Well... now that you mention it, I've always discussed with my doctor bunch of things before how I distort things (due to trauma or whatever) and basicaly that's what we worked on the most.

Even though I don't think it goes up to the point of seeing or hearing things that do not exist, I think I understand things wrong so I think I'd rather say we become more of paranoid instead?. Always prevented or expecting that same old behaviour/thoughts/words that once hurt us from everyone and their mom, even if it's probably obviously not going to happen, or not the case in point. We're always with a big wall up, waiting to get hurt because that's much of what we know.

But one thing I do agree with, it may not be it, but it sure feels like it.

BTW, kind of random but I absolutely love your forum avatar junkDNA.