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Old May 31, 2009, 08:59 AM
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I don't even think I am afraid of him in the here and now, but it's the past that seems like yesterday coming at me.
This is PTSD, this is what it means--you know it's the past, but it feels like the present. How traumatizing, to feel like you are stuck back there in that moment.

Your feelings make sense. You are entitled to them. You were attacked and though you escaped physically, simply being attacked is devastating. You feel the way you do because that's how you feel. Feelings don't require justification. I know how hard that is to believe, but it's true.
Thanks for this!
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