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Does anyone here have IRL PTSD?
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Date: August 7th, 2025 7:56 PM Author: ....,.. ......,...,...... ........ Been in nonstop fight-or-flight over the dumbest shit lately. Basic tasks feel like climbing Everest. Heart races, migraines, everything’s a trigger.
Background: parental abuse, got defrauded out of a ton of money, and dealing with people acting like psychos. That combo flipped some switch and now my nervous system thinks I’m in a war zone 24/7. Doesn’t feel like it’s going to let up.
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Date: August 7th, 2025 8:04 PM Author: Take a look at the lawman beating up the wrong guy Warssler, is that you? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5759757&forum_id=2Reputation#49165907) |
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Date: August 7th, 2025 8:07 PM Author: Earl Dibbles Jr (πΎπ£) work with actual animals instead of (((people))) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5759757&forum_id=2Reputation#49165916) |
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Date: August 7th, 2025 8:08 PM Author: .,.,.:,,.,:.,:,,:,.::,:.:.,.,:.,:,,.:.,.,:.::, Anyway you can take like a month off and just chill? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5759757&forum_id=2Reputation#49165923) |
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Date: August 7th, 2025 8:10 PM Author: oyt tp sounds like CPTSD (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5759757&forum_id=2Reputation#49165926) |
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Date: August 7th, 2025 8:25 PM Author: '"'"''"'"'''"''" I have/had it. Diagnosed by both a psychiatrist and psychologist. Caused by severely traumatic events in my mid-20s that I don't want to get into.
Everyone's experience is different. In my case, it started pretty much immediately and was intense for about 2.5 years: constant fight-or-flight mode, daily flashbacks triggered by practically anything, inability to relax, daily benzos for years, etc.
For me, the only true fix was time. These days I can actually relax at times, but I'm still not back to how I used to be. I can now look back at what happened to me and laugh it; it's far in the past, a more distant memory with each year that has less influence over me.
The benzos ARE doing something; they won't stop every symptom, but they will lessen them at the very least.
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Date: August 7th, 2025 8:37 PM Author: .,.,.:,,.,:.,:,,:,.::,:.:.,.,:.,:,,.:.,.,:.::, How did you function at work during the worst years of it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5759757&forum_id=2Reputation#49166000) |
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Date: August 7th, 2025 8:44 PM Author: '"'"''"'"'''"''" WFH and a laid-back manager made it possible; there's no way I could've worked in an office at that time because I had an elaborate routine to cope with the constant anxiety. I walked at least 10 miles (average of 12 miles) every single day for over two years. I got up and walked frantically several times during the work day. I started smoking a pack a day, too.
I was not working anywhere close to a full eight hour day and was incapable of doing so, but WFH allowed me to hide all of this. |
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Date: August 7th, 2025 8:46 PM Author: cowshit Why do people like you “not get into” the interesting part of the story (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5759757&forum_id=2Reputation#49166046) |
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Date: August 7th, 2025 8:45 PM Author: beach vacation hangover Mindfulness meditation has helped me tremendously with this issue. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5759757&forum_id=2Reputation#49166036) |
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Date: August 7th, 2025 8:50 PM Author: Pope Leo XXX I have PTSD from childhood trauma (being beaten for instance to an inch of my life). Also went to lawl school
I drink a lot to deal with it, I have on average 10 drinks a day for over a decade |
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Date: August 7th, 2025 8:50 PM Author: cowshit Is there such a thing as a form of anxiety that alcohol doesn’t remediate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5759757&forum_id=2Reputation#49166054) |