I've never posted in this section before, so i probably don't know many of you.
I was wondering if anyone else has experienced long term PTSD as in decades after the event.

My older brother, who is a year older than me started to become violent when he turned 13. My bedroom was next to his and he would scream and bang on the wall between us at night. It got worse as time went on. He developed OCD, and I'd hear him come home at night, closing and opening his car door in excess of a dozen times. By then he was verbally threatening, and late at night, he would slowly open my bedroom door and stare at me through the crack. Sometimes for hours. I slept with a knife tied to the side of my bed. We both had problems and so were still at home at 19 and 20. Sometimes I would leave and drive all night to avoid being watched or hearing the banging and screaming.

Anyway, I'm fifty now and have to sleep in clothes and shoes in case I have to get out of the house quickly. If I hear a sudden loud noise, it evokes a feeling of rage at what ever or who ever made the sound. I never act on it, but its hard not to. My brother is now on meds, and I only see him once a year at my folks house which is three states away. He is always civil. There is no reason to fear him anymore, but sometimes I worry that he will show up.

I was diagnosed with PTSD in my early twenties. It bothers me that the same symptoms I had then are still with me. I guess I just wondered if anyone else had lingering symptoms after so long.

Sam2