Poll Which Ptsd Symptoms Bother You The Most?

[i ama crime scene]

I haven't seen derealization or depersonalization anywhere, both of which I've had. Are these not common, or are they included in the blanket term of dissociation?

 

[Maggiemay]

I experience both - hate them with a passion! :'( xx

 

[aka]

For me lately at least is has been the hyper-arousal. Can't concentrate on school, have a constant need to move around, and any sound or smell either frustrates me or increases the need to move. :arghh;

I know my increase in hyper-arousal is due to being triggered by my roommates. The whole space heater being left on while their gone creating a strong burning smell really freaked me out.:nailbiting: Since then I have great difficultly becoming relaxed in the house.

Other symptoms that really bother me are the depression and intrusive thoughts.

 

[txtrace]

For me the exacerbation of the physical pain I have from my physical injuries followed by the panic attacks that come on at the drop of a pin

 

[4gtfl1]

This is a hard call, it's kind of a tie between anxiety, depression, and loss of cognitive function. They all way so heavily on every day life.

 

[4gtfl1]

I forgot to mention panic attacks. I think I hate these the most. any kinda of hyper arousal is miserable.

 

[Deleted member 1860]

I don't know! Anxiety, I think?

I think the sole vote for not being bothered by symptoms is someone either in denial or misdiagnosed----I thought part of diagnosis was having the disorder impair your life in a significant way?

 

[Err0r]

It was definitely hard to choose.... but sleep disturbances/dissociation and hyperviligance are basically are my worst enemies. :/

 

[Candleflames]

I voted for other. It's the feeling of shame and self loathing that gets to me the most. I have what I have seen others refer to as complex trauma.

I almost always have this sense that maybe somehow the universe saw something so horrible in me that I was given all the bad things that happened to as punishment for being such a vile creature. That for some reason I deserved it all. It's that feeling that takes me to my darkest places and welcomes the pain I'll inflict upon myself.

I don't know if anyone else deals with these feelings. I suspect some do. It sucks.

 

[Err0r]

I almost always have this sense that maybe somehow the universe saw something so horrible in me that I was given all the bad things that happened to as punishment for being such a vile creature. That for some reason I deserved it all. It's that feeling that takes me to my darkest places and welcomes the pain I'll inflict upon myself.

Yes. I totally suffer from this, as well. Lately these messages have gotten louder and louder in my head. I can't stand it..

 

[Candleflames]

I'm sorry you also experience that, Err0r. It really is the pit of despair. It's has been quiet for a while for me but got pretty loud the last few days. It's wrong of course.

 

[Jagged Angel]

The dissociation and flashbacks. The dissociation because whilst it can be incredibly handy to just 'fly out' in times of stress and upset, it can also be incredibly difficult to 'get back in' when you want to. The flashbacks because they are so damned intrusive, and can seriously disrupt all concentration for ages. It is hard to hold onto what is real, and it is even harder to know when it will stop.

I sometimes fear that with both the dissociation and the flashbacks that some day, I will simply not 'come back'.