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I watched one of those Best of 2015 tv specials this weekend and they said one of the best tv shows of the last year was "Marvel's Jessica Jones" on Netflix. I'm not much for comic books, but I watched the first episode just now. Even though I'm a guy I felt more identified with Jessica Jones as a character than I've felt with any tv character in ages.
Which is a good thing and a bad thing, I'm sure. I'm sure the tv show could be validating to watch one day, and then upsetting on another, the way our PTSD really goes even with honest portrayals. But it seems true to me, at least, just speaking for myself, that her PTSD is depicted more realistically than in other movie or tv portrayals.
When she has panic attacks, she uses a grounding technique her therapist taught her. She recites the street names from her childhood home place. I know it's a fictional tv show, but I kind of related. In the last few years my therapist got me to do something similar, focusing on a street corner in my old hometown.
Does anybody else here do anything like that to ground themselves during a panic attack?
Which is a good thing and a bad thing, I'm sure. I'm sure the tv show could be validating to watch one day, and then upsetting on another, the way our PTSD really goes even with honest portrayals. But it seems true to me, at least, just speaking for myself, that her PTSD is depicted more realistically than in other movie or tv portrayals.
When she has panic attacks, she uses a grounding technique her therapist taught her. She recites the street names from her childhood home place. I know it's a fictional tv show, but I kind of related. In the last few years my therapist got me to do something similar, focusing on a street corner in my old hometown.
Does anybody else here do anything like that to ground themselves during a panic attack?
I only have one road to mention (LOL, country girl!) but... Mayve I could try reciting books I read as a kid, or something. (Or all the books in a long series.... Hmmm....)
Thanks for the tip, Muji, and others! Cool new ideas are always welcome:-)
It does help especially if you say it out load...hopefully no one hears though lol
That step by step review of places would ground me.
I like the other ideas as well. I'm going to have to try them. If they work, fantastic!!