Communication My Trauma? I

I read a post titled Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Causes, Consequences and Cure and as I read it, I linked together my own symptoms, derived from communication and relationships, that are similar to PTSD. I hope that I will be able to explain this properly – I will try my best. The post explains the causes of PTSD and how in order for it to be properly diagnosedcertain requirements need to be met. As I went through them, I thought of what Temple Grandin said in a documentary. She said that the autistic mind’s primary emotion is fear. Because of this, many autistics are able to understand animals because that is what an animal’s primary emotion is.

Be on guard for predators!

Be watchful all the time so there are no surprise attacks. Being watchful means analyzing everything, watching everyone, trying to remember details, and infusing them into the brain so that one will not forget the dangers. However, the dangers are never clear until they happen and until the attack, comes the only thing that is felt is the lingering, heavy foreboding. As I thought of my own mind being driven by fear all of my life, I thought about what I felt was a predominant danger. What were the reasons that I felt unsafe, in danger, constantly waiting for an attack, always fearful, and feeling helpless, at fault, or unable to escape.

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