Originally Posted by
Sylar
January always feels like it's a year long in its own right, but the end is in sight at last! I'm definitely looking forward to the lighter nights arriving and the better weather rolling around again.
I'm not sure if anyone on here has posted about this, but I'm wondering whether there are any in our little group who are either diagnosed with, or have reason to believe they have PTSD?
My wife reckons I have PTSD stemming from when our daughter was born. Her arrival was incredibly difficult, resulting in emergency cuts and baby having to be resucitated when she was eventually delivered - I was simply pushed into a room by the midwives out the way and spent 10 minutes not knowing what was going on - inconsolable is not a word I use lightly, and I genuinely feared the worst. Since then (almost 2 years later now), my moods have been very volatile indeed. I get angry quite quickly, overly emotional and worried whenever she's unwell and don't react well to fight or flight situations that never once would have phased me.
I'm well aware PTSD in men is typically reserved for army veterans or people who work in high-stress situations (e.g., trauma doctors, paramedics, firefighters, police etc) but I think it has increasingly been realised as something that impacts new father's. I'm definitely considering speaking to my GP about it, as the situations don't feel the same as when my anxiety/depression is especially bad. It's a heightened state of awareness, it's a rage and it's almost like an out of body experience.