I am a mother of 3 kids and a wife, also a veteran. I have been through several trauma's in my life, but the last one was prolonged and what made me develop into Complex PTSD. I am currently suffering through what I call an "episode", that has lasted about a week and within my "episodes" I slip in and out of feeling fine then back into the throws of it because even mondain crap can retrigger me once I am in these prolonged "episodes". I have no idea if that at all made any sense to anyone, but that is why I finally went online searching for people to talk to. I do not know anyone personally who has this and do not know if anyone else experiences what I do (in a similar way). I am a completely different person when it happens and I cannot seem to find skills that "snaps me out" of an episode. I literally have to like sit it out, sometimes I take an antipsychotic but that doesn't "abort" it for good just temporarily. Anyways, I cannot wait to hear how other people describe how their PTSD feels, because when I read text books it doesn't really translate into the feelings I am feeling in a way I understand what is happening.