Ptsd

[Shade]

I’ve mentioned this a few tIke’s in posts but never wrote a thread on it.
If you suffer from ptsd or even just have a nagging memory as an over thinker there is a really unique way to move past it.
sit down in a quiet area, relive the experience with your eyes closed, if it’s ptsd related this can be rough but the pay off is worth it.
the smell your surrounding be in the moment, as the part that’s traumatic comes of up with your eyes closed keep reliving the experience but swiftly move your eyes left to right as you move on past the trauma, seriosus cases this may take 19 times, for minor things as litt as one.
i cannot overestimate how much this has helped me and I hope it helps others as well. The power of lateral eye movements… who’d a thunk it? whoever it was, they are a genius.

 

[Amur]

You can check EMDR it's about rapid eye movement where the therapist moves the hand fast from side to side. Sorts the brain out.

 

[IllusiveOwl]

This is a very nice idea, however asking someone with PTSD to sit and relive their trauma in meditation is a huge ask, typically it results in flashbacks and body-flashbacks, accompanied by panics and an overall ruined mood for some time. For me, just thinking about the events or things linked to them would tailspin me for hours.

EMDR is a good therapy, personally I found it a little impersonal, and I wouldn't dare to call it a cure, personally I fuck more with Gestalt therapy, which makes grounding & awareness skills it's centerpiece.

Psychedelic Psychotherapy, on the other hand, that has reports of actually curing veteran-level PTSD in a single sitting, which is really miraculous. Altering a person's habitual thought-patterns, stimulating neuroplasticity, and blasting off into an objective, cosmic view will put your slice of time in Hell into a manageable perspective.

 

[Shade]

This is a very nice idea, however asking someone with PTSD to sit and relive their trauma in meditation is a huge ask, typically it results in flashbacks and body-flashbacks, accompanied by panics and an overall ruined mood for some time. For me, just thinking about the events or things linked to them would tailspin me for hours.

Yeah I mentioned it can be rough I should have added “use at your own discretion.” Thank you for posting alternatives! And psychedelic therapy is extremely interesting such as people who have cured alcoholism with ayuhuasca (The comedian Ron White talks about this)

 

[theil]

I've had good results using the Havening Technique. There's plenty of YouTube vids on it.