what i can add to ptsd is: growing up with my mentally ill family. i have posted my story a few times before. among other physical problems i was diagnosed with ptsd basically from the trauma of growing up with my family and living through it. imagine our troops going through their horror and needing their treatment. i am sure there are many, many ways to be affected with ptsd. it takes a very long time to be able to adjust to living with it. i wonder does one get rid of it? gets less with many years going bye but it is still there but eventually with help we can live with it. hope, hope, hope and love.

Three and a half years ago I was in a catastrophic car accident. I was air lifted to the nearest regional trauma center. I had many injuries but the worst was a TBI with brain bleeds. Since then I have struggled with dizziness, anxiety, depression and PTSD. The most recent episodes happened on a motor trip to Montana. I get dizzy and car sick while driving and my startle response is greatly exaggerated. Anything that looks threatening causes me to jolt, cry out and my arms fly up and shake. There have been instances when We have driven by an accident scene, I scream several times and then sob. It all comes back.

Catcatanzaro60 I have PTSD. It helps to know you have it. It explains why we do the things we do