I was sexually abused by my dad when I was a kid for a long time. It started with him just touching me, and it got worse and worse as I got older. I was diagnosed with PTSD while I was still living with my parents (the abuse had since stopped when I got my diagnosis), but I was always living in fear of my dad, so not many of my symptoms manifested until I moved out. Since I've been out of my house, I feel like my PTSD has gotten way worse. I have nightmares most nights and I hardly sleep for fear that if I go back to bed, the nightmares will come back in full force. I don't really understand why my PTSD is worse now that I'm in a safe environment. My T says it's because now I have the "brain space" (something like that) to process what happened to me and I couldn't do that when I was still living with my dad because I was mostly just scared all the time. Does anyone have any insight on this? It's frustrating that I feel like I'm sliding backwards in my recovery because of how I feel and how I react after having nightmares/flashbacks. I feel more anxious now at times than I did living at home with my parents...