Patients and psychiatrist?!


Question:

Patients and psychiatrist?

Why do you believe (know) when you've been through something traumatic would your mind send you some place worse? Do you think it's so, when you "come around" you will see it could be worse. Also, then you could possibly deal with what is or has happened better? Also, do you know if it's possible to hallucinate (visually and hearing voices) and it be temporary? I know a lot of patients may think it's temporary. I'm looking for a professional opinion on that one. FYI: I will be showing my counselor this ? later today. Just curious. Thanks.

Additional Details

3 weeks ago
They said it's PTSD. Not brought on by hard core drug use. It has been since 1-01-02. (The hospitalization) Improvements have been being made since 1-03-02. In fact, 2 weeks after leaving the hospital, in this case they worked 2 jobs, until they could no longer work. However, there has been a drastic change in the past year and 1/2. Positive steps are being taken all of the time. They are determined to live a better life. Better than they thought possible. I hope that helps.


Answers:

Nobody knows for sure why, but some people who have gone through an extremely traumatic event will keep reliving the event in their minds. Some research shows it might be a malfunction in neurotransmitters (brain chemicals).

The autonomic nervous system has a section known as the Sympathetic nervous system which controls fear and anger responses--it's possible that it might be overwhelmed by an extrordinary stressor such as trauma.

Some people do have hallucinations on a temporary basis; especially if it's part of a mood disorder such as Major Depression or Bipolar Disorder. The hallucinations (or delusions) come during a severe episode of depression or mania but they pass when the episode subsides. I do know of people who had hallucinations during a bad episode of their illness but they say the hallucinations stopped when the other symptoms got better.

Hallucinations seem to be more of a permanent thing with Schizophrenia, but they can be controlled with medication.




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