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Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 2,280
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Magnate
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 2,280
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Tammy, any experience that can trigger PTSD is not small and your not a wimp. Please don't minimize what you have experienced - your experience is important and so are you.
Calendaring: I did that for awhile and then it just stopped happening. I hated it, I was trying to work through the PTSD and move forward and then certain time frames would affect me and I felt like I was starting all over again.
Residual for me is hyper-vigilance, avoidance and anxiety/panic attacks. Like you Tammy, I look fine, no one would know there is anything wrong with me. My husband does know when I feel anxious or panicky and he is well aware of the situations where that can happen. He has gone so far as to casually put himself between me and someone else because he can tell I am trying to keep it together.
I tried to keep my thoughts and feelings to either journaling or my therapy sessions. My husband found much of what I have experienced quite overwhelming and he felt fraustrated he could not help me. Family: the one person I really needed to help me was my mother but she really didn't want to help, just criticize.
Take care of yourself Tammy 
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