This topic has confirmed what I always believed. My sister and I both have graves,and have had stressful divorces. For both of us,it was like an overload of emotional intensity that we did not know how to come down from.. or just plain could not come down from. And then shortly after "whalla" , Graves disease! And yes Ski… We have a few "crazy old Aunts".. All on my Dad’s side.. Which is also riddled with OCD tendencies.I feel like I have been sentenced to this disease. I remember being a child and writing how I just wanted to "know" and "care" less…. It only got worse. It has been my belief that once my body kicked into the "flight or fight" state when my husband left, that my body wasn’t able to come back to center. I have lost my ability to express myself without struggling to find words.. think clearly.. This disease is torture!!
