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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 275922" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Steely</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Witz brought up the very thing I was thinking. Maybe it is time to talk with your therapist about what is triggering the falling back into old behavior/feelings/panic/overwhelmed so that you can learn to cope with that or if possible avoid it to stop the programmed response.</p><p> </p><p>The brain is awesome. But it can also get caught in a loop. And when it does the response is so automatic that it just happens, like a reflex when the doctor hits your knee with that hammer thingie. And yes, I mean that literally.</p><p> </p><p>When that truck hit me, it did something to my brain wiring. No, not just the phsycial injury......although that was part of it. But my brain got literally stuck in fight or flight mode. </p><p> </p><p>I'd be going along fine, minding my own business, life just as fine as can be, and out of nowhere I'm flinching and ducking, my moods are all over the place, couldn't sleep, couldn't concentrate. It got so bad I <strong>really</strong> did not want to leave the house and was certain I was losing my mind.</p><p> </p><p>Honestly, I had <strong>no</strong> control over it. And it made my life miserable.</p><p> </p><p>After a few sessons with my psychiatrist (exceptionally smart man), we got to the bottom of it. I had to literally teach my brain to switch <strong>off</strong> the fight or flight mode. Hardest thing I've ever done. Scared the you know what outta me. (I thought psychiatrist was a little off his nut) But I reached the point of such desperation that I forced myself to work the treatment we came up for it. </p><p> </p><p>After about a year, I could finally switch it off. Oh, I'm not cured. psychiatrist and I both believe it may be something I'll be dealing on and off. But now I know what to look for and know how to turn it off again. HUGE difference.</p><p> </p><p>This high stress situation dealing with mother in law keeps flipping the switch back on. And I have to make a concentrated conscious effort to turn it back off again each time I recognize the behaviors. Like last monday I <strong>literally</strong> forced myself to get into the car and go to school. I forced myself to ignore the panic threatening to take hold and just do it. I force myself to interact with people because I know when the switch is on it is the last thing I want to do. Enough of this and it recedes again and I'm fine. Depending on my stress levels I can be fine months and months........Under high stress it can be moment to moment.</p><p> </p><p>I wonder if you're not having something along the same lines. Couldn't hurt to talk to your doctor and see what they think.</p><p> </p><p>medications didn't make me better. They just controled the symptoms, and often didn't do such a hot job. Knowing what it is, what triggers it, and that I can get thru it makes an enormous difference.</p><p> </p><p>(((hugs)))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 275922, member: 84"] Steely Witz brought up the very thing I was thinking. Maybe it is time to talk with your therapist about what is triggering the falling back into old behavior/feelings/panic/overwhelmed so that you can learn to cope with that or if possible avoid it to stop the programmed response. The brain is awesome. But it can also get caught in a loop. And when it does the response is so automatic that it just happens, like a reflex when the doctor hits your knee with that hammer thingie. And yes, I mean that literally. When that truck hit me, it did something to my brain wiring. No, not just the phsycial injury......although that was part of it. But my brain got literally stuck in fight or flight mode. I'd be going along fine, minding my own business, life just as fine as can be, and out of nowhere I'm flinching and ducking, my moods are all over the place, couldn't sleep, couldn't concentrate. It got so bad I [B]really[/B] did not want to leave the house and was certain I was losing my mind. Honestly, I had [B]no[/B] control over it. And it made my life miserable. After a few sessons with my psychiatrist (exceptionally smart man), we got to the bottom of it. I had to literally teach my brain to switch [B]off[/B] the fight or flight mode. Hardest thing I've ever done. Scared the you know what outta me. (I thought psychiatrist was a little off his nut) But I reached the point of such desperation that I forced myself to work the treatment we came up for it. After about a year, I could finally switch it off. Oh, I'm not cured. psychiatrist and I both believe it may be something I'll be dealing on and off. But now I know what to look for and know how to turn it off again. HUGE difference. This high stress situation dealing with mother in law keeps flipping the switch back on. And I have to make a concentrated conscious effort to turn it back off again each time I recognize the behaviors. Like last monday I [B]literally[/B] forced myself to get into the car and go to school. I forced myself to ignore the panic threatening to take hold and just do it. I force myself to interact with people because I know when the switch is on it is the last thing I want to do. Enough of this and it recedes again and I'm fine. Depending on my stress levels I can be fine months and months........Under high stress it can be moment to moment. I wonder if you're not having something along the same lines. Couldn't hurt to talk to your doctor and see what they think. medications didn't make me better. They just controled the symptoms, and often didn't do such a hot job. Knowing what it is, what triggers it, and that I can get thru it makes an enormous difference. (((hugs))) [/QUOTE]
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