not easy to find a good therapist. The psychologist I was seeing said that 'talk therapy was the way to go for me at this point', even though I asked her about CBT or other therapies??? I did feel kind of like I was just blabbering on, she would stop and say things like, 'do you feel defensive at times?' I'd say yes, she'd just say, hmmmm, and scribble something on her pad. She didn't explain WHY she'd ask me stuff, I felt like she was focusing on 'my issues'...oh, and she said she was concerned from some test I took that I seemed 'anti-social'. That freaked me out, like she was labeling me with a disorder or something. I wanted to tell her maybe it's because my ex kept me very isolated, and after he left, I still felt isolated, not going out???? etc...But after several sessions, I just was polite and clammed up. I didn't want to give her anymore 'stuff' to make her think there was something wrong with me. It kinda goes downhill after you decide you don't trust your therapist!! She was a nice enough older woman, has been working with vietnam vets w/PTSD (worked with the military for a long time), she told me about this woman who had multiple personalities, she shared some really crazy stories with me....YET, she didn't recognize the PTSD in me...apparently I wasn't wearing a freaking UNIFORM, so I didn't fit the mold?? I agree, so many of them are clueless.
May 6 - 8PM
gullablegull (not verified)
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6 months for PTSD dx

Met with my psychologist today, and finally asked her, does she think I have PTSD? No. She said for one thing, it takes 6 months to make that diagnosis, following a trauma. She said "after getting to know you, I think you're going to be fine."......Mmmmmmmmmmmmm..................... Hope she knows what she's talking about! I still can't listen to music, go in the grocery store, eat the same foods as before the b/u, have a bit of agoraphobia, can't go the same places..and definitely, definitely have ping pong brain? I am definitely not the same person as before, but maybe this is all part and parcel of break ups? I don't know.......any input?
May 6 - 9PM (Reply to #4)
Barbara (not verified)
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gullablegull

nope from your posts I'd say you probably have PTSD - and my radar is pretty good maybe she doesn't get it about pathologicals and how they affect us I have NEVER heard the 6 month rule, EVER! THIS IS NOT A NORMAL BREAKUP IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM... give her one more visit but do NOT let her minimize what he's done to you. has she read WWLP - maybe lend her your copy? ~~~~~~~~~ Moving Forward: Coaching for Victims Pathologicals Feelings buried alive never die. - Alice Miller
May 7 - 8AM (Reply to #5)
gullablegull (not verified)
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Barbara

I finished reading it, and took it to her the appt before last. She acted as if she had read it? She acknowledges he's a psychopath, and that took her a long time to do. I hate to leave her now? She has been with me through this whole ordeal. She has seen how his lies and threats of suicide have ripped me apart... and she has it all written down? What if I need her in court? I tried to make an appt with the only trauma therapist in my city. When I called, I spoke with him. He said "yes, he treats many soldiers and victims of PTSD." When I asked, "are you familiar with victims of pathological realtionships?".......he stumbled and stuttered. There was my sign. She's really all I have here? You sent a reference, but he is no longer practicing. You may want to take him off your reference list. How can I get her to acknowledge this diagnosis? I think I have it too...not that I want to have it, but it does describe and explain much of what is and isn't going on in my mind. IF I do, I want it recognized during the divorce, which is moving along quite nicely, I might add.
May 7 - 8AM (Reply to #6)
Barbara (not verified)
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gullablegull

you can do a 1-time phone consult with Sandra Brown, MA's Institute to get a write up for court with your PTSD diagnosis. http://saferelationshipsmagazine.com/legal-ctr/court-adult-child-reports if she really read it then her reluctance to diagnose you with PTSD is suspect... http://howtospotadangerousman.blogspot.com/2008/07/ptsd-as-trauma-disorder-not-psychiatric.html http://howtospotadangerousman.blogspot.com/2008/03/when-your-symptoms-look-like-something.html http://howtospotadangerousman.blogspot.com/2008/07/helping-women-find-effective-strategies.html who is the link we need to delete? please write me off list so I can do this. and her MINIMIZING your symptoms really sends off huge alarm bells for me. I am not a doctor but I know PTSD when I hear it. ~~~~~~~~~ Moving Forward: Coaching for Victims Pathologicals Feelings buried alive never die. - Alice Miller
May 6 - 9PM (Reply to #3)
aceonelady
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the old me...gullablegull

I still did't get my old me back,but i know now it isn't gonna happen...I will be glad if i can do just the normal thinghs again,like listening to music without crying,going to the mall and not running away in tears if i hear Missing YOU from John Waite...and seeing tuna fish,brown beans,pineaple or smell vanilla candles or sandalwood incense....even seeing happy people makes me cry...But i noticed i am getting better,little by little,Yeap gullablegull you are not alone on this one...Hughs...And thanks everybody in here for sharing .i feel less of a freak since i found this place...Thanks(HUGHs)

Aceonelady

May 6 - 8PM
GIJ
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Great site

Thanks Barbara. I like this site and how it explains various treatments for PTSD.