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Emotional numbingI've a question to ask. In addition to temporal lobe epilepsy I have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder (I was sexually abused at school by my peers, in public). I've been having psychotherapy for the PTSD for a year now but we hit a brick wall. The emotional part of my mind is a hard core hidden within my mind. I cannot break into it using EMDR or CBT. I can visualise events that caused the PTSD and SAD, but cannot connect with the emotions unless i actually go into the situation required, usually causing paranoia or a dissociative seizure. I feel no emotions at all most of the time, except with regards certain obsessions (Arsenal, an English soccer team, where I used to be a season ticket holder). I'm curious. Has anyone here had problems connecting to emotions? I take 450mg/day of Pregabalin (Lyrica). It's annoying, because PTSD has ruined my life and I'm clutching at straws. Is it normal for someone with temporal lobe epilepsy to feel no emotions? |
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| The book The Healing Power of Neurofeedback: The Revolutionary LENS Technique for Restoring Optimal Brain Function mentions several instances where patients found their emotional connections, old memories and psychiatric therapies all improved while using the LENS system.
__________________ Check out this chart of alternative epilepsy treatments and this page on EEG Neurofeedback |
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| Torak - that was quite courageous to share your story with us. I am glad that you felt comfortable to do that. I hope you find more than straws here to grab ahold of. |
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| It tends to be annoying but some parts of it you adapt to, like with epilepsy. You just go from one day to the next and take life as it comes. |
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| Emotional trauma stored in the body | Bernard | The Library | 27 | 07-13-2008 10:40 PM |