Tongalee, I didn't read your original post before you deleted it so I don't know what was triggered or how. It doesn't matter. I got the drift. I'm so glad you're feeling a little calmer today.

In answer to your question ... yes, I've been triggered to the point of experiencing flashbacks that terrorized me. My triggers are noise, sound, something that's unexplained. It can send me into an immediate physiological reaction that happens automatically, without rational thought. It takes time and effort to calm it. I may have the reaction stopped within a few hours but it takes me a couple days to recover from it.

I guess what I'm saying is this: You are not a freak. No way. Something triggered you and it sounds like you experienced all the immediate physiological and mental reactions of a flashback.

It does get less in time, by working hard in therapy. It doesn't happen to me very often these days, but there were times ... well, everyone who's been through it knows how bad it feels.

Take care. It will get better with therapy.