A Provocation?

[black_dog]

From today's NY times:

“I feel that ‘healthy’ infantile omnipotence is the most important asset for dealing with life’s stresses and potential trauma,” Dr. Krystal wrote in a chapter he contributed to “Living With Terror, Working With Trauma: A Clinician’s Handbook,” edited by Danielle Knafo and published in 2004. “It is the emotional mainspring

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[pauraque]

Why, hello there!

I have PTSD (or at least I did - I've been treated successfully enough that I don't quite meet the criteria anymore) and I think I can understand where he was coming from about a belief in invulnerability. One of the problems that many people with PTSD face is a crippling sense of extreme vulnerability, even of impending doom, which persists indefinitely after the dangerous situation is over. It's hard to carry on with your life and make plans for the future while your emotions are screaming at you that you're imminently going to die. If you're able to overcome that, not feeling like you're imminently going to die can actually feel like being almost invulnerable by comparison, even though you've really just reached the level of not particularly thinking about your mortality that non-traumatized people normally enjoy

[black_dog]

Hello back to you! It's nice to cross paths with you once again

[pauraque]

though I don't want to pry into areas you may not want to share, I'd be very interested to know what sort of therapeutic approach you found effectiveI'd be happy to share that, though of course with the caveat that what works for one person doesn't work for all

[shezan]

Hello hello hello! Welcome back!