12-13-2010, 04:16 PM
she woud probably gain more benefit from profesional help from a specialist rape service to help her deal with the rape,the cutting is probably a coping mechanism she has come to use,to help her get what she is feeling out,or to numb whats in her mind,or to forget for a bit with the natural synthetic opiates that the brain releases when the body is hurt.
a councilor can only help in general,they wont understand so much the rape side of it?
coud her trauma have developed into a form of PTSD:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTSD
?
if she isnt on any right now, medications might help,but probably not within the typical SSRI/SNRI market as those directly stabilise certain neurological chemicals within chemical depression rather than help towards reactive depression [caused by trauma/issues of some sort].
maybe an antipyschotic and an anti epileptic for helping deal with all her symptoms directly,has she ever had inpatient treatment?
woud wonder if there were any centres specificaly for people who have had to deal with this stuff,as it can work for alot of people far better than community treatment if theyre at the stage where theyre regulary suicidal and self harming to.
and it sounds like as her friend,also need to get help from somewhere to deal with how are feeling, the samaritans for example:
http://www.samaritans.org/talk_to_someone.aspx -can email them,it doesnt matter what country are from this route.
they dont get back instantly,but are supposed to be a lot of help.
a councilor can only help in general,they wont understand so much the rape side of it?
coud her trauma have developed into a form of PTSD:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTSD
?
if she isnt on any right now, medications might help,but probably not within the typical SSRI/SNRI market as those directly stabilise certain neurological chemicals within chemical depression rather than help towards reactive depression [caused by trauma/issues of some sort].
maybe an antipyschotic and an anti epileptic for helping deal with all her symptoms directly,has she ever had inpatient treatment?
woud wonder if there were any centres specificaly for people who have had to deal with this stuff,as it can work for alot of people far better than community treatment if theyre at the stage where theyre regulary suicidal and self harming to.
and it sounds like as her friend,also need to get help from somewhere to deal with how are feeling, the samaritans for example:
http://www.samaritans.org/talk_to_someone.aspx -can email them,it doesnt matter what country are from this route.
they dont get back instantly,but are supposed to be a lot of help.