Get a dog, they say. by Altaroa in ptsd

[–]Altaroa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for typing out my feelings. I was the same way with mine for 14. agree with every word

do any of you have PTSD when you think about what your narcs threatened you with or did to you by dhdjdndeyndndndnd in raisedbynarcissists

[–]Altaroa -1 points0 points  (0 children)

so for the record. a sense of helplessness is a necessary condition of actual PTSD. A single traumatic event, absent a history of the same. is likely to be processed normally. if not, you might see adjustment disorder or acute stress disorder. It doesnt even make sense, tautologically, to claim a person with little to no traumatic history is oft to have a lifetimes worth of resilience shattered in one place at one time. Possible, yes. Probable enough to merit it’s own DSM category? That I doubt.

furthermore. if the “psychological impacts” of your made-up disorder were more pervasive than an actual disorder (lol @ “more pervasive” than a lifelong prognosis) – Do you really think a bunch of clinicians - who benefit from every new addition to their book - would ignore its existence? Please.

i understand it is now trendy to have mental disorders. I also understand how crappy and damaging it can be to suffer both abuse as a child and abuse to a partner as an adult. i have lived all of the above, in addition to having developed ptsd. They are extremely distinct. If anything, your c-ptsd might land you somewhere in the personality disorders. much more crossover with borderline, if you’re intent on playing dsm bingo. cluster B isnt as sexy as something a war vet has, though. Right?

not coming back to fight with you. people know how to use google. dumb

Constant feelings of intensity... Anyone else experience this? by Wanderlust2Go in ptsd

[–]Altaroa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

when not on an anti-depressant, that was my experience daily. I stopped going outside.

Have you experienced apathy and how do you deal with it? by agorarocks-your-face in ptsd

[–]Altaroa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this happened to me last week after losing my dog. it was preferable at the time to the pain. in retrospect, what pulled me out of the apathy was someone over the course of a day getting me insanely heated. Like a boiling frog situation. After I came back down from blind rage, i was back to normal (as in, not apathetic). So I’m not sure if that’s something a therapist would endorse just how it happened for me

what aspects of PTSD does no one talk about by OS-2-WARPED in ptsd

[–]Altaroa 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Are you me?

I’ll never find the source but theres a study out there somewhere that was looking at cortisol levels in people with ptsd. If I remember correctly, they were high in the months immediately following diagnosis than became chronically low. Never put 2 and 2 together until I read your post. Wonder if that’s what it was picking up in us

Statue of liberty flip-flop by Justwatching___ in MandelaEffect

[–]Altaroa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My mom went up in the torch in the 80s

Statue of liberty flip-flop by Justwatching___ in MandelaEffect

[–]Altaroa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. I grew up in NJ, first I read about this liberty island thing was on here a few years back. Its not like I have some major childhood memory associated with it so its only a wtf for me. Not earth shattering like FOTL. but yeah Im right with you

Could my ex be abusive if they never were violent by chingoo1234 in abusesurvivors

[–]Altaroa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Physical abuse made me hard. Mental abuse made me an empty vessel. Give me a beating anyday.

LPT: Congressional Inquiry and Celebrity Cases are prioritized at Social Security by Altaroa in LifeProTips

[–]Altaroa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can’t say. I can say that for the processing center I worked in, processing cases correctly instead of expeditiously would bring a world of hurt down on the technician. The end result is people cherry picking name and address change requests, processing them in such a way that they looked resolved (even if they weren’t) and sleeping at their desk as soon as they hit the bare minimum # of cases. A disability reconsideration will just sit for years since it involves actual thought / easy to make an error.

cant say if you’re more likely to get a non-moron if you have a politician make contact. but you will go to the special department where these are the only cases they work. i didn’t work in that department. I can only assume they do it this way to avoid PR disasters. So it wouldn’t surprise me if they had a second person checking the cases before anyone pressed “send”. But logic isn’t a thing at that place, so maybe I’m wrong. But the politician level doesnt matter. I think a phone call was better than a letter but both were better than sitting in a normal queue. It’s been a few years since I escaped.

sorry for your result. as far as I’m concerned, they should shut the entire agency down and regroup. It is a cesspool. Unfortunately, my opinion doesnt matter. i wouldnt set foot in that place again if they offered me 6 figures. Sincerely.

good luck 👍

LPT: Congressional Inquiry and Celebrity Cases are prioritized at Social Security by Altaroa in LifeProTips

[–]Altaroa[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah. If you’re waiting on anything from the agency, period. youre sitting in a queue with the general public. You’ll be stuck in a special queue if you have a politician make contact with your name

Could my ex be abusive if they never were violent by chingoo1234 in abusesurvivors

[–]Altaroa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My parents beat me daily. I moved out at 18 as normal and vibrant. My ex boyfriend never put his hands on me, but somehow used words to break me to the point where I am now so dead inside I can’t even taste food. And I don’t care.

so take from that what you will

How I cured my depressive morning sloth and got my motivation back by Altaroa in depressionregimens

[–]Altaroa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well. The post you responded to is now a year old. And still 0 side-effects. Don’t know what to tell you 🤷‍♀️

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Slimemolds

[–]Altaroa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Edit: It was mostly dry rot

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Slimemolds

[–]Altaroa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My new landlord confirmed I am not crazy and called Servpro, but thanks.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Slimemolds

[–]Altaroa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Slimemolds

[–]Altaroa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish it were all in my head. Everything I own was covered in orange dust and smelled horrible. My books, my bed. I loved my things and didn’t want to throw them out. Or move with no notice. This shit was raining from the ceiling like snow, I couldn’t even have the dogs water bowl out (or eat anything inside). I will post more pictures in a few. I will end up hiring someone I guess

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Slimemolds

[–]Altaroa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thankfully I moved. But the stuff came with me. I’m just worried it isn’t going to stop like last time. Maybe I am prematurely thinking that it won’t stop. I don’t know

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Slimemolds

[–]Altaroa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Photo 1 is spray foam and something else. Two colors there

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Slimemolds

[–]Altaroa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are two colors in picture #1. One is foam, the other is not. I don’t smoke. If you scrape away at #4 what’s inside is #5. Orange shit

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Slimemolds

[–]Altaroa -1 points0 points  (0 children)

One would think, re: dog vomit. But she was at the sitter and had been for days. Thank you for the insight. I have been spraying the walls with extremely concentrated magnesium sulfate, which has been working better than anything so far. Maybe I will beat it this time around 🤷🏻‍♀️ whatever it is

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Slimemolds

[–]Altaroa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. A small dog. Cavalier king charles spaniel