How Do You Cope With Your PTSD Symptoms?
Saturday May 23, 2009
People with PTSD often experience intense symptoms of anxiety. As a result, anxiety can be difficult to cope with, leading to reliance on unhealthy ways of coping, such as substance use. However, there are many healthy ways of coping with anxiety. What healthy strategies have you found to be successful in coping with your symptoms of anxiety? You can share with other readers what coping strategies you generally rely on when you are experiencing anxiety through this link. You may also learn some new strategies that you have never tried before. The more coping strategies we have available, the better prepared we will be in coping with anxiety.
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Help For PTSD
I suffered from PTSD for over 25 years, not from war but from growing up in the abusive home of an alcoholic father and narcissistic mother. My brother, 10 years my senior molested and raped me repeatedly from the time I was five years old until I was fourteen. Then wonder of wonders, I ended up in an abusive marriage.
I had been in therapy for over 10 years which had helped considerably. However, after trying every kind of treatment imaginable, I was stuck and could not move forward in my healing progress. Upon the urging of my therapist I put myself into inpatient care under Dr. William B. Tollefson. His revolutionary technique, Rapid Reduction Technique, (RRT) has been my salvation. I have been emotional well, stable and highly functioning for nearly four years now. In fact each year I am stronger and healthier than the last.
If you are struggling in your healing process, I highly recommend you look into the Rapid Reduction Technique.