Recent content by katybug

I've heard of those, and I want one so bad! The more blankets, the safer I feel, and the less nightmares I have.....it's weird, I know.

When your parents are used to you crawling into their bed in the middle of the night, even though you're almost an adult. When it's perfectly normal to not feel a body part.

"The Girl Who Had Nine Lives" I've come extremely close to death with all my medical problems several times, so my family jokingly says I have 9 lives like a cat. "God's Favorite Experiment" would be another fitting one.

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Thanks for the answers guys! I'm working w/ my T on finding ways to ground myself when this happens.

I've had auditory hallucinations during flashbacks before. I think may be just a symptom of PTSD. Talk to your T about it!

Ok, I know I'm dissociating, but I'm not sure if what I'm experiencing is depersonalizing/derealizing or full on dissociating. When these episodes happen, my vision gets tunnel-like and everything is distorted. I feel like I'm in a dream and I'm not sure if I'm real or if anything around me is...

It sounds like maybe intrusive thoughts?

I have them a lot, but only when I'm dissociating. I think it's a pretty common symptom of depersonalization.

Hi, my name is Katy. I'm a 16 year old girl that suffers from PTSD from extreme medical trauma a year ago. I had stage 4 cancer and spent 2 months in critical condition in the ICU. I somehow survived the whole ordeal, and even beat the cancer, but not without it taking its mental toll on me. I...