Has anyone else ever been mugged, jumped, attacked? I was attacked by two men in 2019 walking home from work. They beat me but thankfully didn’t rape me, which is what my mind was telling me was happening as I left my body. Once EMTs released me, I forced myself to go for a walk alone, face fear, get ahead of PTSD. But now I’m wondering if I did? My life spiraled after & though I rarely thought about the event, I now wonder if my paranoia about friends/work could have been unprocessed trauma?

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So I have CPTSD from rape/domestic abuse. I’m not a therapist or doctor. It sounds like you dissociated. My ex fiancé abused me for years snd I just didn’t even realize. My life spiraled out of control for years after. I didn’t think of it that way at all. Slowly I started realizing I needed help but didn’t realize it was PTSD for maybe 4-5 years after the abuse ended. Turns out I had a lot of stuff repressed. A year and a half ago I started trauma therapy. It was really rough in the beginning but now, I’ve never felt better in my life. I highly recommend.

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I’m so sorry to hear that happened to you but glad to hear therapy helped!!

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I'm not a therapist obviously, but it's possible. I have PTSD and it shows itself in unexpected ways. ultimately all my depression and anxiety tracks back to it, tho it's worth noting my was a toxic relationship not a single incident.
Even if you aren't ready to dive all the way into EMDR and other PTSD work, might help to find a therapist you like and talk about it

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It’s definitely possible. In my experience, when I’ve tried to push myself to get through or get over a traumatic event as quickly as possible, my body finds other ways to make me pay attention. For example, after a particularly traumatic event that I tried to gloss over, I was diagnosed with arthritis that my doctors think was stress-related even though I didn’t consciously realize I was still stressing over the event. Definitely something to work through and talk over in therapy if you have the means to do that.

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Makes sense! I’m definitely going to be looking into my options as soon as it’s safe to have sessions in person again. Virtual therapy just isn’t doing it for me.

Definitely, I’m trauma therapist and what you describe sounds like an ongoing trauma response. Feel free to DM me for some Pro Bono advice.

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