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Unfortunately, I tried Prazazone to no avail! I am beginning a class on anxiety management next week, and I hope that works at least to some extent. Thank you for your feedback.

I have been having nightmares every single evening for the past 20 years, ever since I was on a flight that nearly crashed. Those nightmares are never about the flight, but rather situations -- hundreds of them -- that I have no power or control over: being on death row on execution day; falling...

Great Distinction Sighs! The first example you gave is OCD behavior, which generally only hurts the person who has it. The second is abusive toward others. BTW: I'm the type to fold my clothes in thirds. Fortunately, so is my girlfriend, who has been with me for over nine years. (lol)

I understand; this whole disorder really sucks. I hate it and it has destroyed my life over and over again. Sometimes I sit in disbelief that this has been really happening. It's just so hard to believe one could suffer this much agony so much for so long with no relief in sight.

When I disassociate, the energy of my emotions get trapped within, and I go numb. This is a particularly uncomfortable place for me. I get muscle spasms, lose my sensitivity toward others and get bombarded by a deluge of negative thoughts. My inner critic/persecutor starts to beat the crap out...

Link Removed - A savvy therapist will never rush a patient into divulging anything they are not ready to reveal. It's all about timing. Same with our ego defenses, which are there for a reason. When we feel SAFE -- and I can't possibly emphasize that term enough -- they will evaporate naturally...

Livelifeagain - I hear you loud and clear! PTSD can very easily become a family illness........and fast. I completely believe your symptoms and the environment you developed them in has caused you tremendous trauma. Sounds like his new therapist hit the nail right on the head with his diagnosis...

All of your responses on this issue are full of love, compassion and understanding -- the very things we don't get from others who don't have this disorder. Minimizing to me is just a side-sweeping invalidation. The statement it makes is hurtful: "You are exaggerating; why are you holding on to...

WildMermaid - Hello, my friend! First, I believe you are being all-too self critical -- a problem that has followed me around my entire adulthood! I don't believe you overstated your case or circumvented issues. In fact, your description sounds pretty damn thorough and to the point. An old...

lala68 - Your fears seem completely legitimate and justified to me. Your husband sounds like a codependent person in deep denial, one who would enable his son even if the kid committed a crime. I feel for you. It seems you are in a very difficult position. I don't know what your family's...

theotherside - It sounds like you are in a horrible place emotionally, one that I am all too aware of. When I get so lost and confused from the pain, I try to keep it simple and just place one foot in front of the other. This means doing something loving for myself and continue to do the next...

As someone correctly diagnosed with C-PTSD (which fortunately has been included in the DSM-V) I completely agree with the above 100 percent, and my own experience bears me out; When I turned three, my mother brought me to a nursery school. I began having major separation anxiety. In fact, I was...

SinceAChildPTSD - I believe "Good sociopath" is an oxymoron. Generally speaking, a true sociopath generally does not have the ability to empathize with others. There's nothing wrong with catching a buzz as a result of supporting and aiding others. In fact, every spiritual philosophy in the...

IValer My PTSD is every bit as much physical as emotional. I tend to get muscle spasms, back pain, constipation. My mind can handle only so much anxiety, trauma and depression before it shuts down. Then the energy from all of those emotions get trapped inside my body and manifest as physical...

joeylittle Thank you Joey for shedding some light on my confusion. I plan on being a regular part of this site!

WildMermaid Thanks, but I just tried again, using that chain link you suggested. No change. I keep getting this flag: The following error occurred: Anti-Spam prevention. Sorry, but your post count does not meet our minimum requirements to post links. Email addresses are never allowed. As you...

WildMermaid Oh, you are so welcome. I'm so sorry to hear about your physical issues and limitattions, as if PTSD in itself doesn't pose enough torture for one life. I have no idea how you were able to post that hyperlink. It wouldn't accept mine at all!

dosomethinggreat: I hear where you're coming from. Anxiety has always been an all-powerful, overwhelming emotion that has stopped me in my tracks over and over again. Perhaps it's time to tell your family the truth. What do you have to lose. My family and I were always estranged, but if I was...

mytai I have struggled for years with so-called friends insistent on fixing me: Read this book; try this alternative therapy; take this medication. You name it, they tried it! I found it to be a complete exercise in futility, not to mention extremely frustrating, trying to explain PTSD can't be...

mytai I hear you loud and clear. In fact, I can identify with you and have experienced the identical situation over and over again. This is the way my parents treated me as an adult. From what you described, your former friend sounds very codependent. It sounds like she is trying to "fix" you...

shandemonium Thank you so much for your compassionate and enlightening response. Yes, the beat up from my inner critic for feeling the way I do and my limitations is probably a lot worse than the trauma itself. This is an area my therapist and I are putting a lot of time into. He calls it "The...

WildMermaid Kripalu is one of the many modalities created in the 20th Century by an Indian master, Yogi Amrit Desei, who came here and taught it to a receptive bunch of open-minded youths in the '60s. He eventually opened "The Kripalu Center" in Lenox, MA, high in the Berkshire Mtns. Kripalu's...

After another night of horrifying nightmares, I woke up too traumatized to live a halfway normal day. I couldn't leave the house, let alone get behind the wheel of a car. It is now nearly 5:30pm, and I am now feeling a mild depression come on, which sometimes happens when the level of trauma...

Glitterkitty I do Hatha Yoga, a blend of Integral and Kripalu. I can't do Kundalini, as high energy is a trigger for me, as is loud noise and violence. The heat involved in it produces high energy.

Thank you all! I have just read your comments now. It has been a bad week. Glitterkitty: I am in analysis, have been for the past 15 months. He is very easy to speak with. I've tried other modalities of therapy, but they just didn't work. I do have faith in this therapist. Physically, I am...