Barb, So sorry to hear you have had such a shocking time. I can offer no tips, not having been there myself but I pray that there will come a time that you can settle into more normal pre-trauma type of life. Cheers Judy
--- B & G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is no 'cure' for PTSD!! You just learn to manage the > triggers but > even then the physiological responses sometimes get away from > you. Some > people wonder why you are so serious- so would you if you had > this > constant mind battle to control triggers. > Barb- chronic PTSD sufferer, 8 years after an assault and > prolonged > torture by an unsupervised prisoner in an Intensive Care Unit. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jo > Bourne > Sent: Saturday, 4 February 2006 11:34 AM > To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au > Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Post cs support > > > Talking therapies may be the only "cure", that certainly > sounds right to > me. However I can't imagine having been raped, assaulted OR > traumatised > by my birth experience and then wanting to do that talking in > the place > or with the people where it happened. Perhaps in the last > stages of > healing, as a final letting go/closure thing, but certainly > not in the > very first days of the shock. I did not have a remotely > traumatic birth > experience but have had other traumas in my life and have had > a lot of > talking to do about them, I can't think of one occasion I > wanted to go > back to the person/place that was the source of the trauma. > > At 11:19 AM +1100 4/2/06, Janet Fraser wrote: > >I remember it but I disagree with it entirely. It struck me > as no more > >logical and useful than the obstetric refusal to offer OFP > because a > >study showing a crude, almost silly form of it didn't have > the desired > >effect. (10mins a day on hands and knees rather than the > lifestyle > >operation that is true OFP) Talking therapies are pretty much > the only > >"cure" for PTSD and that's been well demonstrated over and > over. The > >one study showing otherwise holds no weight. J > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Mary Murphy > >To: > ><mailto:ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au>ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au > >Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 10:58 AM > >Subject: RE: [ozmidwifery] Post cs support > > > >I believe there is some research out there that looked at > de-briefing > >women after birth, particularly traumatic births. As I > remember it, > the research did not show that this debriefing had > particularly helpful > outcomes. Of course it is all in the Who, the When and the > How. Does > anyone remember it? Mary Murphy > > > > > >Andrea wrote: > >Any suggestions. Should all women have a follow up > appointment with the > > >midwife who was at her birth, is this appropriate as they may > have been > part of the problem, should all women have a follow up > appointment but > the woman be allowed to choose who she wants the appointment > with, at > what stage would this be appropriate, 2 weeks, 8 weeks 3 > months? How > does this fit with the M&CH nurses who are now involved in the > woman's > on going care? How does her doctor, be it her own GP, obst or > the one > who attended (or not) her birth be involved in this? > > > > > -- > Jo Bourne > Virtual Artists Pty Ltd > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or > unsubscribe. > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or > unsubscribe. > ____________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Movies: Check out the Latest Trailers, Premiere Photos and full Actor Database. http://au.movies.yahoo.com -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
