http://www.fightingfatigue.org/?p=2276 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.fightingfatigue.org/?p=2276&cpage=1#comment-205424 Integrative Definitions of Trauma | jennarmour Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:21:16 +0000 http://www.fightingfatigue.org/?p=2276#comment-205424 [...] Childhood Trauma And Risk For ME/CFS Connected By Biological Link (fightingfatigue.org) [...] [...] Childhood Trauma And Risk For ME/CFS Connected By Biological Link (fightingfatigue.org) [...]

]]> http://www.fightingfatigue.org/?p=2276&cpage=1#comment-66573 Jo Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:45:29 +0000 http://www.fightingfatigue.org/?p=2276#comment-66573 I just found this site and read the article about "childhood trauma link" for ME/CFS. I have narcolepsy and fibromyalgia-diagnosed at age 40. I am on medication for narcolepsy. I just have to live with the pain of fibromyalgia. After much research, I believe that the sexual abuse I suffered my entire childhood is the ROOT CAUSE of these conditions. Narcolepsy: when you are afraid, nervous and anxious anytime you get sleepy, because you are vulnerable, your sleep will be fragmented. The old "cowboy with one eye open" type of sleep. The body learns to adjust in order to survive. It is physical reaction as a result of an abnormal situation. Fibromyalgia: you never feel safe, cannot relax no matter what, don't trust people...then your muscles never relax. NEVER. They are on alert 24/7. This too is a physical reaction as a result of an abnormal situation. I have worked with many types of therapies to change these conditions and have partially succeeded. I now work WITH my body, not fight against it. I do not have a personality disorder - I was a victim - like any victim. It would be more beneficial to do studies linking chemical changes in the body to ANY traumatic event instead of labeling certain types of truama. Shame is still connected with sexual abuse cases and people will not seek help if labeled this way. Thanks Jo I just found this site and read the article about “childhood trauma link” for ME/CFS.
I have narcolepsy and fibromyalgia-diagnosed at age 40. I am on medication for narcolepsy. I just have to live with the pain of fibromyalgia.
After much research, I believe that the sexual abuse I suffered my entire childhood is the ROOT CAUSE of these conditions.
Narcolepsy: when you are afraid, nervous and anxious anytime you get sleepy, because you are vulnerable, your sleep will be fragmented. The old “cowboy with one eye open” type of sleep. The body learns to adjust in order to survive. It is physical reaction as a result of an abnormal situation.
Fibromyalgia: you never feel safe, cannot relax no matter what, don’t trust people…then your muscles never relax. NEVER. They are on alert 24/7. This too is a physical reaction as a result of an abnormal situation.
I have worked with many types of therapies to change these conditions and have partially succeeded. I now work WITH my body, not fight against it. I do not have a personality disorder – I was a victim – like any victim. It would be more beneficial to do studies linking chemical changes in the body to ANY traumatic event instead of labeling certain types of truama. Shame is still connected with sexual abuse cases and people will not seek help if labeled this way.
Thanks
Jo

]]> http://www.fightingfatigue.org/?p=2276&cpage=1#comment-65272 » ME/CFS & Personality Disorders - Latest Research Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:01:15 +0000 http://www.fightingfatigue.org/?p=2276#comment-65272 [...] On the other hand, I get a little offended by these studies also.  Recently it was the alleged “childhood trauma link”, and now a link being studied between personality disorders and [...]

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