Poll Which Symptoms Do You Suffer From The Most

[littlelostchild]

Anxiety is definitely the worst for me. In its worst form I call it amygdala hijack when I feel personally attacked and can't defend myself because I just freeze.

 

[TXbandit]

Thanks @joeylittle

 

[Brokensoul88]

Two months ago I would have said flashbacks & anxiety but now I have the right medication at the max dose my anxiety is easier to manage. So now it's flashbacks & dissociation for which the dissociation may be my way of bypassing the intense pain I feel physically & mentally. Things aren't better just my worst symptoms have changed

 

[Changing4Best]

I said anxiety, but I am well along in therapy, like by 12 years since my diagnosis, so there was far more 12 years ago. I do still suffer from dissociation sometimes, and my mind does wander a lot, including when I am reading, which drive me nuts. I have to reread all the time, going back to where my mind went off the rails. I hate that!

 

[void]

does existential angst count?

 

[Intrepid]

existential angst

For me that's a symptom of dissociation. (Ugh! There's layers of symptoms? That sucks.)

 

[Karen12]

I checked dissociation and anxiety. Where I live now is very chaotic and crazy-making, and I have to "fake it" just to endure here most of the time. I have tried to make it feel as safe as I reasonably can but there is little opportunity to be genuinely myself and present.

 

[DharmaGirl]

Along with dissociation and anxiety, my worst symptoms are nightmares and an "over the top" startle response.

 

[Lionheart]

My worst symptom is hypervigilence so I said anxiety.

I have learned how to deal with anger so it is not a problem very often and I tend to dissociate only when I am in therapy discussing specific traumatic events. Suicidal ideation is not frequent anymore and flashbacks are few and far between.

However, I am constantly on my toes, am super aware of my surroundings, and the possibility of danger. I scan the area for signs of threat and tend to think of the worst case scenario first and foremost. I am especially anxious at night time, when I am alone, and when I am in public so that is just about all the time.

 

[Ellabella44]

ideation is weakest for me now .... just one or two random quick thoughts beginning of day and ... its like good morning.. oh i see youre still there ... ok have a good day be back tomorrow