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Whats EMDRIf it's a private thing just tell me to shut up
No prob, it was found by psychatrists to be very helpful for people with Post Tramatic Stress Syndrome. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is the name and they also use sounds too.Here's one web site,www.emdr.com, there are a lot more. My sister and I have both used it and helps to reduce stress from past abuse and tramatic situations. Kool I'll check it out thanks for the info
my tendency to keep all that 'stuff' with me, and go over it is probably got a lot to do w/ my depression.
i wish i could be the oblivious kind, and just keep on rollin' right through it all.
sometimes i'm really grateful and happy about my introspective nature.
i also spend a lot of time being resentful of it, as i see lots of negatives when i look around inside my life!
can the adhd be happy, and introspective?
I never realize when i've said something stupid. Friends have to tell me that "That was not so good to say" before I see it. And then I regret it, very much and for a very long time :-( Or sometimes it's so stupid I can acctually laugh at it :-)/Kaks
I've been diagnosed with PTSD and been doing EMDR and have gotten through a lot of crap. Shooting them down, like you say, is not the answer and you'll keep these things locked inside and it will haunt you. Deal with them.
I think that PTSD or OCD and depression could all stem from a bad past. Either way, it still must be dealt with if you want to have a successful life and peace inside you have to deal with it like Charlie!I have PTSD so yeah I relive a lot of stuff from my past. I try to keep busy and repress most of it but it still leaks out sometimes. For me it's mostly in dreams now my conscious mind can block it but my unconscious can't.
I just responded to something like this and it got me wondering.
Things in your life that were emotionally painful and things that you did that you are ashamed of, do or have they haunted you?
I'm much better at shooing them way now, but they used to haunt me so badly that I would feel like I was in that situation again. The hurt was so real. Or i'd feel very very ashamed and like I was a horrible person.
These thoughts would pop in my mind out of nowhere and at random.
Now I do have OCD and I've been told that is why it happens, but after reading a post similiar to my situation, I started wondering, could this be part of ADHD?
Everytime I blurted out something inappropriate in a group I would relive it and feel ashamed of myself. I often relive those times when I "open mouth insert foot." and the feeling is so oppressive.
I am also much better at shooing them away.. Thank goodness! it really is tough to live that way.. I wonder if some of this stuff is what actually causes some of our comorbid anxiety or depression than sometimes accompanies ADD.
Sherry
[QUOTE=kibbles002]I wonder if some of this stuff is what actually causes some of our comorbid anxiety or depression than sometimes accompanies ADD.
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I think that's a very good observation. I agree with that 100%
[QUOTE=Goober787]I just responded to something like this and it got me wondering.
Things in your life that were emotionally painful and things that you did that you are ashamed of, do or have they haunted you?
I'm much better at shooing them way now, but they used to haunt me so badly that I would feel like I was in that situation again. The hurt was so real. Or i'd feel very very ashamed and like I was a horrible person.
These thoughts would pop in my mind out of nowhere and at random.
Now I do have OCD and I've been told that is why it happens, but after reading a post similiar to my situation, I started wondering, could this be part of ADHD?
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Yeah, I still feel bad about things I did 12 years ago! It will just hit me sometimes, especially laying in bed at night. Or I will go over and over a conversation in my mind and realize with horror some stupid or weird thing I said and didn't mean to say, and obsessively try to use mental telepathy to let the other person know that I am not mean or weird so I don't actually have to TALK about it. Maybe I am a little weird ....
a thing I said or have done in front of others.
Sometimes, when I do think it over or relive it, the embarassment could
be pretty extreme. I once actually said, "F***" out loud in front of other
ppl while reliving one of those memories.