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OMGosh! Yes :( It's definitely a gift and a curse! I have been this way always. Some have thought it grew out of hyper-vigilance caused by an abusive childhood, maybe. I have learned, through therapy, that it's not healthy for me to fix other people problems...because it doesn't work, they don't...

You're so sweet! Thank you for understanding :)

From what I understand, the memories are stuck in your active memory until they are processed, meaning your mind and body still believe they're happening now :( As I've gone through EMDR, a horrible process, but then after I can't see the faces/images anymore, and the emotions that went with...

Hi all, I just wanted to put a feeler out and find out if anyone else's trauma was a result of performing CPR? Almost 4 years ago I worked on a 4 week baby who was resuscitated, and then 2 months later on a friend who stayed dead :( The hard part is that being with other people is my triggers...

Thank you :) I really do appreciate the support and the sense of normalcy!

Thank you so much to all of you!!! Laurie, you made me laugh when you said "Can we find "bad person" anywhere in our bodies?" The counselor is always pointing out that for me, everything comes back to that I am bad, and she just asked me where was the bad part inside me hahaha You helped me...

Thank you, that gives me hope! I just feel so lost and so few people I know (okay, pretty much nobody) understands what's happening to me, and I've been told more than once that they miss the old Sally sue :(

This is my first time on this site, and I'm looking for normalcy, I guess. I was diagnosed with ptsd almost 4 years ago after I preformed cpr on a 4 week old infant (who was resuscitated) and then 2 months later preformed cpr on a friend unsuccessfully :( I have been working with a great...