Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Dreams Anyone Have Them?

[Deya]

I know that one does not have to be a military veteran to have PTSD, but reading the accounts of our members here who have it makes me wonder what were the initial causes of the ailment. I imagine being the victim of a brutal assault or other crime would cause it. If anyone cares to share what initially caused theirs, I'd be further enlightened. And to those of you who suffer from it....I'm so very sorry you go through this!

Daytime flashbacks are from witnessing a horrible unspeakable death as a teen and several other tragic events have added to it. Nighttime is usually the UPS stress dream. The thing about dreams is I can wake up and shake them off. The daytime PTSD sometimes results in panic, but I have learned over the years to dispel the panic so it is only for a few second or minutes at most.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

I know that one does not have to be a military veteran to have PTSD, but reading the accounts of our members here who have it makes me wonder what were the initial causes of the ailment. I imagine being the victim of a brutal assault or other crime would cause it. If anyone cares to share what initially caused theirs, I'd be further enlightened. And to those of you who suffer from it....I'm so very sorry you go through this!

I was diagnosed with cPTSD back in 1985 at sunny Brook hospital. I was taken to the Toronto university for testing. I got complex PTSD from my dad brutally attacking me several times a week when I was a little girl. I don’t wish to reveal the reason why he did it. It’s too personal. It really messed me up though.

Any loud sudden noises alarms me as do loud groups of people. Lawn mowers back firing have me screaching and styrofoam being broken without warning. I spook really easily.

My mom played head games with me. She made me feel like I deserved being beaten up.

Sometimes the mental torture was worse than the physical torture but I did get some broken bones from the beatings. ( broken ribs, fractured wrist and fingers. ) .My father always got carried away. One day he broke his hand in 3 places and had a hand cast up to his elbow.

Note: since my father and mother have passed on, I have since forgiven them. They clearly had mental issues of their own. I sincerely feel bad for ratting them out.

 

[Been There]

Over my 30 years in the military, I have seen a lot of men and women leave the military because of PTSD. Some cases were worse than others. I heard a lot of men that fought in Vietnam had PTSD. Men coming home from the Mid East and Afghanistan also suffered with it.

 

[spookycat2]

A friend I hung out with in the early 90s had a grandfather who had awful PTSD dreams from serving in the Pacific in WWII. I got to see it one night, unfortunately. He started drinking and swearing he was going to hell... it was painful to see.