Post Traumatic Stress Disorder- A mentally and or physically disabling disease

My mental health is one of the most private things for me but as I've stated before, I decided to share my journey in hopes to help others suffering! BE AWARE things like google don't provide the general public with enough info on how serious having this disease is and how life threatening it can be, as well as the amount of different side effects and types of attacks you may develop. Remember, each survivor is different!

There are different types of medication for P.T.S.D survivors, medication isn't for everyone though.

For an example:

-Emergency panic pills

This is a medication you take 15 minutes before you feel like your gonna go into a panic attack (keep in mind each attack is different, meaning some you go into and forget immediately after with zero ability of knowing it will happen or even happened)

So in that circumstance you wouldn't have been able to tell you needed to take one of those pills.

Over all, Medication does not make P.T.S.D go away!

Survivors have to cope and learn to read their body and manage their attacks so that when they have a new one, they are able to ground better!

Learning to cope also helps teach how to maneuver through attacks safer, if at all possible. (depends on attack)

Surrounding yourself with people that know how to help keep you safe during a panic attack is really helpful. (keep in mind in order to find those types of people you have to have attacks around them and rely off what they are telling you is happening, the goal is to deescalate, not interfere.)

In cases when a survivor cant have human touch or noise around when in a panicked state; getting a service dog would be a very good investment that could save your life as well as help you be more independent.

This disease can cause physically disabling attacks leaving you temporarily disabled. A trained Service dog can maneuver you to safety or get help etc...

I've personally been in situations where I have been assaulted by authorities in some of my panic attacks.

A service dog would at times help prevent that. I'd suggest taking extra percussion by getting a body cam on your dog, it will help you fight legal battles. People take advantage and sadly it happens often to P.T.S.D victims... especially people of authority as they are not trained to handle these situations.

For an example of how unpredictable and dangerous these attacks can be: Personally, having Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder comes with many side effects and triggers. I am typically paranoid 24/7 naturally (I am always on guard, at times I can be hypersensitive to noise, light, smells and tastes) If I have a night mare or a night terror or if something severe happens before I start my day, requiring me to utilize my grounding process to avoid an attack (i can only ground prior to attack if I realize i'm gonna have one, which can take years of having attacks to figure out) Following through to after I ground myself, I would then be at higher risk of dissociating and or trauma re-enactment due to Auditory, visual or tactile flashbacks (types of attacks I go into with out warning) With those specific attacks, I am at higher risk of serious injuries, wandering or falling down stairs or unknowingly self harming...It can even cause me to have a Grand Mal Pseudo Seizure.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a serious condition, Take care of your friends that are surviving, respect their boundaries, Just because you can touch them one day doesn't mean you can always....ask first, even if they seem "ok."

Seeing is different from reading or hearing about it. I hope with doing such an invasive thing as video my attacks, It will help others know they are beautiful even at their weakest points as well as bring proper awareness

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