Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Support Group

Ever see a cat or dog after it has heard a sudden blaring high pitched noise?
Their hearing is so sensitive that these sudden loud high pitched sounds can unnerve them leaving these animals on an uneven kil for days and if exposure to the noises are prolonged, many animals develope a permanent unsteady gait (walk), a fragile equilibrum, others can suffer permanent digestive problems and become deaf!

This is what as a child, I suffered in my body as a result of repeated physical sexual abuse. I have sensitive fragil nerves, can't tolerate much excitement and have an exaggerated startle response. I have irriatble bowel syndrome and although I am not deaf I have central nervous system sensitivity not the least of which manifests as anxiety/panic disorder.
Searching for understanding in my own experience as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse,

I believe a child's body is not biologically capable of experiencing the level of sexual pleasure, an adult body naturally responds to. I believe based on my own experience that a child can be and many are permanently effected/damaged neurologically, by prolonged exposure to certain acts of sodomy.

What I am saying is that this unnerving damaging effect adds to and compounds the trauma endured it raises the damage in a physiologically way tilting the scales on the physical side but bridging that effect in a hindering way against the mind thru the nervous system. One example is a manifestation of the strain on the cognitive processes as a result.
For me it compounded my speech difficulties and my stess-tolerance levels and hindered my multitasking ability.
All this hid lurking in the shadows during the time my mental blocks were in place but after I had my psychotic break (mental breakdown) these complications reasserted themselves with a stronghold and make my complete recovery a very rocky road indeed.
This is just me sharing a little insight from my life.
Posted on 07/04/09, 03:07 am