Comments on: The Odd Couple: When Depression Met PTSD.

By: Catatonic Kid

Catatonic Kid — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:50:01 +0000

@tobeme – OK. Yeah, that sounds good.

@CC – Sorry you relate so well, CC. It is overwhelming, and it sucks!

LOL Shiv.

By: Shiv

Shiv — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:23:56 +0000

Sounds like you need your 200000 mile service and an oil change hun :P by that of course I mean a holiday, a real holiday where you’re as good as banned from doing anything at all!
Come visit meee :)

By: ClinicallyClueless

ClinicallyClueless — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:57:01 +0000

It drives me crazy…wait I’m already there. With the depression I’m down, but the PTSD makes me so alert and on edge that sometimes you can’t tell I’m down. And, both prevent me from sleeping when it is normal. It feels like you describe, but I say it feels like going race car speed at a dead stop. It is like nothing ever stops and parts of me don’t move. But, yet I feel jerked around. It is overwhelming.

By: tobeme

tobeme — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:45:45 +0000

The key is to keep honing your awareness, for your sake and for those who interact with you.

By: Catatonic Kid

Catatonic Kid — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:51:24 +0000

Yep, it surely can, El Sid. Bad. Any illness can, of course but the one-two combo punch of this stuff can really get in-ter-est-ing. In that go bang your head against a wall special way ;) Cool that you empathize, though. It is a good quality to have, regardless but even better when it’s backed up by real life experience.

Glad you could relate, Zathyn though I wish nobody ever had to. It’s not exactly the sort of fun you want to share but I’m still glad people do. It’d suck way more to be alone.
Thanks for the good wishes – right back at ya! =)

By: Zathyn Priest

Zathyn Priest — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:56:44 +0000

As someone who suffers bipolar and PTSD I can relate to this post. If only it were as easy as booking yourself in for an overhaul and tune-up then driving off feeling like you’ve just rolled off the production line. The two disorders, depression and PTSD, feed off each other.

I wish you all the best and hope things look up for you really soon.

Best Wishes,
*fellow Aussie*
Zathyn

By: El Sid

El Sid — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:18:09 +0000

A former roommate of mine suffered from PTSD and depression… (I say “suffered from” because she unfortunately let these two conditions define her as a person, at least in the time I knew her.) It can really fuck you up, really let you lose touch with your identity, with your reality, with your potential. I don’t envy anyone who has to fight that fight. But I will always, always, always empathize.