Without getting into too many details, I was the victim of police brutality.
The sound of radios going off sets me off. I'll be walking through Target and pass an employee and hear their radio go off. I'll suddenly have my heart rate spike and start sweating. Never thought it could be something that could happen to me.
How about you all?
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I nearly drowned a few years ago. When I see a lake or big body of water, the demon wakes up. I’m usually OK but every now and then the demon says, HA HA!!! YOU NEARLY DROWNED AND I’M GOING TO MAKE YOU THINK OF IT. I haven’t been able to figure out how to keep that memory out of my head but man, when it hits, it hits HARD.
Mine luckily is getting less and less frequent. Oddly, it usually happens when I am driving. I suddenly freeze up and feel the urge to just drive into a tree or something similar.
Talking or texting a friend helps – I even called my former babysitter once who I hadn’t talked to in years. After about 10-15 minutes I can feel my healthy (non-self-termination-desiring) brain assert itself again.
My PTSD comes from rendering assistance to two really nasty accidents (brains… enough said) and giving hospice/end-of-life care to my grandmother and mother (including being present at their deaths).
Hearing knocking on a door or a door opening
Couples arguing. Growing up with an abusive father is fun lol
Yelling
Abusive female partner; being around women or if they are verbally aggressive I shut off and run