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There's a lot of backstory to this, but to just get to the point, below is a summary of what I think has been a HUGE breakthrough for me. *This has been a lon-n-n-n-n-g process. Didn't just magically pop from nowhere. A few weeks ago I was wiped out by an emotional flashback of, well, it was a...

I've been in and out of counseling over the years. In when things are having too much of an impact on my life, out when things are more manageable or feel resolved. Now I'm choosing to go back into counseling and this makes me mad. I say I'm "choosing," and I am, but only because I realize that...

Now that I understand that C-PTSD is accepted as a reasonable explanation for the issues that make it difficult sometimes for me to function at my usual work levels, I'm not sure what the best thing to do about it. I work in an environment that is willing to make accommodations such as working...

Does anyone know what I mean? I don't have many flashbacks about things I remember. Instead, I get what I call emotional flashbacks, where I'm flooded with the emotion and it's tied to something that's always been in my head but I don't have a memory associated with it, and then I feel hungover...

I can always forget what a hard time I've been having, so I don't bother with counseling. But sometimes things pile up and I get emotional and then feel like I'm hungover for a few days. Then I forget about it and carry on. Last night I had the strongest ever (measured by duration) emotional...