Hi dear Gloria,
It comes in many forms and "grades." The point Midwayer Brusque made is that it is badly catagorized. Often mistreated, too, I know.
This is from a subscriber:
Dear One,
Yes, I have reread your teaching and agree with what you are saying about the basics of PTSD.
I am not quite certain that I understand whether or not you are asking that we/me leave the person alone with their "scab"( of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Yes, I agree that it is a large label for overwhelming stress such that the person experiencing it has a type of "blank" about the life exposure. However, many individuals who experience this phenomenon are driven to do some awful things acting out the desperate emotions which are apparently locked behind this blank exterior. Or, they experience a peculiar paralysis, emotionally, physically, and spiritually, like a piece of them is missing or disconnected.
I am an acupuncturist. I treat people who have many different experiences. PTSD fits in with most people. The "unknown wildness" behind the blank screen relaxes with acupuncture. Their lives begin to quiet and unfold. In some situations these people begin to "thaw" and move forward again.
So, are you saying, leave these individuals to thrash out their emotions all in due time? Or change my mission or message. Do I continue to regard what I do as bringing a light to help guide the pathway like a messenger? C.
My response:
Dear C.,
I transmit messages at a very deep level and generally only have an inkling of what comes through. This transcript kind of
"blew me away" in the sense that it was new to me entirely. I too read it many times.
I treated mostly disorders from 1972 until 2000 -- specifically Dependent Personality Disorder and the Post-traumatics. I now
see that something like DPD is innate, PTSD is aquired, but I never gave that a thought until now.
The PTSD client WANTS to get better, the DPD'er figures nothing is wrong with him/her.
And yes, yes, yes keep treating your guys! You are part of their healing process, helping too to "replace" those missing pieces
as I used hypnotherapy to help heal and relax the individuals. Not one of dozens ever tried selfmurder again.
Enviable results, I still believe, and perhaps it was time for me to see PTSD as needing to be in a classification of its own.
I'm convinced of that now. I so like your term "scabs of PTSD." Good one! Scabs are part of healing.
Perhaps you and I should see the "awful things" some of them do as a "searching in desperation," and consider that they
may be trying to heal in a (by them perceived) inadequate or stressful home environment. . . and at times they fail.
Hugs.....
George.