Saturday, March 10, 2012

Analysis of possible causes of obesity

From: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/DS00246/DSECTION=symptoms


Symptoms

By Mayo Clinic staff
Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms typically start within three months of a traumatic event. In a small number of cases, though, PTSD symptoms may not appear until years after the event.
Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms are generally grouped into three types: intrusive memories, avoidance and numbing, and increased anxiety or emotional arousal (hyperarousal).
Symptoms of intrusive memories may include:
  • Flashbacks, or reliving the traumatic event for minutes or even days at a time
  • Upsetting dreams about the traumatic event
Symptoms of avoidance and emotional numbing may include:
  • Trying to avoid thinking or talking about the traumatic event
  • Feeling emotionally numb
  • Avoiding activities you once enjoyed
  • Hopelessness about the future
  • Memory problems
  • Trouble concentrating
  • Difficulty maintaining close relationships
Symptoms of anxiety and increased emotional arousal may include:
  • Irritability or anger
  • Overwhelming guilt or shame
  • Self-destructive behavior, such as drinking too much
  • Trouble sleeping
  • Being easily startled or frightened
  • Hearing or seeing things that aren't there
Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms can come and go. You may have more post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms when things are stressful in general, or when you run into reminders of what you went through. You may hear a car backfire and relive combat experiences, for instance. Or you may see a report on the news about a rape and feel overcome by memories of your own assault.

This sounds like how I feel. What does this all mean? Do we all have PTSD? Am I just a burn-out at low stress, long ago? Is society as a whole suffering form too much change, to fast? Is it all the computers, technology and change just too much for the human animal.

When we look around at the ultra calm people, Eckhart Tolle comes to mind. example:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j42cTkiGdXY.  The knowledge of pointlessness is pointless.

If this guy is right, then the human animal only needs only, food, shelter, clothing, and all else is excess. So where do I go from here?

1 comment :

  1. I wound up doing 60 sessions of neurofeedback that helped me immensely. But that's fairly new and not covered by most insurance. I do think that some kind of meditation practice is really valuable. A biofeedback device like HeartMath can help, but in a pinch, I find listening to calming music (I like classical) and looking at Flickr slide shows of nature works well too.

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