There is a correlation between the two. Anytime that we are stressed or traumatized (or even have a car accident - we just had another discussion on that earlier in the week) our bodies go on high alert which gets everything jumping around. Forgive me for not being a medical expert here with the proper terminology. But Stress and trauma DO have an impact on our auto-immune diseases and their activity. I've also had some extremely traumatic instances in my life and I can track some of them to extreme flare activity.
I have worked through most of my trauma in therapy and through gaining some therapeutic tools although I still have nightmares and some flashbacks. My life is not "ruled" by those incidents anymore as it was before if you know what I mean. That may be the best we can hope for. Although my heart really goes out to you Purple!
Hugs - Draginfli
Purplefav said:
I am glad to hear that you have been relieved of that tramatic movie. I had therapy and the trauma U went through somehow I erased from my memory most of that part of my life. I wonder if there is this correlation between physical and emotional trauma and autoimmune deseases?
I am sorry Dragonfli, I may have read that discussion just don’t remember. I too have let it go and moved forward. We can’t move forward successfully if we are always looking in the rearview mirror.
Oh man purpledav! I am very sorry to hear that. But I wanna thank you for sharing. It must be hard but I realize that things could be worse. Once again… Thank you!!!
Hello everyone. I thank you all for the responses! I am trying my hardest not to stress! Key word is trying! Lol… Me, being an idiot went out with friends for the fourth. And what a mistake that was! I’m still trying to recover from it. I know I said in another post that drinking didn’t seem to bring on a flare. But that was a few beers here in there. I went way over bored with it on the fourth. And I’m kicking myself for it now! So upset with, myself! I’m still young at heart, but physically I feel like I’m 80! Lol… I should have known better. And have no one to blame but myself! I hope everyone is doing we’l!
Your welcome from us all for the help and we know your young but watch what your drinking as it will upset your system even more and join the 80s club mate i'm 43 and feel that now.
I had one terrible night last night ever time i moved the pain in my joints was terrible...Roll on our rheumo appointments i say.
You takecare mate and i hope you feel alot better soon.
I hope you recover soon and all i'm asking is please learn a lesson from it and how the drink made you bad just having a few extra's, it helps sometimes learning about other issues that upset your body.
I've learnt quite a few regarding the sjogrens and IBS...so if you can learn that and leave off what makes you worse at least your heading in another direction of helping yourself.
Love you loads mate xxx
Tiffany89 said:
I'm sorry you had a bad night. I hope you feel better soon!!7
I too had a traumatic childhood and also had nightmares a couple to three times a week until at 39 my daughters were born. I've wondered if the stress behind the nightmares were symptomatic of the lupus that lay ahead or if I may have had lupus and didn't know it back then. A silly side note about my nightmares. Soon after I married at 19, I woke up in terror when the inside of my forearm, brushed across my husband's beard. It was so prickly; poor guy, it scared me so bad when I did wake up I was striking him in the face with the inside of my arm and screaming! Thank you God he was a gentle man and didn't hit me back!
Terri I know that you're right, but on especially bad days I try to analyze everything and come up with a solution. I guess if medical science is still working on it I'm probably not going to beat them to it. LOL
I'm so glad to hear that the birth of your daughters got rid of your nightmares. Bless your husband for realizing you weren't attacking him but your nightmare instead. Living with nightmares is another thing people can't fully understand unless they've been there too. What a relief to have that behind us, we've got enough to deal with from day to day without nightmares thrown into the mix. I keep being amazed at all the things we lupies have in common.
Kadeeeee said:
I too had a traumatic childhood and also had nightmares a couple to three times a week until at 39 my daughters were born. I've wondered if the stress behind the nightmares were symptomatic of the lupus that lay ahead or if I may have had lupus and didn't know it back then. A silly side note about my nightmares. Soon after I married at 19, I woke up in terror when the inside of my forearm, brushed across my husband's beard. It was so prickly; poor guy, it scared me so bad when I did wake up I was striking him in the face with the inside of my arm and screaming! Thank you God he was a gentle man and didn't hit me back!