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Thank you [USER=10604]@acacian[/USER] .

I hope you don't mind me exploring this is a critical way. I think that ADHD is both over and under diagnosed (many people diagnosed just need to learn to focus because they never did, and many are missed for a variety of reasons such as brute force intelligence). In the case of PTSD, I'm not sure but do align with elements of your position. What's difficult for us is predicated on what we're accustomed to. At the same time, it seems many just refuse to manage and be with emotion, which I don't blame anyone for (even if it annoys me) because they're abiding by a biological imperative: path of least resistance. Being with all of our emotions is difficult.

It reminds me of something my old therapist said, "everyone gets depressed, but not everyone has depression."

All that said, trauma is really about the response to an experience and not the experience itself, though, some experiences are likely to be more traumatic than others for most people. Considering that, people with sensory processing sensitivity are more prone to certain mental health struggles including PTSD, depression, and ADHD (where there is an overlap).

So, when I consider that some people may just need to check themselves, it's in instances in which someone is willingly being a hypocrite or even cases of sore losers: people just need perspective and regulation, I'm not sure it's necessarily related to trauma.

In our case, with regard to PTSD, I think that having it start in childhood especially if it's CPTSD, makes extremely hard to guage the severity; whatever environment we're in, traumatizing or not, becomes normalized to a degree in our minds.

Now none of this is to say that we should delimit trauma, regardless of the magnitude. Your trauma snd feelings about it are valid, my friend.

Some of this position comes from societal observations. We're in a time where it's "cool" to have trauma, so that makes me question the legitimacy of things.

And thank you deeply for that last part. I hope that it helps others, but it tends to get in my head that exploring things in myself in this way may appear self centered or as though I'm whining and airing my dirty laundry too much. Thank you for your support, and I hope you know you have mine.

One love

<blockquote data-quote="Voidmatrix" data-source="post: 3939398" data-attributes="member: 5">Thank you [USER=10604]@acacian[/USER] .I hope you don&#039;t mind me exploring this is a critical way. I think that ADHD is both over and under diagnosed (many people diagnosed just need to learn to focus because they never did, and many are missed for a variety of reasons such as brute force intelligence). In the case of PTSD, I&#039;m not sure but do align with elements of your position. What&#039;s difficult for us is predicated on what we&#039;re accustomed to. At the same time, it seems many just refuse to manage and be with emotion, which I don&#039;t blame anyone for (even if it annoys me) because they&#039;re abiding by a biological imperative: path of least resistance. Being with all of our emotions is difficult. It reminds me of something my old therapist said, &quot;everyone gets depressed, but not everyone has depression.&quot;All that said, trauma is really about the response to an experience and not the experience itself, though, some experiences are likely to be more traumatic than others for most people. Considering that, people with sensory processing sensitivity are more prone to certain mental health struggles including PTSD, depression, and ADHD (where there is an overlap).So, when I consider that some people may just need to check themselves, it&#039;s in instances in which someone is willingly being a hypocrite or even cases of sore losers: people just need perspective and regulation, I&#039;m not sure it&#039;s necessarily related to trauma. In our case, with regard to PTSD, I think that having it start in childhood especially if it&#039;s CPTSD, makes extremely hard to guage the severity; whatever environment we&#039;re in, traumatizing or not, becomes normalized to a degree in our minds. Now none of this is to say that we should delimit trauma, regardless of the magnitude. Your trauma snd feelings about it are valid, my friend. Some of this position comes from societal observations. We&#039;re in a time where it&#039;s &quot;cool&quot; to have trauma, so that makes me question the legitimacy of things. And thank you deeply for that last part. I hope that it helps others, but it tends to get in my head that exploring things in myself in this way may appear self centered or as though I&#039;m whining and airing my dirty laundry too much. Thank you for your support, and I hope you know you have mine. One love</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Voidmatrix, post: 3939398, member: 5"] Thank you [USER=10604]@acacian[/USER] . I hope you don't mind me exploring this is a critical way. I think that ADHD is both over and under diagnosed (many people diagnosed just need to learn to focus because they never did, and many are missed for a variety of reasons such as brute force intelligence). In the case of PTSD, I'm not sure but do align with elements of your position. What's difficult for us is predicated on what we're accustomed to. At the same time, it seems many just refuse to manage and be with emotion, which I don't blame anyone for (even if it annoys me) because they're abiding by a biological imperative: path of least resistance. Being with all of our emotions is difficult. It reminds me of something my old therapist said, "everyone gets depressed, but not everyone has depression." All that said, trauma is really about the response to an experience and not the experience itself, though, some experiences are likely to be more traumatic than others for most people. Considering that, people with sensory processing sensitivity are more prone to certain mental health struggles including PTSD, depression, and ADHD (where there is an overlap). So, when I consider that some people may just need to check themselves, it's in instances in which someone is willingly being a hypocrite or even cases of sore losers: people just need perspective and regulation, I'm not sure it's necessarily related to trauma. In our case, with regard to PTSD, I think that having it start in childhood especially if it's CPTSD, makes extremely hard to guage the severity; whatever environment we're in, traumatizing or not, becomes normalized to a degree in our minds. Now none of this is to say that we should delimit trauma, regardless of the magnitude. Your trauma snd feelings about it are valid, my friend. Some of this position comes from societal observations. We're in a time where it's "cool" to have trauma, so that makes me question the legitimacy of things. And thank you deeply for that last part. I hope that it helps others, but it tends to get in my head that exploring things in myself in this way may appear self centered or as though I'm whining and airing my dirty laundry too much. Thank you for your support, and I hope you know you have mine. One love [/QUOTE]