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It wasn't very long ago since I had me first visual flashback. Try to remember it was just a memory and it coming out can be a step towards getting better. If you can, find something distracting to do until you are not overwhelmed anymore. Cold water on your hands or face can help...

I had a dream once where I was walking through some glorious ancient Greek city, all beautiful white marble and gold. . .and I had to use the restroom and couldn't find it.

Wow. . .me, too. Got hit with my nastiest flashback yet, yesterday.

Kimberly, Your post sounds a lot like my situation. Hope you find the forum to be as supportive and awesome as I have. Welcome.

I think it is OK to call and get some insight from your t.

I call it the rollercoaster. It happens to a lot of us

Yeah, my t kept hinting at that label for quite awhile before I was able to accept it. I would suggest changing the analogy from being like an alcoholic to being diabetic, because it is a closer fit. To manage it successfully does require changes in your behavior and thinking. At this...

Daughter was 3 or 4. She was playing some pre-school game on the computer. I was in the next room and went to check on her and heard the computer playing 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star'. My daughter was singing along, but the words were different. In her version, the lyrics were, 'Sh*t sh*t...

Angel, I struggle with this, too. Mine comes out as guilt. I should have been able to fix all the pain in the world before it happened. Unreasonable? Of course not. I'm just that good. :geek: To answer your question, though. When I am in a healthy place, I see this a couple ways. If we are...

Welcome Explorer, Hope the forum is able to give you support and comfort. Sounds like both of you are approaching the future with healthy attitudes. I am also a cPTSD sufferer and have a great support person in my wife. One of the things that helps us is to approach the issues as students...

Just want to second Spiderallis's recommendation of diabetes educational classes. Many of them are free or insurance's are happy to pay for them. Taking a class was highly valuable for me

My musical taste is pretty eclectic, but I recommend Blue October to my fellow sufferers out there. Their music gives me such a great sense of catharsis. Listening to a little old school goth and classic blues right now. . .and something about Nicki Manaj's voice is addicting.

Wish granted. . .you are now solely responsible for breaking your cars. I wish that all international bank executives would go to prison.

My wife. She had to sit with me through a flashback just this morning. Most of my life, it was just me and PTSD. It's amazing the difference one person can make.

. . .when you identify with the hummingbird outside the window. . .flapping it's wings so fast just to stay in one place

Anna, I don't have any advice, but you are not alone in your frustration. I have memories coming back from long ago and the symptoms from them may force me to stop working. I'm still fighting, but slowly losing, I think. I get angry. Haven't we paid our dues, already? I've lost my adult...

It sounds like you have started a phase of heavy therapy work. I definitely identify with the going crazy part as I am going through some heavy work, too. Sometimes feel I can't trust my own thoughts, that the way I understand reality doesn't apply anymore. Here is how my t and I work...

My flashbacks and body memories only have a visual component when they are really intense ones. When I do get a visual, it can sometimes be accompanied by a smell and/or sense of body position (as if my body was in the position of the visual). But the vast majority do not include visual...

Sometimes the basics can really help. . .proper sleep habits, exercise - even if it just a short walk, shoving B vitamins down your throat, taking your meds correctly, etc. If you don't know the latest information on how best to do these things, do research. If you have a hard time even...

The 'not knowing my own mind' is something I identify with pretty strongly. I thought I knew who I was, but that is being challenged all the time as I try to work through traumas. I think it is pretty natural for us humans to look for external input to help us figure out how to respond or...

I've had some all body tingling that is quite strong a few times, mostly when I'm in an intense session with t. She mentioned that sometimes it can be a sign of body memories soon to come. I now also get incidents of pretty intrusive tingling many times a day in an area of my body associated...

Thanks all for posting. I'm going through what are probably early stages of recovering memories and I'm starting to have some minor dissociative symptoms; feeling like my body is smaller like when I was younger, some little stuff with my hands not really being a part of me. It is comforting...

I would reinforce what Loveneverfails mentioned about thyroidism. It can mess with your emotions and your body and is often diagnosed as something different. Ask the doc for a thyroid test, if you test potivie, the treatment is pretty cheap and once the dosage is fine-tuned to your body, the...

Hey Owls, Please do hang out here and learn as much as you can. At the same time, I do want to parrot (bird analogy intended :) ) the other posters. You have a lot of warning signs that could indicate PTSD, but could also indicate other issues. You could do things like me and wait 30+ years to...