Hi all,
Sammydrm,
I guess with cancer it's not as possible to have flashbacks because there wasn't really a particular system-shocking event. Does this just make the PTSD more traumatic? I reckon it might. I get a sense that remembering an event over and over is the minds attempt to assess what happened and somehow understand it as much as possible, in order to cognitively work through the issue. But, with cancer, there isn't such an event. How can the psyche rest if it cannot identify what "hit it"?
I remember having ott anxiety and understanding that, it was associated with a kind of dysfuctional relationship with my body: I no longer trusted it, or, I felt that it was working against me, or there was some kind of "communication breakdown" between me and my body (like, since when did I instruct it to destroy me??). I felt as though I was being stalked by an unseen predator (the best way I can describe), but it was me, or within me. I was shadow boxing!
Freaky stuff. Cancer does your head in :)
Yes, Ive started to write about it too. It was very hard for so many years because of being in survivor mode, and 'not being able to unlock or face a lot of the pain. Now, in bits I write about it. I am also currently building a wesite for others to contribute their articles.
Hi Survivorsays, I feel I'm a bit shy of the question: emotional problems manifesting into physical problems. That takes me back to the why/how I got cancer question. A question that certainly plagued me (amongst all the others of course). That question was almost to the point of obsession at the time of illness.
But yes, jokes aside, I think it does depend. It definitely can be food/diet. Definitely. Breads, carbs, fruits.. Or so I understand from what I have beeen reading.
Good luck
(looks like orgone is allgone)
