Recent content by buettner1975

I need advice and help. I have nightmares and terrors three to four times a week; which is down from daily. During my nightmare I believe that I am struggling, because I wake up with scratches on my arms, hands, chest, and head. I must be fighting, I don't know. Its termed depersonalization, a...

I have been having flashbacks almost daily of the rape and assault against me; and during the flashbacks it seems like I'm reliving the physical sensation and even fall when it seems like I'm being shoved. I'm scared

I use my internet ( laptop ) as a form of grounding after a flashback, and I also sit outside, or do wordsearches. Our apt building has a dayroom where I go sometimes to intermingle with others. The hard thing for me is dealing with the flashback when it is occurring, in the core of the...

I'm in individual therapy...1 hour session each week, and it helps...but the flashbacks are still there. I think my problem is that Ive repressed the emotions and feelings for so long, that they're boiling to the surface like hot water. The flashbacks occur without triggers, and have increased...

My name is Tim and I am in recovery from PTSD and depression. My biggest struggle has been dealing with flashbacks that seem to paralyze me in the moment when I have them. The flashbacks cause me to go into a state of confusion, and disorientation. I often scratch on my body with my fingernails...

Ive been experiencing flashbacks almost everyday; the trauma ( rape, assault, drugging ) occurred 12 years ago. It frustrates me that after so many years I'm still experiencing the flashbacks, which occur without triggers. They just suddenly occur and are vivid and almost realistic, and I lose...

I was experiencing flashbacks of my trauma ( rape, being held against my will, beat, drug needles forced into my arms ) about once a week. They have increased to almost daily now. During the flashbacks I feel stunned and frozen; seeing the trauma before my eyes. My coping strategies have been to...

I feel the same way. Have flashbacks which happen suddenly and no triggers, just happens and i feel terrible and scared