How I Experience PTSD TRIGGERS: 10 Years Later

Let’s talk about - Trauma Triggers - 10 years later!

#PTSD #TraumaRecovery #MentalHealth

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I am not a therapist but am simply speaking from my experiences as a survivor and someone who has lived with depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Please seek professional help if you are concerned for your mental or physical wellness or safety.

[santana-drhp]

“Its not going to last forever” is exactly what I need to hear. Thank you for this❤️

[JennaD]

I just had a PTSD flash back 2 days ago. It was really bad, I was at work and had a full blown panic attack and on top of that everyone was staring at me like I was crazy! Hours later at home I did some meditation and yoga trying to bring my anxiety down. I was still shaking the next day. I feel so alone because no one in my life understands anything about PTSD and severe anxiety. Thank you for this video, it helps to know it gets better.

[allisondoreen]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels like a crazy person. I feel a little better and more hopeful that with help it might get better.

[BerryJackalope]

Dude!!! My flashback was of my mother smashing my face between the toilet and the bathtub, into the floor. I smell pee, feel the tile on my face, the pain of her nails in the back of my head, but also see that I was making dinner. I stopped everything, called my spouse to take over the stove, and sunk to the ground right there. People look at me like Im crazy when I say that I had a flashback, they dont get it.

Edit: I actually have ptsd screening in a couple hours!

[nancyduynslager]

Thank you Jo, I found you on another channel. It was an interview.
I love you. I too was sexually abuse by the church. It is everywhere. What's wrong is, most, not all want to sweep it under the carpet.
I'm so proud of you for making a difference in this world. God is using you mighty powerful.
I'm 57, God, Elohim, Yah, is using my testimony to help others with mental illness, addictions. Food, alcohol, Codependency, , self-hatred
God is good.

[mrsslibby]

This is so reassuring. I'm at a place where I'm starting to be able to have that pause and communicate what's going on and what I need. It still usually messes me up for a day or two after but it gives me a lot of hope to know that maybe it won't always be that way. Thank you.

[TreasureLovely]

Jo thank you so much for posting this video. It honestly made me feel reassured that although its years later, it's ok if flashbacks come or I'm triggered by something. Being validated beyond just myself is so comforting.

[allissa]

Wow. I needed to hear this! I was molested for a decade until I was 17. Now I'm 27. TEN years after the end of that situation I had a trigger a few months ago! During that time I saw my Male roommate as the attacker and instantly shut my eyes and ran to my room crying and hyperventilating! I kept repeating this isn't real this isn't real this isn't real I'm safe!!! When I got my breathing under control I was still on high alert and felt that I either needed to hide in my room (which is what I was already doing) or run away and get out of the house! I sat there for about an hour I'd say as my roommate; knowing that I was inside was trying to get me to talk to him! When I calmed down enough to open my door, he was gone! I went to take a shower because for some reason I felt asd if I'd been violating. I hadn't taken a shower because of that feeling in a couple years! What's wrong with me!?!? Am I regressing???

[leslieparnell]

Wow! So good! You just made me feel so much better! I’ve been kicking myself for being triggered…when I should celebrate successfully managing it! This was just what I needed. Thank you so much!

[speekiespeech]

Thank you so much, this happens ALL OF THE TIME with me and my boyfriend. I love the example of having a small pause between the flashback start is amazing--way to go <3

[rimistanbouli]

* you will be able to become the person you want to be and react the way that you want to react * - jo
This is exactly what I need to believe... I will say this phrase to my therapist. Thank you jo 🥰

[HumboldtFreelance]

Thank you for that immediate disclaimer at the beginning which let me know that I am watching indeed the correct video. Thank you.

[joshhalliday]

I have ptsd from a drug experience when I was on them back in the day. Happened once, and I still get haunted by it to this day. And it plays a big roll in my anxiety

[marimolen]

Thank you so much. I am almost 6 months away from the event and doing everything I can to build personal patience and gentle self-talk.

As I am reentering regular life and the workforce, I often worry if I will ever be able to live a full day without having a trigger. This gives me so much hope.

(I notice this was 3 years ago, but thank you much for sharing your experience.)

[katielane]

Thank you so much for this video, i've never heard anyone talk about ptsd and flashbacks like this thank you

[amandaanderson]

Hey Jo I'm chronicals of Mandi from Instagram and recently wrote you about something similar to this. Thank you for making this video. It has made me feel alot better and less alone. I am currently working on better coping strategies for my situation. Thank you again for sharing. ❤

[newhealingfunandknowledge]

I looked at my abusers home every school day,
because the bus stop was on the other side,
I had no idea how to not confront myself with all those memories,
Still I played a "normal" crazy teenager.

I have less flashbacks,
It's more like a flash drive,
Skills are helping me to get out,
But I trained so much on my own,
That I'm now confused,
why do I learn everything again in therapy...

I grew up in the land of the free,
and now I can only be me,
with friends and family who really know my complexity.

[cindywitt]

I too have flashbacks an today when I have flashbacks I talk bout it right away which helps me grow I've come along ways

[jessicatoussaint]

You are so open and honest. I love how you can give a voice to your panic and say how you feel. It validates your pain and helps the other person/people to understand. I want to practice this in my life. Thank you!!!!

[SashaCaddington]

I'm glad to hear, that you are able to deal with those really hard situations a little bit easyer now :) I can defitily say that it get's better withe the year, but it never leaves you completly. I had some heavy childhood trauma and PTSD kind of following me for my entire life and I'm almost 30 now. BUT I really lerant what my triggers are and how to get safe out of a panic attack over the years and it really got a lot rarer over time. Sometimes I get a really bad trigger out of a movie or something but thats is really reare. Yeah so...anyone who's dealing with trauma and PTSD right now: It will not be as bad as it is right now forever, you will learn to live with it and it will get esyaer over time :)

Sending lots of love from Germany (sorry my english isn't the best xD)