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It actually wasn't until having a conversation with a really great friend and then reading this thread that it finally clicked. It's so irritating when you realize that the abuse is over and the trauma has ended but you have so much underlying programming that you can't even enjoy nice things...

I can totally relate. I think it comes from a place of self loathing but also from the fact that my parents tore me down and my abuser was the only one who 'complimented' me (as a means of grooming). So I honestly don't know how to feel when someone compliments me because half of me is like 'how...

I hate my hypervigilence. I flinch or jump all the time and it definitely doesn't go unnoticed. It also means I'm constantly living in a place io of stress hormone which is exhausting. I live like I'm primed for war and it makes it impossible to relax. I tend to get really overstimulated to the...

The truth is probably not. I am living in a dorm (a huge house with 30girls) where I live and go to school and spend all my time with the same people which is hard for me. I am an extreme introvert by nature in terms of needing a lot of alone time and I don't always get it. I've started having...

I live in a dorm (a huge house with 20-30 other girls) and I am having a huge uptick in symptoms and PTSD problems. I think it's because I am going to be finally going to therapy and trying to work on the trauma. But I am literally a tickin time bomb all the time and whomever gets in the way/...

I really need help in this area right now. I am living in a dorm and very overwhelmed right now so I am working on it. The constant rage and irritability is all consuming

I can totally relate to this. There is another girl in the dorm who freaked out when a siren went off because she has been through combat. The siren means that danger is here and when she explained that everyone was super sympathetic and kind. But then this girl is the same one who makes my PTSD...

I am new to the site and hopefully soon starting therapy to deal with my PTSD that started when I was barely a teenager (12 years ago). I want this to be a targeted thing and want to work on coping skills, symptom management, and getting rid of this stuff without ending up in therapy for the...