Poll Did Ptsd Make Your Senses More Acute?

[Jefferson1773]

Have any of your senses become more acute since your PTSD? I put out this poll because mine have become...

Hypervigilance. Sometimes it's pretty cool. Sometimes it is pure torture. Like, it's fun that I can smell that someone had a cake three hours earlier in my kitchen. However, I can't really go into restaurants, or zoo's or a lot of places because not only is the smell overwhelmingly strong, but I can actually differentiate each and every tiny little distinct smell. My hearing is also incredibly acute. Vision has gotten worse. Taste has remained the same. But, smell and "sixth sense," are off the charts. I can sense a mouse moving on the other side of my yard in the middle of the night. And smell it poop.

 

[J'qel]

hehehe I remember I was at an event in a rather large room, filled with people. I heard someone across the room ask a question, and when I answered it, it startled him so much, he jumped back, pushing into the wall. He couldn't understand how I heard him across the room, with everyone talking.

It's been a few years and the only thing that has happened is that now when I'm tired my hearing starts to go-almost like my brain realizes that I'm not in a bad situation and don't need it, so it turns it down to save energy. :P

TBH sometimes that's a good thing, I find that I can't stand certain noises or certain volumes, it's literally like being hit in the eardrum. I have to either flee or get whomever to turn the volume waaayyyyy down. Can be a real pain when listening to music on headphones because I can't turn them up enough to block out ambient noise, because it makes my eardrums ache. >.<

 

[gealach]

My hearing is extremely effected - noise irritates & agitates me hugely. TV, radio, talking are all like nails on a chalkboard. People eating/chewing is the absolute worst noise, I don't know why but that sets me right off and I'm into the red. Small sudden noises make me jump, loud sudden noises are like holding down the reset button on my brain & I'm too startled to even respond. Error 404! Sirens when I'm not working make me shake, but are okay when I'm working (superhero magic invincible siren blocking uniform????).

Vision wise, too much light, too many colors, rapid changes in color, flashing lights, too much movement all set me off. And just for fun I also have diseased retinas, worse in my right eye with some peripheral vision loss so things suddenly appearing on my right startle me (along with walking into s#%t :banghead:).

Touch depends on the day and circumstance. Mostly I just don't like to be touched.