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Thanks for the links, @joeylittle , I'll look at those. The weird time was when I was able to make it stop by pressing my finger against my table, then start up again anytime I lifted it. I thought I'd done that by tapping my computer, but noticed it was happening when I tapped anything...

@lostforgottensoul In my family we'll give eachother air hugs when someone needs a hug but can't be touched. :hug:

There's also something called phantom ringing or phantom vibration syndrome, where you just randomly hear the sound or feel your phone vibrating out of the blue. Phantom vibration syndrome - Wikipedia That may even be what's happening to me, but it's continuous for several minutes, and only...

:hug: @Iyllsa I'm sorry to hear that.

:hug: @Esterio

I could use some hugs, and I bet some other people need hugs, too. So post here if you need hugs, or to give anyone a hug. :hugs: for everyone :hug:

This is really weird, and it's bugging me a lot. I get anxious when phones ring, and sometimes, a lot lately, I'll continue to hear it for a while after it stops ringing. I have no history of hallucinations. I keep looking for possible sounds I could be mishearing, but can't find any. But that's...

When you have no idea what the f*ck you have, but you're reading this entire thread and nodding the whole time? Even though nothing you've been through is anywhere close to as bad, but it all sounds kinda familiar. And you start feeling bad that you're being terrible by even comparing, and it...

Appreciate it. It was meant to be a public performance for anyone in the area, rather than a closed off concert or anything. But as for going over there and yelling at someone? Not happening. The idea of doing that when I'm NOT having a panic attack terrifies me, and could potentially trigger a...

I made it home safe without another incident.

Caveat that I'm absent minded, not dissociative (probably). When you're about to leave, and want to get a drink for the road, so you grab a can of soda. You step outside, and realize you forgot the drink, then go inside to get one, then leave again, only to realize you'd gotten sidetracked and...

I'm at school today, and have classes from one o'clock until ten in the evening for classes. After my first class, I have a major panic attack with no obvious trigger. I head to the woman's center to hand out and hide, and calm down. There's a counsellor was there who notices, gives me tea...

That's an exceptionally difficult and complicated situation. I've not been in it, but I know you're not the only parent who's been through that kind of experience. We tend to think of parents as guardians and children as the wards (and they are), so it's hard to think of children as filling the...

@Deadman I like those definitions. I'd be leaning towards panic attack in my case, as fear is the primary component, though there's also shame, self loathing, and a sense that people are dangerous (which ties back to fear), a sense that I have to do what people want or they'll hate me, as well...

This is something I'm trying to figure out myself. I have panic attacks, but I don't otherwise have flashbacks. So are my panic attacks an emotional flashback, or just a panic attack?

I don't think she thinks of it as one. I kind of asked about it, but I think she feels the sensory component of reliving the trauma, the seeing or hearing or feeling it, and uncontrollably, is necessary. Not just having an emotion you felt when it happened. We're about to start a formal...

I have panic attacks and don't think I have flashbacks. I curl up in fear, mentally if not physically, hyperventilate, pulse racing, often hitting or pinching, and all I can think is awful things about myself, or imagining self harm or suicide. It's possible my panic attacks are emotional...

That was beautiful, Esterio. Your mother sounds like a wonderful person. I'm sad to hear about your brother, though. She was proud of you, and you'd earned it. Those are great memories, so thank you for sharing them. I hope the EDMR is helpful. Good luck!

I'm having significant difficulties in school. I have difficulty concentrating thrice over, from stress, depression, and ADHD. I get behind, My work becomes sloppy and rushed. Work piles up. My symptoms all get worse in response. More depression, more anxiety, more stress and frustration. That...

I was realizing yesterday I couldn't remember the vast majority of a fight between me, my wife, and my mom a week ago, that led to people getting extremely upset. Though it was more of a collective breakdown than a real fight. I'd even gotten major details wrong, like thinking it was my dad...

Welcome. Hope it helps you. :)

I found it surprisingly relevent. I was expecting to maybe hit a few, if that. It fit so well that reading it off my wife was saying YES before I was finishing reading some of them, for pretty much every one. Though afaik my absolutist thinking applies mainly to personal perception of success...

That's a very good point. What most of us experience is completely normal for someone who's been through the same kinds of trauma. It's the trauma that's not normal. Our response is perfectly normal.

Slight update. Noticed that I do in fact, get dizzy during anxiety/panic, and not in a hyperventilating way. Like I'm so nervous that I"m now made out of fuzz, vibrating and uncomfortable. Like I'm moving backwards while standing still. Think I've done it for a while, though not every time, but...

I forget what I was thinking about all the time. Gets frustrating.