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Yeah, I do this too. When I talked about it with my therapist and psychiatrist, I called them hallucinations, and they did not correct me. I'm paranoid a lot, too, but I have abusers who wouldn't mind killing me.

I think the Seroquel is helping--I am taking 75mg at night, and almost making it through the night sleeping. Dr. says she will raise the dose next week. I'm hopeful this is working, I seem to be doing better during the days, too.

I took 50mg last night and still woke up several times, I guess I'll try 75mg tonight. I'm wondering if this is working, I'm still having such vivid nightmares. I hope tonight's dose works.

I started Seroquel (Quetiapine) yesterday--hopefully to help the nightmares and flashbacks. She started me on 25mg, and it did nothing--nightmares all night, didn't sleep two hours in a row. The psychiatrist said to keep adding a 25mg pill per day until I get to a dose that helps. I just...

What an awful experience, I'm sorry it happened to you. Please find a way to get help to deal with this now, take care of yourself so the symptoms don't get worse.

Saw a psychiatrist today for the first time in about 25 years. My therapist wanted me to, and insurance evidently did, also. This was really, really hard, to walk in and tell a stranger the worst parts of my life. I never talk about my suicide attempt decades ago, or what happened with the...

I'd like to see an example, too. Has this helped with nightmares? That is one of my main problems right now--I'm sleeping at least seven hours a night, but the therapist says it doesn't count because of all the nightmares.

@macca I agree, I feel that person behind me, too. Like a ghost that I can kind of see out of the corner of my eye. It is terrifying. Yes, I feel them touching me. I think I know who it is, but when I turn my head to get a good look, I can't. Rationally, I know no one is behind me, but I...

I am having a sensory flashback, and I don't think I can stand it. Someone came up and tickled/rubbed my arm this morning and I couldn't get my arm away from her fast enough. I don't even know what event the flashback is related to, I just can't get rid of the sensation in my skin. I don't...

I am not sure why twice a week--I'm just trusting my therapist. I find it especially hard when we don't finish with a memory in the two sessions and I have to wait through the weekend. I think if I just had one session a week, I would have a hard time most weeks, waiting to finish. Plus, I am...

Me, too! So glad to hear someone else say this! I'm doing EMDR twice a week right now, and the dissociation is pretty intense.

My therapist said that I need to practice telling those people "no" and avoiding them. It is a little easier because they aren't family members that I have to see everyday. But I still find it hard because I want everyone to like me. :( And I still struggle to recognize and remember that they...

One thing about being around narcissists is that they make you feel like you are the one with the problem. I seem to attract that type of person. My therapist says it is because those of us that have been abused have this "sweetness" that the narcissists are attracted to. They find a crack in...

@Promicarus I've had "vertigo" at least 15 years or so, I've talked with MDs about it, but don't seem to have any disease that would be causing it. I've had anxiety/PTSD symptoms most of my life. The therapist thinks the "vertigo" is just panic, we'll see what the psychiatrist thinks in a few...

Thank you! I was feeling very alone in this. I didn't think of it as dissociation at all until I got lost in the city--had to text a friend to tell me how to get back to where I was supposed to be. I was gone 45 minutes when going half a block on the same side of the street to pick up a food...

Almost every time I go shopping, I think I dissociate. Things get foggy, start to kind of swim around. I used to think it was vertigo, but the therapist says it is panic attacks. I truly don't think I'm panicking at all, it isn't even that unpleasant as long as it is a store that I know my...

Wow, thank you for sharing this.

I can totally sympathize about not knowing if what is happening is a flashback or not. I would vote yes, but I'm not an expert, and I suspect it can be a little different for everyone. Some of my flashbacks are like hallucinations--I was afraid I was developing schizophrenia at one point, but...

I shiver too when I'm starting to get triggered! Hadn't really thought too much about it...it just happens quickly and it is over. I consider it a warning sign of a flashback coming.

Do you have a therapist to talk to? I struggle with the same things...cleaning house with kids (especially babies) is like shoveling snow in a snowstorm! Staying home with a baby is very stressful by itself, and dealing with PTSD and anxiety makes it so much worse. Control is such a big issue...

Hugs. Having a baby made me worry about all kinds of things...including radon. I had so many fire, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in the house, I almost had a home birth with my second child because one of them was beeping with a low battery and I had so many I couldn't find it! Worrying...

No worries Justpassintime, I wrote it kind of convoluted above. I'm so glad you've got a therapist that helps. I sure know how it is to not sleep!

Yes, me too! But I have no idea how to calm down, except just to leave the house.

I have been dissociating for years, I guess, but didn't know that was what it was. I withdraw inside myself and everything starts to kind of swim around. I can't tell directions, or sometimes even up or down (so sometimes I fall). I always thought it was vertigo, but now my therapist says...

I do like my therapist now--I just have trust issues, but she seems to understand that. These bad thoughts are just something I'm not sure I can share.