bellbird
MyPTSD Pro
So I just told my office mate a little bit about my PTSD (it went well, I think, though I'm still dissecting every part of the conversation in my head over and over...) but anyway. I decided to tell him about some of the symptoms I get from it as it's just the two of us in our office, and since I've been experiencing a flare up of panic attacks during the day time, I decided it best to give him a bit of information about it so that the first time he found out my PTSD wasn't him walking in on me having a full on panic attack.
I often get flashbacks of nightmare images during the day, and they are quite often what triggers the panic attacks. And often I will have a very strong instinct to hide - particularly under my desk or in the corner of the room, covering myself with a jersey if I have one.
I was trying to explain this to him, that I get those instincts to totally withdraw, because the flashbacks seem so real, though it would probably seem quite strange from the perspective of an on-looker when they couldn't see the images that were in my head.
Does anyone else experience similar things? Is it strange to have that kind of a reaction to flashback/panic attacks? I'm typically not a fan of enclosed spaces, I wouldn't say I have claustrophobia but they can make me uncomfortable. However, when I'm in that place where reality seems distorted and I'm panicking, physically hiding seems like the safest place to be.
I often get flashbacks of nightmare images during the day, and they are quite often what triggers the panic attacks. And often I will have a very strong instinct to hide - particularly under my desk or in the corner of the room, covering myself with a jersey if I have one.
I was trying to explain this to him, that I get those instincts to totally withdraw, because the flashbacks seem so real, though it would probably seem quite strange from the perspective of an on-looker when they couldn't see the images that were in my head.
Does anyone else experience similar things? Is it strange to have that kind of a reaction to flashback/panic attacks? I'm typically not a fan of enclosed spaces, I wouldn't say I have claustrophobia but they can make me uncomfortable. However, when I'm in that place where reality seems distorted and I'm panicking, physically hiding seems like the safest place to be.