With my cPTSD emotional triggers/flashbacks I've got as far as recognising them and I keep them inside but it's just this extreme internal tension and bad sensations with muscle tension/even cramps sometimes. I noticed I can calm it a lot better when it just randomly comes up on its own when I'm alone (say it just totally randomly comes up or I read something and that caused a trigger). But if I'm around other people then if they say or do something that causes it then I still can't deal with it.

When I am alone, it's a very recent development about how I'm now able to calm it. I'm able to because I know what's going on and nothing specific actually happened and I know I don't need to get all upset about my own garbled thoughts or random triggers. I'm able to tell myself it will all be ok and stuff. I'm able to tell myself all the caring stuff about how it is all okay actually. But when it's other people doing stuff it just all gets a load more complex. Not able to tell myself these calming things so easily.

What could I do about this?



PS: I have alexithymia ie difficulty with emotion recognition and processing so if you have any tips with that in mind specifically it would be absolutely great but I'm interested in any kind of tip really. Thanks.