I got PTSD in May of 2012 and have learned to live with it and it improved a lot. It became easy to live with, depression was lifting, symptoms were going away. I did feel still feel stuck in the "fight or flight" mode but I only had a few symptoms. I didn't even get flashbacks anymore. Yesterday someone told me their PTSD story and it was very disturbing. I got images of what happened to him and I got very overwhelmed and panicked. I think his trauma latched on to me.
I've been having that funny nervous panicky feeling that I got at the beginning of my first trauma. Someone told me this was a "trigger" but to me it feels like a whole new trauma. And just like my first trauma, this nervous feeling gets worse at night when I feel very alone. I have college and will soon be working and can't handle this right now.
Someone please tell me what this is and what I can do about it. Can I really get traumatized like that just from his story? It's really odd, and it feels like I have PTSD all over again :(
I've been having that funny nervous panicky feeling that I got at the beginning of my first trauma. Someone told me this was a "trigger" but to me it feels like a whole new trauma. And just like my first trauma, this nervous feeling gets worse at night when I feel very alone. I have college and will soon be working and can't handle this right now.
Someone please tell me what this is and what I can do about it. Can I really get traumatized like that just from his story? It's really odd, and it feels like I have PTSD all over again :(
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