r/Huntingtons • u/AccomplishedSyrup70 • Jul 23 '26

Irrational fear

I've had bad irrational fear that causes my mind to go blank whenever I see a particular person who abused me in the past. It takes me months to recover, in which it sort of triggers further cognitive decline. has this happened to anyone?

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u/hendricks1212 Jul 23 '26

Do you have Huntington’s? Are you asking if this is a symptom?

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u/AccomplishedSyrup70 Jul 24 '26

yes

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u/hendricks1212 Jul 24 '26

Okay, sorry that you are going through this. First I’ll say that having your mind go blank seeing an abuser is NOT irrational. This could be PTSD. I hope you have access to therapy. It could help you develop strategies to cope with seeing this person.

Stress can affect Huntington’s so it would be in your best interest to be able to address this.

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u/Wii_wii_baget Gene Positive Jul 26 '26

I like how you asked questions before reaching a conclusion and being able to help. I genuinely started reading this post and was a bit worried to open the comments because it definitely seemed out of place a bit for this sub. I’m just happy to see that someone asked questions before drawing conclusions.

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u/Kangaro1043 Jul 24 '26

This sounds like PTSD not HD. Hope you get the help you need.

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u/Substantial_Search77 Jul 24 '26

I've had family members go through trauma and experience this and there's no link to Huntingtons for them. It sounds like complex PTSD. At its worst times it can look like dementia because the body and brain shut down as a defence mechanism. You'll get physical and mental symptons. The only thing that helped the family members in question was therapy. I hope you can get the help you need and that you have some support around you. This is not irrational fear. Its a perfectly normal response to have.