Thanks for bringing this topic up! I would have never thought of this connection, but can see how my PTSD is affected by what I am taking in. ThunderGoddess: great point about caffeine and sugar. I do notice when I have more coffee, that i feel more "pressured" and tense, it can kick my hyper alert symptoms into overdrive. Also, when I am very activated/stressed, I reach for carbs to anesthetize myself. Like a blanket smothering a flame, carbs and fatty foods stifle my anger and tamp down my fears. I'm not proud that I do it, but it is like a magic bullet: it always works.

It seems I am aware of this, but I have just pushed it into the back of my consciousness, never really looked at it.

This has kind of inspired me to keep track of times when I binge eat or over consume coffee. There are probably things that triggering/disturbing me that I don't want to look at or deal with.