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Originally Posted by NOS-NOS
So I was wondering if any of you have experienced this - being resensitized to a trigger (stimulus) after an extended period of non-exposure (weeks, months, e.t.c.).
Say something (or someone) in your environment sets you off into a funk and then you get kind of used to it but then you don't see or hear it for awhile and then when you do it sets you back into that funk.
I have experienced this today. Something set me into a weird place, where I felt as if my meds were going to stop working and anxiety crept in. Totally threw me off my equilibrium.
Anyone else have this happen to them?
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((((NOS)))) absolutely. The first thing that comes to mind...I haven't spoken with or seen two particular people in almost a year (zero contact), and I'd been doing so much better regarding that type of stress. A couple of months ago, I thought I saw their car on the freeway next to me and I started panicking. I was terrified. Even with DBT, I still felt enormous anxiety.
Also, just the thought of having a date and being alone with a man sends me into a full-blown anxiety attack. I cannot even
think of it.
For me, I think that is part of the c-PTSD (and being re-traumatized)
