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RE: How do You know when You need help? - 6/1/2008 6:06:14 PM

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How do I know? I start having anxiety attacks and become really paranoid. I become confrontational and edgy. I yell alot and lose my temper. None of these things are typical of me, so if I'm experiencing them on a regular basis, I'm like "houston, we have a problem." I also have physical symptoms--including hyper-alertness and hyper-vigilence, numbing sensations in my lips, absolutely flat affect like I'm a ghost.

A couple years ago, I came really close to the edge and stood there for probably a year and a half. The thing that convinced me I needed help was I saw double for a couple hours one afternoon. Fortunately, I had a friend in mental health, and she held my hand through the whole thing. The one thing that arrested my break down was making phone calls to get help. The very asking for help--explaining what I thought the problem was to a whole bunch of people, having a focus and a series of tasks to complete--encouraged a centering process that allowed me to regain enough control to get by in the short term, until I could get into counseling.

(My issues are post-trauma related and the best thing I've found is talking because its through talking that we integrate disturbing experiences.)

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RE: How do You know when You need help? - 6/1/2008 6:37:16 PM

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Agrees to this reply. It takes a stronger person to admit they need help... try and remember that.

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RE: How do You know when You need help? - 6/1/2008 6:54:38 PM

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Depends on the problem. i avoid going to the doctor like the plague, never get physicals, and had the stomach flu for months...no kidding...before i broke down and made an appointment to see my doctor.

i'm a little better at self-care; when i find myself jumping down people's throats a little too often, or losing stuff all the time, or not sleeping well, or tearing up at sappy commercials, i know i've let my stress level get too high and i ponder what is causing this and take corrective action.

IMHO, staying a little closer to yr trusted family and friends will usually give you the clue if you need some sort of professional help.

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RE: How do You know when You need help? - 6/1/2008 7:00:19 PM

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Seems to me you answered your own question with a question. Once you get to that point, you know you know there is more out there feeling the way that you do. It takes a long time to find it, but you can start with your family physcian and work your way up if you have to do so.
You can live a normal live.

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RE: How do You know when You need help? - 6/2/2008 1:12:20 AM

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I rely on my neighbors 3,000 year old dog to tell me how Im doing psychologically.... He warns me when people are plotting against me...

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