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@engelee So many of us who have varying levels of PTSD experience the triggers you talk about. For me, it becomes a game of reminding myself the exact circumstances are not quite the same, so it is okay to deep breathe and rise above those triggers. Sometimes, that works. Other times I can reason with myself that if I fall under that PTSD, they "won" again, which I clearly do not want.

Have you been able to get professional help in some form, to work with you in dealing with your causes of PTSD?
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engelee | @engelee | Apr 5, 2021

Thanks for responding. Yes, I’ve been (n therapy for years and oddly am a clinical nurse specialist who started a unit for people who self-harm. My problem is(eg) ;my dad was MD, came home from office at 9pm and not long thereafter my mom and dad would drink and it always ended up with the whole family brawling except me. I just started hiding knives etc. or calling state police. My mother loved the fight. I would just beg her to stop etc. There were times at night when she would wake me up.yell at me, and I had no idea what I was being yelled at for.Saying this now,not then does not help—my brain really has all the changes from trauma that research shows-

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