I Think I Know What Makes Me Crazy: DTD
Dec 23, 2017 12:15:42 GMT -5
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Post by M2G on Dec 23, 2017 12:15:42 GMT -5
Here's what I do when driving long distance: listen to psyche books. I think I hit on something.
Along with PTSD, can come hand in hand with this one: DTD - developmental trauma disorder.
DTD is not yet recognized by the DSM (The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) - much to the chagrin of many respected and learned people in the field. I believe this one is my own problem, as I "tick the boxes" on many disorders including PTSD, Narcissism, Borderline, OCD. Probably a few more could be included in general, including misdiagnosed schizophrenia. Due to the fact that DTD was left out of the DSM, in spite of numerous studies, no insurance will pay for it - and many in the field are loathe to diagnose it, because it's "not in the book" (yet).
Why? Because it is coming to pass that some of the leaders in the psychoanalyst community now believe, that DTD and PTSD are not results of bad "brain chemistry" due to trauma but that they are suffering from "bad memories" - and the drugs don't work. The drugs are just treating symptoms, but not the cause.
DTD - is basically a bunch of mental shields put up by the patient to block the trauma on an ale carte basis, dipping into two or more different disorders like a Chinese restaurant: 2 from column A and 1 from column B, etcetera.
What can happen: multiple counselors may start stacking all the diagnoses together, prescribing medicine, that all fail - leaving the patient holding a raft of diagnoses in their charts and getting no relief whatsoever. Try getting a job with a record like that. Try staying out of mental hospital with a diagnosis like that.
Long story (even longer): Traumatic memory enters the brain via an area in the right hemisphere (pictures, smells, tactile sensations). From there, the left brain processes with logic and the memory gets categorized for future use. Sometimes though, in extreme trauma, there is a disconnect between the hemispheres (the left goes offline) and the right brain stores the incoming data, raw and unprocessed, until it resurfaces in the form of a flashback that can totally absorb a person as if it's actually happening to them NOW.
As yet there is no "cure" - no drug, that can do anything but numb the patient IE: they don't get better, they just take drugs. The best treatment for this, as per what I've read & researched online, is Mindfulness
Mindfulness, is a meditation technique designed to keep one in the present, so it helps the patient to better differentiate what's real, and what isn't. Mindfulness, can help to facilitate a re-connection between the hemispheres and gradually process the stored trauma event.
End of day - none of these disorders can really be cured. One can only manage them.
I would not go to any counselor, that "didn't believe" in DTD.
I believe that my W and I are both having similar issues.
Along with PTSD, can come hand in hand with this one: DTD - developmental trauma disorder.
DTD is not yet recognized by the DSM (The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) - much to the chagrin of many respected and learned people in the field. I believe this one is my own problem, as I "tick the boxes" on many disorders including PTSD, Narcissism, Borderline, OCD. Probably a few more could be included in general, including misdiagnosed schizophrenia. Due to the fact that DTD was left out of the DSM, in spite of numerous studies, no insurance will pay for it - and many in the field are loathe to diagnose it, because it's "not in the book" (yet).
Why? Because it is coming to pass that some of the leaders in the psychoanalyst community now believe, that DTD and PTSD are not results of bad "brain chemistry" due to trauma but that they are suffering from "bad memories" - and the drugs don't work. The drugs are just treating symptoms, but not the cause.
DTD - is basically a bunch of mental shields put up by the patient to block the trauma on an ale carte basis, dipping into two or more different disorders like a Chinese restaurant: 2 from column A and 1 from column B, etcetera.
What can happen: multiple counselors may start stacking all the diagnoses together, prescribing medicine, that all fail - leaving the patient holding a raft of diagnoses in their charts and getting no relief whatsoever. Try getting a job with a record like that. Try staying out of mental hospital with a diagnosis like that.
Long story (even longer): Traumatic memory enters the brain via an area in the right hemisphere (pictures, smells, tactile sensations). From there, the left brain processes with logic and the memory gets categorized for future use. Sometimes though, in extreme trauma, there is a disconnect between the hemispheres (the left goes offline) and the right brain stores the incoming data, raw and unprocessed, until it resurfaces in the form of a flashback that can totally absorb a person as if it's actually happening to them NOW.
As yet there is no "cure" - no drug, that can do anything but numb the patient IE: they don't get better, they just take drugs. The best treatment for this, as per what I've read & researched online, is Mindfulness
Mindfulness, is a meditation technique designed to keep one in the present, so it helps the patient to better differentiate what's real, and what isn't. Mindfulness, can help to facilitate a re-connection between the hemispheres and gradually process the stored trauma event.
End of day - none of these disorders can really be cured. One can only manage them.
I would not go to any counselor, that "didn't believe" in DTD.
I believe that my W and I are both having similar issues.
It kind of goes with what I have been experiencing/realizing myself. Interesting! Thanks! 