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DarrenS, I do understand how awful it gets and I'm glad you are still hanging in there! My therapist told me the good news is people with ptsd can and do get better.

I'm sorry you are going through so much Santa_Laurie, it just doesn't seem fair does it? My son also has ptsd and doesn't go out very much either :( None of this is easy but I can't help but think how lucky I am that I found this forum.

I wish I heard things still - it's jarring to start going deaf, even though I am trying to hear what's going on. I don't lose time, it must be upsetting :(

Good explanation! It's a compressed stuffy feeling. I have also felt my pulse loudly in my ears during very stressful dissociations.

If I could change her office, I would. I missed my calling as an interior designer. She didn't. lol

justmehere - I'm glad I am not alone then. I was hard pressed to explain it.

RaggyDoll - They catch me by surprise too, although it isn't too surprising when talking to my therapist or during very upsetting things. WillyKat - that's very interesting. I wasn't even aware I was doing it until I started to piece together my symptoms. First it's my hearing and then things...

I have complex ptsd. I don't think it's a term that is recognized though. My main symptom is dissociation although I do have other symptoms associated with ptsd. I didn't really believe I dissociated but I now know I do. I have been in therapy for years and part of the work I did was to come to...