roller coaster of emotions

[alienatedalex]

Hi, I was diagnosed with CPTSD a couple of years ago. I feel like I go through phases where I am totally fine and feel over it. Then go through a weird cycle.


This cycle normally consists of anger and irritation at first, where I am irritated at everyone and anything.


Then comes the disinterest, I can't taste as well or hear as well, music doesn't sound the same. Then lastly a huge wave of sadness and a bit of frustration, where all I can do all day is scream and cry. This cycle typically lasts around a week. Im not a huge crier and I am normally pretty good at hiding my emotions but today was that day of the cycle where all I could do was scream and cry. Is this normal? Does anyone else have a similar experience?

 

[Friday]

Totally normal. Both the PTSD-Rollercoaster, and the same patterns repeating sooooo many times that one can actually start recognizing them. (Next step? Changing the pattern.)

 

[arfie]

hello alien. welcome to the forum.

it is normal for me. the lion's share of my own psychotherapy was under the bipolar dx. the ptsd dx didn't become available until around the turn of the millennium when i was "graduating" to therapy maintenance. my VA therapist asked if i wanted to have the bipolar officially declared a misdiagnosis. i didn't see the point. at the very least, ptsd is a bipolar experience; a malady of extremes. besides, i learned some extremely effective therapy tools during bipolar therapy. why fix what ain't broke?