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I am afraid, of dying again, and I don't mean that metaphorically. Quit literally. I was trying to wash dishes and trying to get the pharmacy to work with my insurance on a new medication, and I saw my coat sleeve wiping my eyes and nose, though I am wearing a sweat shirt. I have...

Thursday, I start I guess it's called trauma therapy. I have a team, working me over at this time. The trauma therapist, is the newest member of my team. To be frank, I am terrified. I have no idea what's different about sitting down with a trauma therapist who's specialty is PTSD compared...

I'm alive. I forget that, sometimes. I was just reminded of my grateful heart this morning, when I woke my 3 reasons for life and living and they said, "Good Morning Daddy, I love you."

@Kaia Well said.

Hypervigilance... It's the middle of the night and you're awakened from a sound sleep by a distant thump. You listen but you hear nothing. The hair on your neck, stands alert but still, the silence greets you like a friend willing to betray. You can't trust the silence, it's hiding...

Yes, I experience it as well. I feel a low volt sensation and I also feel a brain zap, almost like a static charge.

It took away, a healthy respect for serious injury and death, coupled with a severe depressive disorder, looking back, I know when I have been depressed for far to long, overwhelmed, debilitating anxiety, thoughts of suicide return, and because of my past, I was afraid I would be unafraid to on...

Hello, it's nice to meet you. I hope your stay here, is as beneficial as mine is. Wishing you the very best in life, and I hope you find the answers you are looking for.

Hi Sean, I'm not on this medication but I wanted to become familiar with it so I looked it up, and it does appear to cause dizziness as a side effect.

I can hear myself agonal breathing...The sound of the breathing, triggered the images. My family was sued this summer, by a friend, for 3x what we owed them. I haven't been able to keep a job since 2012. As hard as I try, I can't keep it together. It's not enough to put on my pants and...

@zeropoint that's good ;) remember, you are a commodity. You are in demand. Your health demands you work at a pace where you can coexist with it until it's ready for you to pick up the pace.

@zeropoint I would go ahead and finish the project at your pace. If your writer is unhappy about the pace, and wants to pull the project from you, well, that's on the writer. If you don't finish, I fear that may harm your reputation. But please don't lose sleep over an impatient blow hart...

Thank You @shimmerz I suffer with chronic pain, I have read some of the links you've provided. I can not say it enough, how appreciative I am of this community. So much information, explaining why I respond to life the way I do.

@zeropoint unless it was arson, this fire was beyond your control, and any reasonable person should understand. In this day and age of self published writers, there seems to be an abundance of writers, compared to editors. I would politely remind this writer you are thankful you escaped fire...

@shimmerz thank you for the encouraging words and good sense insight into approach with therapy and healing. It's bee a long time in coming. Today I woke up and I felt rested. No flashbacks, I don't feel drained, and the chronic pain was moderate compared to yesterday. Yesterday's pain level...

Hello, and welcome to the community.

Looking at it, makes my blood jell. . I mentioned how supportive this community is to my wife, and she saw the reaction this morning when I woke up. I told her about this post and she reminded me about the night I saw the watch. We were watching something about retro toys on TV and I...

@shimmerz no offense taken, I appreciate all of the insights, found here. Coming from other PTSD survivors, I know it's peer suggestions and insights. I've asked my wife to get me this watch, and I'm going to have it engraved. I survived. I know I survived something as a 150 pound teenager...

Thank You. I worried all day, about posting this. It's terrible stuff. I feel wasted. I did make it out and had a great time today, with my little ones. I have made a resolution, to go ahead and buy this Mickey Mouse Watch. And one day, once I have it, I will take it to therapy, and put...

I just emailed all of my therapist and medical providers working with me.

Over my life, I have struggled to wear dress socks, dress shoes, and watches. I never knew why, these things bothered me. The sense of their touch on my skin, sent me to the moon. A couple of years ago, I was on Ebay shopping and I saw a Mickey Mouse Watch and within the next breath, I was...

Welcome @The Gov. Great place to come and hang your hat. I am so grateful I have found this community, and I hope your time is as informative as mine has been. I wish you nothing but the best on your road in life.

Hello, and welcome to the community. I hope you find your stay here as informative and helpful as I have, and I wish you the very best on your journey.

My spouse also has lived with mine and has also experienced the same frustration. I can say, at times ask yourself, are you seeing your spouse or are you seeing the PTSD? If you are seeing the PTSD, love the person under it. Also, one thing that has frustrated me to no end, not all is PTSD...

Hi, and it's nice to meet you, I hope your stay here is as informative as it's been for me. Wishing you the very best on your road to recovery, and life's journey.