Poll How Many Hours Per Day Do You Lose To Ptsd Symptoms?

[Hopeful3x]

I have to keep busy all the time or else.

 

[anonymous]

Well, either working to not think about it, or suffering badly

 

[Deleted member 28403]

What just happened, the post above was me

 

[Unknown Victim]

2-3 hours per day. There was a time I used to brag about living thru some of it like I was superman.

 

[LucyDE]

I had 2-3 hours, till I saw someone mention sleep and changed to 4-5. It's hard to quantify. I have 10 hours in bed but wake up in fear 4 or 5 times a night. In the day I'm lucky. I just need to focus and breathe to control shaking and avoid sudden noises.

 

[sun seeker]

It really depends. At times when things are going well and my ANP is in functioning in the forefront, my answer would be under an hour. Times like right now? Pretty much 24/7.

 

[SeekingAfrica]

Usually 2-3, even less, in good months.
But if I hit a huge trigger it can happen that I have few months in which everything is triggering and I often lose days at a time, weeks...(lose not as in forget, but as in spending a lot of time dealing with it)

 

[Deleted member 8714]

I put 4 to 5 hours a day. Sometimes it's more and sometimes less. Sometimes it's all day long. Those days I've had a new memory surface and everything around becomes a potential trigger. I know I'm dissociating on those days.

 

[SeekingAfrica]

I put 4 to 5 hours a day. Sometimes it's more and sometimes less. Sometimes it's all day long. Those...

Oh, I know those types of days, happens to me too...how long does it take you to pull yourself out of those kinds of days?

 

[SeedMan]

On days where I'm well-rested (no nightmares), well-hydrated, well-inspired, feeling safe, I think it'll be about an hour a day I lose. When the unseasoned fertiliser hits the fan, my day's shot.

 

[Deleted member 8714]

Oh, I know those types of days, happens to me too...how long does it take you to pull yourself out of those kinds of days?

Usually the next day I'm okay yet feel kind of disoriented throughout the day. I missed a day so that discombobulates me for the rest of the week. I'll actually get the days wrong, think it's Friday when it's only Wednesday.

 

[Ronin]

Currently about six hours... improvement.