posted February 27, 2020 10:34 PM            

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Originally posted by Dons2angelss:
I was in therapy for ptsd, and other diagnosis, and it did help. I was way worse in my younger years and over reacting was my middle name. Since finding astrology and digging into my own chart, it's helped a lot in my understanding myself on a much deeper and much needed level. That's why I frequently turn to this board. This is my therapy now ❤️

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posted February 29, 2020 08:26 PM            

I found out recently, by way of a picture, that my mother drank and smoked while she was pregnant with me. Awesome mom, thanks a bunch. I have a picture of her at my baby shower holding a beer and a cigarette. Aren't the 80's awesome?

posted March 01, 2020 07:19 AM            

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Originally posted by hypatia238:
I agree we are predisposed to either fight or run and our upbringing or early experiences can shape this but its very much a biological drive, someone with mars in pisces will run, hide and blend in while someone with mars in scorpio or aries or leo will confront and fight but if someone has unresolved trauma they become HYPER-VIGILANT and their fight or flight mechanism activates too easily and when is not necessary, this is what is called PTSD.

When someone has PTSD their fight or flight gets overly activated easily and frequently bc they live more in a hyper-vigilant state instead of in their window of tolerance were people are calm and make decisions from a calm place, I am not saying that is your case, I don't know you but how you worded your OP you asked for help so naturally if this is a trauma response therapy would be a good option. You may have done therapy in the past but there are many approaches to treatment and healing trauma is a multilayered process that can take decades so people often go to therapy multiple times throughout their life and try different types of treatments and each time they make more progress with their healing.

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This, so much.

PTSD is a tricky little monster, too. Even after I’ve went years without panic attacks, something little can trigger me and then trigger a response. It doesn’t have to be obvious or overwhelming to others - it could be a look, a behavior, or the way I’m approached. It’s not ingrained in me, it was acquired at a young age and is something that requires constant work on my part to contain and control.

Now, my reactions outside of PTSD, those are different. I have a multitude of Mars squares to personal planets and I also have Moon-Mars conjunction. I’m a defensive person by nature and my go to solution for any problem is to face it head on and get it over with. (Even though I’m not confrontational, at all, it’s my instinct to address problems this way.)