Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Support Group
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In the live support groups, getting past a fracas was easier for me because I had full sensory data on all the combatants involved and many sensory clues on who was triggered and the extent of their impact. We had to look upon the frail humanity of the instigators. The controllers had to look their subjects in the eye in order to seize control of the group.
Here in cyber world, black and white words and fictitious names and pictures are our only physical clues. My imagination runs amok with anxieties of lurking bad guys and glaring self-appointed controllers. I don't know which extreme frightens me more.
So far I have handled this blockage with media fasts. I simply disappear until I can regain perspective in my own conjecture habits. I might stick with that, but this time I am open for other suggestions.
How do you get past a fracas here in the cyber world?
Here in cyber world, black and white words and fictitious names and pictures are our only physical clues. My imagination runs amok with anxieties of lurking bad guys and glaring self-appointed controllers. I don't know which extreme frightens me more.
So far I have handled this blockage with media fasts. I simply disappear until I can regain perspective in my own conjecture habits. I might stick with that, but this time I am open for other suggestions.
How do you get past a fracas here in the cyber world?
From what I see, the most effective healing is to look and focus forward. The more we can talk about other things the faster the darkness fades into the background. Dont read that wrong I mean talking about the events openly is definitely a factor in healing but the other half is filling the space with things that arent that bad memory. It can be a bit harder in smaller groups like here because posts dont move as fast. But hey thats just what Ive noticed.
The report feature is our best asset. The CLs and DS staff can put a stop to a developing problem the fastest, so some fireworks dont turn into a volcano. But we need to bring it to their attention, or the system doesnt work.
My personal reaction is usually to say something in defense, and contact the person I feel like might need some extra support who was victimized. Any time you can remind someone that the negative voice isnt the only voice, can help a lot. That doesnt mean you need to have a shouting match with the negative, you can just be a whisper to the source and still matter a lot.
Sometimes with PTSD it can be hard to bring yourself out of feeling like that negative is all there is, but that doesnt mean its not possible.