Signs of High Functioning PTSD

After surviving a traumatic event, many people have PTSD-like symptoms at first, such as being unable to stop thinking about what's happened. Fear, anxiety, anger, depression, guilt — all are common reactions to trauma. However, the majority of people exposed to trauma do not develop long-term post-traumatic stress disorder. Getting timely help and support may prevent normal stress reactions from getting worse and developing into PTSD. This may mean turning to family and friends who will listen and offer comfort.

Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.

I grew up in a domestic violence home and still, 40 yrs later, go into defense mode and high alert when I hear people talking loudly, laughing loudly, or yelling if I can't understand what they're saying right away.

I was severely traumatized years ago as a teenage, got diagnosed with cptsd. Spent my whole life fighting cptsd. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

1:01 Extreme Emotional Reactions 1:51 Negative Changes in thoughts and mood 2:29 Avoidance 3:20 Physical Problems 3:53 Reliving The Trauma Hope this helps!

Those who haven't suffered through trauma are so lucky or blessed. The pain of trying to heal is truly exhausting. Big love to any survivors of any kind <3

Another form or type of PTSD that I have not seen addressed are the symptoms developed after being in an emotional/mentally abusive relationship for many years, such as from a constant gaslighting NPD or socio-psychopath. Years of being gaslit, then finally leaving the person can result in symptoms such as being fearful and non-trusting of everyone who wants to befriend you.

I hate how much I’ve related to this in the past. I had a very difficult childhood and I didn’t realize how much traumatic experiences can follow you l. It’s weird feeling comfortable sharing this on this channel but I always feel like it’s a welcoming community. I’m praying for others who have similar experiences. It does get better 💛

I'm always scanning the environment for danger, always looking at people or doors or Windows or animals or anything to make sure nothing bad happens. Always emotionless and at different times emotional. Making predictions of people and things, those things that I predict usually happen, makes it a whole lot worse. I hate this, I hate it all.

I find myself invalidating my feelings and incidents often. I think growing up and being told my problems aren’t “real” or “I should be appreciative because I have x,y,z” Really affected how I deal with my emotions I find myself just always being in a state of shut down if that makes sense it’s so hard to explain it but I don’t sit with my emotions or let myself feel them. I just push them away until I kind of forget about them. It’s a daily fight too I guess fix the mindset that has been taught to you but it’s worth it because I see the change in myself and I encourage anyone to look into counseling and learning how to cope with their emotions and their trauma.

Oh danke! my comrade. he came back from conflicts in the middle east. and helped protect the peace keepers and what not. I was uncertain if he just grew up, or was tired. but i assumed something was wrong. And before this i tried many times to ask him. he would shrug it off as being tired. now watching this video, I got him the needed help. I was barely able to help him, only because i read English's from this video! Thank you, and keep working hard! Cheers from Germany!

I started to weep because I can't find any relief, and it just feels like these torturing feelings will be eternal....

I’ve struggled with this longer than I knew. It’s hard to heal from trauma when you’re getting hurt over and over again

A reminder that childhood bullying can cause this. Teach your children to be better.

Parents built the foundation to having a vulnerable personality, then school gave us the personality disorder, then the toxic/abusive people we dated as a result gave us the final boss: irreversible CPTSD

I didn't realize that most of these symptoms aren't normal 😓 I've spent years wondering why everyone else isn't hypervigilant.

I was diagnosed with Post Childhood trauma PTSD. I'm always on alert. I make scenarios in my mind where I could be in danger any moment so I can be ready for them. I also have very little memory of my childhood and suffer from nightmares my whole life. At the point where it's my day to day life. Anxiety is a problem too and fear of relationships too

My knowledge on mental illness was so very low. I went to a psychologist when I was 18 thinking i had some form of depression. Due to my ignorance, I never attributed my trauma to give me PTSD. So when my doctor diagnosed me with clinical depression and PTSD, I was taken aback. I remember one day when I was 20 and at work, over 11 years since i had any contact with my abuser, i was busy when I looked up to the next customer and my body stiffened. The man in front of me looked exactly like my abuser. The sight made me weak and scared and I went silent. I wanted to cry, the shock was so painful alongside the flashback and memories. It revealed to me just how bad my issues were.

Psychedelics are just an amazing discovery. It's quite fascinating how effective they are for depression and stress..saved my life.

I have lived my whole adult life with PTSD. Survivor of childhood abuse.