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“In the 1800s, the concept of bipolar disorder—then largely known as “manic-depressive insanity” or “melancholia”— became increasingly associated with creativity, particularly through the lens of the Romantic movement, which viewed extreme emotions and mental struggles as signs of genius. While not formally defined in modern terms, the intense, alternating mood states of individuals in that…
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So my CPTSD is new. My first PTSD attacks were in 2018. My timeline went all wrong. Everything just came up at once when I entered the ni-ti loop. So it really was England who destroyed my brain by telling the police to ignore me in 2018? Right. Okay. I understand why they like to…
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I will admit, I thought my life was over in 2018. I was so so frightened. So scared. I was getting the same level of discrimination from mental health services I am experiencing now, and it lead me nearly end my life. I had a nice social worker though who prompted me to take Sertraline…
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He was never misogynistic. He was abused by his mother, so women became the external triggers, and he didn’t realise why. He didn’t know at the time what he was dealing with. But I know. I’m against fascism, racism, have the same views as Hemingway, but you can’t trust an NHS system that took your…
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I attended the distress brief intervention so I can calm down the troublesome behaviours associated with both types of my PTSD recently. It was helpful so I could stabilise a little better before doing trauma work with my CPN and social worker. I was born autistic too. But people always say “you don’t look autistic”.…
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I think the system is the problem. We will need to fix that in a positive way somehow. I managed to clean some of my room for the first time in months earlier. In between the CPTSD attacks. Why did Highland Council externally triggered my mania back when I was trying to focus on the…
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I like being single, consumed in my own thoughts in both its bitterness and glory. Relationships are difficult. Not because I want them to be, but because I will experience multiple physical symptoms when I’m in a relationship and not experiencing my separate PTSD attacks. I don’t make friends with anyone at university, mostly because…
CPTSD/Disorders of extreme stress not otherwise specified 