PTSD is having a tight rope stuck to your feet that no one else can see (except for others that have PTSD). A loud noise, or intrusive person, or being around others that make you nervous can make that wire snap tight where your up in the air above everyone else in a balancing act no one else can seem to see. Then the walking, staying on the tight rope takes a lot of thought and another loud noise can make the rope shakey making it even harder to stay on and balance.

A therapist can hand you a pole to help with the balance, has probably read about this hidden tight rope and even treated others that have it too, however he has not truely walked it himself and cannot truely see it, but can try to help you balance and breath in and out slowly in order to help you focus better while your stuck up on this unusual rope above everyone trying so hard to balance.

It can become very exhausting and the fact that very few people truely understand it is also upsetting because you know it is real and very unpredictable.

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