Hey...all good questions! I know for myself, the symptoms I show are flashbacks, insomnia, decreased appetite, headaches, avoiding anyone to do with the event, and depression. I do get angry a lot easier, and at things I never used to. But mostly, I have found now I have pretty much gotten completely numb to the whole situation. I totally avoid the people related to the events, but not so much the places. But there are certainly triggers that will trigger a flashback. So I usually avoid those triggers as well. Hope this answers some stuff for ya. Take care

i get angry fast and it makes me think i am crazy!

the event replays in my mind and i shut down from everyone!
i don't eat sleep get headaches alot .
i miss me the one i knew where did she go i don't know but im gonna to find her through therapy and meds i hope!
take care

I still have occassional nightmares and I have flashbacks just about every day of my life. But through the years I've learned how to accept it and I do pretty good most of the time. At it's worst, I call it the "Shake, Rattle & Roll" Illness. That's when I'm extremely hyper, panicked, triggered by just about everything, I especially have to be careful what I watch on tv or dvd. And I'm careful in how much news on tv I watch. If something rough was on tv/dvd, you can bet I'll have a nightmare and be up half the night. But like I said I'm used to an occasional nightmare. I just get myself grounded, tell myself I'm safe, look around to year 2007, and things are going pretty smooth. For me, the beginning of my healing process was pretty intense and scarey. Due to alot of therapy and hard work on my part, I've come a very long way. And I don't take as many meds as I used to have to take. I don't have problems with anger. My problem is fear, if I get too scared or triggered. I guess I've rambled on enough.

Its been textbook terrible.

I have alot of nightmares. My ptsd triggerd shizophrenia for me. I don't live in reality sometimes. I am very suspicious of everyone. I thought my abuser was going to kidnap me when I was pregnant. The mix of ptsd, bp, and schiz has really got me in a whirlwind. I don't even trust myself anymore.

i've had ptsd all my life, so the behavior change, i don't know what i could have been like before..

i am highly anxious a lot, on edge/jumpy.

i get triggered sometimes by things on tv shows, or even just a song..things that make no sense to me sometimes.

i think my avoidance of men is ptsd related for sure.

my fear of people in general, is also ptsd related, so i avoid even leaving my house at times, because i get afraid of loud noises for one, and then being around strangers..

kind of a mix of a lot of things...but the ptsd is related to i think, every other issue i have.

if i feel a bad thought coming to my mind or get anxious/scared (possibly ocd or ptsd related) i clean to avoid it.

i sometimes get scared when people come to the door, and won't answer it..same with the phone.

i don't know if people see me as strange as i know i must appear at times..but i avoid people too because i fear they will think i'm a freak if i dissociate or something.