I Can Feel This Ptsd Episode Coming On

[darwin]

Hey everyone, I'm having a bad moment right now, maybe you can offer some advice.

It's been really hot in the house the last couple of days, the AC doesn't work well, heat is one of my triggers. Because the house is hot I have to open it up and that lets in a lot of noise, and noise is another trigger. But my biggest trigger is being stuck with nothing to do, and not feeling well enough to do anything even if I did have something to do. Being stuck is the worst for me, it ties back to my trauma.

It feels like the universe is collapsing on me. The front of my head (frontal lobe?) is very very unhappy. I don't want to smoke cannabis right now because I don't have a good daytime strain right now and I don't want to be in a tired funk.

Talk me down! LOL Any tips, any simple things to do in this situation, it's just coming on.

I hope this is an appropriate post and in the appropriate board.

 

[Stickler]

You said you live by the ocean?
It's evening now. Beach time? Go swim in the surf or just veg on the beach?

Otherwise, cold shower? then look up grounding techniques and try a few?

Smells that are NOT reminiscent of your trauma might be good.

 

[darwin]

Yeah I go to the beach almost nightly, i'm a little down on it ironically, it's like every night I have to go there. But that's a lame complaint, it's wonderful. haha

Smells are not a trigger for me that I've noticed, maybe I'll go browse some herbs. lol

Thank you @Stickler

 

[darwin]

ok, i'm going to the beach again, heading out, back later

 

[Blackbird89]

Cold shower, large glass of ice water, cool rag on your neck and deep breaths. I hope it passes quickly.

 

[Truthful_Whispers]

That's a difficult one to answer. I can feel those 'waves' of anxiety and mania approaching also. It can be very frightenening. The only thing I can personally say is do anything to try to derail your train of thought, as long as it isn't personally destructive. You can't avoid the emotional wave, the best you can do is brace for it, and ride it out. Sometimes, I simply curl up in bed, turn a box fan up on high close to me, to help drown out my emotional 'noise' and racing thoughts, and try my best to sleep it off. If you are at work, try your best to concentrate on the job, or remove yourself to the restroom until you can catch your breath and regain a little emotional balance. As a quote in the movie Austin Powers goes, where he is in the toilet stall, and Tom Arnold is in the next stall, trying to coach him through his poo break: "Hey, just grab ahold of something, bite your lip, and give it hell. Come on. We're gonna get through this!" :)

 

[darwin]

LOL I like that @Whispering_Truth thank you, all good suggestions

Glass of ice water, great idea @Blackbird89 thank you!

I lucked out, after a couple of hot days (which are glorious and wonderful actually), a fog rolled in and everything cooled off and got "moody" which I love. Feeling better now everyone, thank you.