Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Discussions - Wild Minds network2024-03-28T09:23:53Zhttps://wildminds.ning.com/group/ptsd/forum?feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe truth that nobody tells you about daydreaming!tag:wildminds.ning.com,2019-09-04:4661400:Topic:3437062019-09-04T22:50:42.696ZSuSuhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/SuSu
Hello everyone!<br />
Before I start writing this I strongly recommend you to read this book " healing the child within" for Charles Whitfield. Honestly it is life changing.<br />
Some of the opinions below are based on my personal observations and some are based on the book.<br />
Believe it or not, almost 99% of people have some kind of addiction, weather it was food addiction, daydreaming, video games addiction , studying addiction ( now you might disagree with me and it's totally fine, this is what I think…
Hello everyone!<br />
Before I start writing this I strongly recommend you to read this book " healing the child within" for Charles Whitfield. Honestly it is life changing.<br />
Some of the opinions below are based on my personal observations and some are based on the book.<br />
Believe it or not, almost 99% of people have some kind of addiction, weather it was food addiction, daydreaming, video games addiction , studying addiction ( now you might disagree with me and it's totally fine, this is what I think is true, you don't necessarily have to believe in this too). Some people tend to bury themselves in books just to escape the state of being not busy, ultimately not needing to deal with all negative feelings from the past that was buried inside themselves for so long, and was brought to the surface and healed.<br />
So please, please please, stop feeling like you were born this way, DD is a disease, you can't control this.<br />
Nope, those assumptions are not true!<br />
It is just your brain is trying to protect you from facing all negative bad moments saved in your memory and were not healed, that would take ANY opportunity to make you feel down, guilty , ashamed.... Ect.<br />
The idea here is to heal your wounds, and take the responsibility to heal all your wounds, now when those wounds happened you were a child, you were a VICTEM, and this is the saddest part, many if not all of people in the world suffered at some stage or another with abandonment, bullying, physical or emotional abuse at some stage of their childhood whether they can recall it or not, it is there deep buried inside your subconscious mind. And yes you were a victim once of any type of abuse when you were a child. However, if you are reading this your are probably an adult, and now it is YOUR responsibility to heal all your wounds, please be brave enough and acknowledge that YOU are now responsible for healing ALL your wounds. Not your parents, siblings, husband, wife.. Ect.<br />
You should take the responsibility and ONLY you,<br />
. Address all childhood issues, and heal it one by one, it will be a long journey but it is worth it.<br />
Your brain is just protecting you by simply putting you on a state of daydreaming just to take your focus off the unhealed wounds inside your inner child. Because guess what would happen if your focus shifted towards your wounds, ALL of them in one time?<br />
Disaster right? You would feel all the pain in the world in your body.<br />
That's why I strongly encourage you, to listen to inner child meditation, read inner child books, educate yourself about this topic. And start right away your healing journey.<br />
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Also, if you felt that your were raised in a perfectly stable environment, with beloved parents and had absolutely ZERO traumas.<br />
Then let me tell you at this exact moment your ego is taking the lead, not your true-self.<br />
Ego is not so bad, I guess it is just trying to make us feel all right and all good again, by denying the pain we have within.<br />
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Thanks for reading and I am super excited to hear what do you guys think about it XoXo<br />
Stay blessed, healthy and happy.<br />
If there are any mistakes please excuse my language, English is not my mother tongue. Was a City Health Inspectortag:wildminds.ning.com,2018-07-25:4661400:Topic:3100222018-07-25T01:40:43.243ZJenn Taylorhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/JennTaylor
<p>I was a City Health Inspector, Lead Paint, following up on children who tested high for lead levels. I was the good guy, generally welcomed into homes and sometimes with hugs. Making kids better. But this day gangs decided to change streets. I was held at gunpoint by a child, gun wobbling in his hand. He didn't want to kill me, said it to his older thugs. I stayed still. Been thru this b4. But not by a kid. After awhile I believe I saw an angel land on his left shoulder, saw him tilt his…</p>
<p>I was a City Health Inspector, Lead Paint, following up on children who tested high for lead levels. I was the good guy, generally welcomed into homes and sometimes with hugs. Making kids better. But this day gangs decided to change streets. I was held at gunpoint by a child, gun wobbling in his hand. He didn't want to kill me, said it to his older thugs. I stayed still. Been thru this b4. But not by a kid. After awhile I believe I saw an angel land on his left shoulder, saw him tilt his head toward his angel, listen. Then he turned his gun. No, he didn't kill me. But he did shoot someone else. They eventually let me go.</p> What's your story?tag:wildminds.ning.com,2011-02-17:4661400:Topic:77212011-02-17T05:32:25.712ZStephhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/S
<p>If you don't mind sharing (talking helps), how do you think PTSD affects your daydreaming? Daydreaming only started to be a problem for me after the event I experienced (I think - it at least played a huge part in wanting to get away from the real world). I can trace almost all of my issues back to that. It felt way safer to live in an imaginary world than in the real world. But strangely enough, in college, my daydreams started to include the event. It felt good to dream about them this…</p>
<p>If you don't mind sharing (talking helps), how do you think PTSD affects your daydreaming? Daydreaming only started to be a problem for me after the event I experienced (I think - it at least played a huge part in wanting to get away from the real world). I can trace almost all of my issues back to that. It felt way safer to live in an imaginary world than in the real world. But strangely enough, in college, my daydreams started to include the event. It felt good to dream about them this way, but I often acted out exaggerated experiences. Afterward, I felt terrible. This is when I started to think they were a problem. I guess they were sort of flashbacks. I've noticed the daydreams about this topic have disappeared after I dealt with it in therapy.</p>
<p>To avoid calling it "the event" any more, which sounds all weird and means I'm avoiding the topic, I'll talk about it. I find the best thing to do is talk about it until it doesn't hurt to talk anymore. Anyway, I live near New York and when I was eleven I witnessed some of 9/11. I guess. I saw the smoke and stuff on the day, and then went back to visit the site other times. My dad was a police officer who worked at Ground Zero and this, apparently, messed with my head for a few years. It sucks, being too young to really handle something. For years, barely a day went by when I didn't think of it. I didn't think it was strange, until I mentioned it to my friend, who said she never thought about it. Then, in college, I saw a presentation by a Vietnam veteran who talked about his PTSD symptoms and it was a similar experience to when I discovered this site - Hey! I have all of that! Oh, there's a name for this? Basically, when there's a drastic change in your environment, it can bring all of the feelings flooding back. I noticed this when I went to college far away from home, where no one understood what I had gone through. I was doing okay, but then everything came back and I started thinking about it all the time. The daydreams became a real problem too.</p>
<p>I think some of the techniques I learned to deal with PTSD triggers can help with daydreaming. The most important thing to me is touch. It's easier to stay in the real world when I'm focusing on feeling something physical.</p>