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Psychological & Physical Evaluations Excerpted from the free e-book: I Forgot What I Wasn't Supposed To Remember, Second Edition by Kay Wilson |
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My personal investigation into what might be occurring in my life involved undergoing two psychological evaluations. Three years prior to what I call my "awakening" to the fact that I had been abducted by alien Beings, I was rushed to a neurologist because I was experiencing an unusually intense headache that was different from anything I had experienced before. On the neurologist's orders, I was hospitalized for three days for medical tests. While in the hospital a CAT scan of my brain was done, with and without contrast, which showed there were no organic problems with my brain, thankfully. The neurologist released me from the hospital and told me to "…stop worrying so much." Sometime after I was released from the hospital, I went to see a psychologist to try to determine what was happening to me. He administered the MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) to me. At my next appointment with him, this doctor told me the test showed that I was "a normal young woman." I remember asking this doctor if he believed in UFOs. The question surprised me almost as much as it surprised him. At that time, I had no idea why I would ask him such a question. He answered by telling me that he had never seen a UFO and did not know anyone who ever had. Needless to say, I did not bring up the subject of UFOs with him again. For the next three months I had to chart everything I did each day, everything I ate each day, and where I was during my menstrual cycle. It was very methodical and I was very honest. I wanted the pain and anxiety to stop so I could get on with my life. After three months, he diagnosed me -- believe it or not -- with "a serious case of PMS," which certainly took me by surprise. I was somewhat insulted and felt it was no better than what the neurologist had told me about the way I was feeling: that I should "…stop worrying so much." I came away from this experience feeling that the entire three months I saw this psychologist was a complete waste of time. My next visit to a psychologist was after I had conscious recall of what I found to be very bizarre, very vividly detailed experiences with what I now know to be alien Beings. This information is documented in depth in The Alien Jigsaw, so I'll make this succinct. In 1987 I filled out a questionnaire in Omni Magazine about missing time and the possibility of alien abduction. I mailed my questionnaire to abduction researcher Budd Hopkins, who lived in New York City. After meeting with him a couple of times, he put me in touch with an investigator from MUFON. (1) Through this investigator I was then put in touch with another psychologist who was a forensic clinical psychologist. He administered The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, The Rorschach Inkblot Test, The Thematic Apperception Test, The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, and The Draw-A-Person Test. The results of each test were carefully explained to me and the findings were as follows: I was a psychologically stable individual with an above average IQ who was not fantasy prone or suffering from any psychological abnormalities. However, he did tell me I was exhibiting symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder or PTSD and commented on my low self-esteem. I believe I had posttraumatic stress disorder at the time I was working with this forensic psychologist, but not to the extent that I have it today. This is probably because I have had many more abduction experiences since then and several of them have been fairly difficult to process. The physical evaluations I have had since that time include the above mentioned CAT scan of my brain, two MRIs of my brain, one x-ray of my spinal column, a CAT scan of my sinuses, a cardiac ultrasound, and three neurological evaluations by three different neurologists all practicing in different parts of the country. Nothing has ever been shown to be abnormal with the exception of an unusual spacing between two of my upper vertebrate. For those of you who do not know what posttraumatic stress disorder is or think you may suffer from it, I have listed the diagnostic criteria as they appear in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders or DSM-IV-TR: (2) Be Informed It is important to understand that posttraumatic stress disorder can be caused by many different things. If you are reading this because you believe you have had experiences with non-human Beings and you are having problems, please contact MUFON, the Mutual UFO Network or OPUS, Organization for Paranormal Encounter Support. These, and other abduction support sites, are listed at the end of this article. Someone from one of these organizations may be able to put you in touch with a person in your area who is an investigator. They may already know of someone in the mental health community who is open to this phenomenon. Believe me; most mental health care professionals are not open to this subject. I would hate to see anyone end up in a mental hospital and be forced to take antipsychotic drugs because they are misdiagnosed by a mental health care provider who is not cognizant or refuses to consider the reality of this worldwide phenomenon. Contact with non-human Beings is real and it is occurring to millions of people on our planet. PTSD: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Diagnostic criteria for 309.81 Posttraumatic Stress DisorderA. The person has been exposed to a traumatic event in which both of the following were present: (1) the person experienced, witnessed, or was confronted with an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of self or others. (2) the person's response involved intense fear, helplessness, or horror. Note: In children, this may be expressed instead by disorganized or agitated behavior. B. The traumatic event is persistently re-experienced in one (or more) of the following ways: (1) recurrent and distressing recollections of the event, including images, thoughts, or perceptions. Note: In young children, repetitive play may occur in which themes or aspects of the trauma are expressed. (2) recurrent distressing dreams of the event. Note: In children, there may be frightening dreams without recognizable content. (3) acting or feeling as if the traumatic event were recurring (includes a sense of reliving the experience, illusions, hallucinations, and dissociative flashback episodes, including those that occur on awakening or when intoxicated). Note: In young children, trauma-specific reenactment may occur. (4) intense psychological distress at exposure to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event. (5) physiological reactivity on exposure to internal or external cues that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event. C. Persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma and numbing of general responsiveness (not present before the trauma), as indicated by three (or more) of the following: (1) efforts to avoid thoughts, feelings, or conversations associated with the trauma (2) efforts to avoid activities, places, or people that arouse recollections of the trauma (3) inability to recall an important aspect of the trauma (4) markedly diminished interest or participation in significant activities (5) feeling of detachment or estrangement from others (6) restricted range of affect (e.g., unable to have loving feelings) (7) sense of a foreshortened future (e.g., does not expect to have a career, marriage, children, or a normal life span) D. Persistent symptoms of increased arousal (not present before the trauma), as indicated by two (or more) of the following: (1) difficulty falling or staying asleep (2) irritability or outbursts of anger (3) difficulty concentrating (4) hypervigilance (5) exaggerated startle response E. Duration of the disturbance (symptoms in Criteria B, C, and D) is more than 1 month. F. The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. Specify if: Acute: if duration of symptoms is less than three months. Chronic: if duration of symptoms is three months or more Specify if: With Delayed Onset: if onset of symptoms is at least 6 months after the stressor ABDUCTION SUPPORTYvonne Smith, CERO: Close Encounters Resource Organization http://www.ysmith.com John Carpenter, MSW, LCSW Carpenter2655@aol.com and http://www.jarmag.com/board.html Joe and Linda Montaldo, ICAR: International Community for Alien Research http://www.icar1.com/Joe_Montaldo.html Barbara Lamb, MS, MFT, C.Ht. Barbara_lamb@verizon.net and http://www.jarmag.com/board.html Eve Lorgen, C.Ht. http://www.evelorgen.com/ Kathleen Marden http://kathleenmarden.googlepages.com/ Budd Hopkins' Intruders Foundation http://www.intrudersfoundation.org/ Dr. Roger Lier: Implant Removals http://www.alienscalpel.com/main.htm NOTES (1) MUFON: Mutual UFO Network. Official Web site: http://www.mufon.com 155 East Boardwalk Drive, Suite 300, Fort Collins, CO. 80525. Tel: 970-232-3110 or 888-817-2220. FAX 866-466-9173 / hq@mufon.com (2) American Psychiatric Association. 309.81 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition Text Revision. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, pp. 463-468, (2000). |
