[Buffy01]

Is it possible for a person to develop ptsd from emotional abuse? Years later?

[SorryShaped]

Yes. 100%

[Buffy01]

Originally Posted by SorryShaped

Yes. 100%

Ok! I just recently doing having flash back.

[SorryShaped]

I didn't start having flashbacks until I started confronting my past.

[12AM]

Yes, it is possible. Sometimes the trigger to a “big episode” doesn’t come right after the abuse. For example, when someone is just stop working or retiring from work, they have more time to think and less thing to distract them from their traumatic memories. Or later in life they have some problems that stress them out, as stress can worsen symptoms. Or maybe someone watches bad news on television or read about things that relates with their trauma, years after the traumatic thing happened, it can bring back bad memories and triggers the symptoms. Or someone may have tried in the past to cope with stress by using alcohol or other substances, then if they stop drinking and using other substances later in life, it can make PTSD symptoms worse.

When the abuse happens continuously and repeatedly for years though, the result is more likely to be a complex PTSD instead of PTSD alone.

No matter when it comes, PTSD is surely not a welcome guest. I wish you the best for your recovery.

[Buffy01]

Originally Posted by SorryShaped

I didn't start having flashbacks until I started confronting my past.

It just start

[Buffy01]

Originally Posted by 12AM

Yes, it is possible. Sometimes the trigger to a “big episode” doesn’t come right after the abuse. For example, when someone is just stop working or retiring from work, they have more time to think and less thing to distract them from their traumatic memories. Or later in life they have some problems that stress them out, as stress can worsen symptoms. Or maybe someone watches bad news on television or read about things that relates with their trauma, years after the traumatic thing happened, it can bring back bad memories and triggers the symptoms. Or someone may have tried in the past to cope with stress by using alcohol or other substances, then if they stop drinking and using other substances later in life, it can make PTSD symptoms worse.

When the abuse happens continuously and repeatedly for years though, the result is more likely to be a complex PTSD instead of PTSD alone.

No matter when it comes, PTSD is surely not a welcome guest. I wish you the best for your recovery.

I just start doing ground technique.

[Lilfae]

I agree, you can definitely get ptsd from emotional abuse. A lot of literature also says that when a person experiences both emotional and physical abuse, it's the emotional abuse that has the biggest impact. As for flashbacks, there are many ways to experience them. It's not only seeing an interior film of past events. It can also be emotions or physical sensations. I have more of those than "seeing" interior films or stills. Especially with emotional flashbacks it may be hard to understand what it is and why it happens until you realize you have ptsd. It's typically very strong emotions that comes suddenly and don't fit into the situation you're in. BUT - I have trouble understanding sometimes what is an emotional flashback and what is "just" anxiety or depression...