Within the past year I was diagnosed with ptsd and all the symptoms associated and was in treatment. The diagnosis makes sense and I have been dealing with the hyper-vigilance and anxiety for over a decade or more.

The therapist says the anxiety may be rooted in my childhood (emotionally distant, authoritarian mother, emotional, verbal, and psychological abuse with the occasional physical outburts). I ended up in a marriage with a man that had substance abuse issue and the same types of abuse persisted.

I am have been recently shocked by my fear of being abandoned (because I spent decades isolating myself so I could hide the fact of what was occurring).

My big question is related to my dreams. The dreams have been increasing in frequency. They are not usually the occurrence of a specific memory but a new event that is similar something I endured. Is that common for others? I also have dreams that are very reminiscence of my safety being at risk and there is no one there to support me. When i read about ptsd, the articles reference dreams as flashbacks.

Thanks for the advice!