this might be triggering...

I have nightmares & flashbacks, like most people with PTSD. A lot of times with those come physical sensations of being hurt, physcially hurt, even though I know that nobody has touched me. Is that what body memories are? Is that a PTSD thing?

I have asked my T about this but she didn't answer me. I'm scared to ask her again, it was very difficult for me to ask her in the 1st place, it has taken me years of experiencing this to even allow myself to *think* about it much less vocalize it. I feel like I am being raped again, it physically hurts, even after the flashback is over. I just really need to know whether this is something other people with PTSD experience or not.