Wow it is very intense to connect with others who deal with this. It is a highly specific, toxic, like a near-dissociative state. Spent Sunday afternoon sitting in a graveyard (again) wishing I was dead and realizing I am too responsible to do that to my family. Kind of a bad spot -- want to disappear, too committed to actually do it. 2 days later I am back to my normal everyday level of PTSD reality, but inside I know every time this happens I shorten my lifespan. Mega-triggers are very damaging and so hard on our systems! The chemical soup that fires in our brains, the adreneline, the zombie-state, the self-hate.....very very bad for our bodies. So to you all, I hope today is a wee bit brighter than described above, that you all have a little hope that maybe we can be okay, and that there is chocolate or something comparable in your immediate future. Hey, we deal with a lot. Brownies help. ;)