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I'm had a super rough past year and in last two days have gotten a lot of good news. This is giving me panic attacks. Is this normal?

is anyone out there to send some reassurance right now i am having a really hideosu panic atack all my tools aren't working please help ca't breathe covered in sweat shaking heart pounding tools not working sorry to bother anyone but need reassurance i'm going to be okay

I'm in a very happy rewarding relationship but we are dealing with a lot of stress due to life stuff (work etcetera) while I go through ptsd treatment. Anyone have thoughts on good ways to care for each other and ourselves as a couple during this process?

Just checking in with folks for some reassurance that the dips and hard times can get better? Am i (at four months into therapy) making progress getting to the big stuff, or am I losing ground? For a while I was doing really well with weekly therapy and acupuncture and was starting to feel a...

This makes me so furious I can't stand it. Another day of gunshots and fake rapes and women screaming. I have gone beyond triggered into a state of fury. I'm getting ready for my morning therapy around sexual violence, meanwhile this society is busy providing the lucrative commodity of violence...

I'm horribly depressed and afraid I'm going backwards after a pretty stable month. I'm so scared. I can't get out of the past - I am stuck there and can't pull myself out. I feel so lost and hopeless. I thought i was making progress. Now I feel like i"m back at square one. December was pretty...

I just can't take this - why did I open this can of horrible stuff. Flashbacks last night after being triggered by what was supposed to be a relaxing children's movie, fell asleep but hideous anxiety attacks this morning, and i'm exhausted. what's the point. I cry and let the cork out and...

Hello lovely people - thoughts on this? I'm on day 6 of "justice" dreams/nightmares where various severe traumas are replayed in detail but in which I (out loud, usually yelling, waking my partner) successfully confront the perpetrator, fight him off, prevent the abuse, speak my mind, the police...

Wondering whether anyone else has insight onto whether what I'm experiencing is a "normal" part of healing in therapy. I suspect that it is, but would like any reassurance or tips. The question comes at the end. :-) I've been in therapy for 4 months for extensive primary and secondary complex...

i'm struggling hard and feeling extremely hopeless. had good check ins with my two therapists and shrink this week and even though i was honest they say i'm doing much better. but i dont beleueve them. i am again panicking after doing so much of yesterday. I have now inexplicably lost hope. I...

is this typical? i had anxiety preceding this weekend meeting my partner's mother during her weekend visit. turns out the weekend was wonderful, she was so loving and gentle and kind and actually healing. my first good experience with a loving family. i was acyually relaxed and happy and felt...

Just looking for some support - I am not at my best and I'm meeting the mom of my beloved partner (of 10 months) this weekend for the first time. The anxiety is really getting to me and triggering rejection and self esteem issues. She sounds lovely and compassionate but I have trouble even...

THis is really small and insigificant but just happy today because I had several really rough, frustrating therapy sessions in a row and fought really hard not to drop out and cancel my appointments (the one scheduled for this morning). I used my tools and went through the anxiety to go today...

I am wondering if anyone has any thoughts on the stage where you're finally making noticable improvements but it's hard to hold onto that knowledge and believe that things will get better. I'm no longer having 4 hour morning panic attacks but get them under control in about 45 minutes, I'm...

I was severely triggered last night by an interaction with someone who used to be an old friend. I had three good days this week where I felt hopeful, and encouraged, and like I might get better. I was eating and keeping busy around the house. Today, I feel hugely set back and I'm extremely...

First, a bit of context for my question - I was diagnosed with PTSD in a 1992 but not treated, after which a million other traumatic incidents gradually infinitely compounded it. My profession for 20 years was as a human rights fieldworker; in 2007 I crashed and became artist and writer making...

Hi everyone. I was diagnosed with primary PTSD in 1992, and just started treatment (somatic experiencing plus "normal" therapy) in August 2015, where I got additionally diagnosed with secondary PTSD after twenty years of personal and professional incidents in human rights work around conflict...