delayed response to trigger?

I don't know for sure if I have PTSD, but it's something I knew was a possibility for a while... last night I heard something that was pretty triggering, and I lost my concentration on working for a while but snapped out of it before too long.

Today though I'm feeling sort of shaky, scatterbrained, and just realized that I'm really upset with & disgusted by my body and I'm wondering if it's possible that the thing from last night sort of... belatedly triggered me, even though I haven't thought about it since then? I need to go shower but the thought of seeing my naked body makes me want to cry... the thought of sitting here doing nothing does too though. I think I just started feeling weird sensations near a certain part of my body. Any advice or words of support could help.

((seraphic)), sorry to hear you are out of sorts this way. I can't say if you have PTSD or not, but what I can say is that a person "can" experience a delayed reaction like that, a lot depends on what was said that deeply upset you too.

If you want to take a shower do so, the warm water will help relax you too. Just write down "if you can" what bothered you, do you have a journal? It might come to you later on where you can put it all together. No one is hurting you "now" remember that, you just got triggered, that's all.

((Gentle Hugs))
OE

I am the queen of delayed responses! Sometimes they don't hit for hours or even days later. It can be hard to figure out the triggering event sometimes. I liken it to my body getting stuck in freeze mode and then when I "thaw"....it all comes rushing out. It sucks!