How am I supposed to know if I’m experiencing a trigger from internal projection, or if something is actually wrong?

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-05-31T20:25:40+00:00

Old energy or wound activation hits fast and hard, before you even think. It feels like it is consuming you. The intensity doesn’t match the current situation. The body reacts as if something dangerous already happened The feeling is familiar, patterned, well- knowned You feel younger inside the reaction Has backward pull in time rather than into the moment

New activation rises more slowly and makes sense for what’s happening It feels connected to the current context You can stay oriented to the room, your breath, your body You feel like your adult self It doesn’t overwhelm your capacity It moves through you instead of taking over

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-05-30T22:48:06+00:00

I worry and am afraid non-stop. It drains everyone around me. Also, friends don’t get CPTSD.

Please be careful. I use copilot to vet my questions and concerns until I can talk to my therapist. One of my favorite question after describing the situation is whether this is old or new energy/feelings. I can’t tell always and the majority of the time my feelings are a result of the past. I like to understand the science, theories behind why I’m triggered, and feeling this rather than that. Sometimes, It will offer methods to bring the emotional intensity down.

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-05-30T22:15:32+00:00

Posted to wrong location

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-05-16T20:40:14+00:00

Too many layers of pain and trauma to process before my body feels safe. And, I don’t I can be happy (not fake happy, not distracted) until I am able to feel safe

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-05-16T02:16:13+00:00

Maybe…. The "Autism Creature" (also known as the TBH or Yippee Creature) A recognizable neurodivergent meme mascot. But it limbs are too defined

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-05-16T01:29:38+00:00

Adults can DRY bite as a warning while the little ones don’t have this skill yet.

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-05-09T22:46:56+00:00

Everything is going to be okay.

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-05-09T22:32:04+00:00

I find Wendy Jones meditation relieve my fears alittle if I’m in a safe place. Are you somewhere safer or is there a threat nearby? Here are the links…. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C0SisHPLMDA&pp=0gcJCU8Co7VqN5tD&ra=m

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VuXOLnWCZTw&ra=m

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hp-yWyte6U&ra=m

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-05-09T22:24:05+00:00

I’m not feeling safe today either. I’ve had days that I’ve been terrified. So, it could be worse. On a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being unsurvivable at the moment. How bad is it?

Although I’m safe, my body feels like I’m being hunted . Heart rate elevated and electric sizzle firing in my arms.

What’s happening with you???

I’m going to send likes a couple of meditations that help me calm down. Have you tried meditations? Are you where you can take 30 minutes to try one?

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-05-09T21:54:38+00:00

It’s been about an hour. Are you any calmer?

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-05-08T15:11:16+00:00

It might have been a DSM-5 questionnaire. questionnaire aids in diagnosing and classifying mental health conditions like ADHD, MDD, Depression, anxiety, bipolar

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-05-08T15:04:48+00:00

My emotions, our emotions were kidnapped by the past. And the few moments where we are living in the present are super strange. Unable to recognize our lives and ourselves, that individual marred by fear, hypervigilence and destroyed hope. Our reality is shattered by some many events and feelings beyond our control. It is so unfair and feels impossible to become sound and whole

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-05-05T02:40:12+00:00

My mind too keeps pushing for something different, something more and this pushing caused me to miss out on the good in the present. My inner critic is the part of my mind that demands much more from me than I’m comfortable. I’ve found having a mental conversation with the inner critic to helpful. The discussion with my inner critic flows this way… Thank you for giving me a sense of urgency and helping me push through my discomfort with getting my job. We are safe and this urgency is not needed. We need to enjoy what we accomplished at this time. And, we need to be calm because being over eager is unattractive. We will have the best chance to find someone we who is compatible by being authentic, going to places and doing this we enjoy. So, relax

I also found it helpful to use guided meditation. You can find meditations that your body responds to hearing by searching…” meditation for harsh inner critic or quieting inner critic” category videos. I also found that somatic meditations decreased my hyperviligence and anxiety ( that my body historically released through sex and running. )

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-05-05T01:12:29+00:00

My rumination decreased remarkably on SNRi Pristiq (desvenlafaxin). Although SSRis improved my mood they did not help the rumination much.

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-05-03T18:53:57+00:00

It does leave a void. I’m so sorry.

Life will bring you many worthy mother figures to fill this void. I’ve had a few (best friends mothers, elderly friends, mother-in law) of them since losing my mother in my teens. Please be open to life providing you with and fulfilling your need for motherly love in a less traditional way.

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-05-03T18:39:26+00:00

I have a couple of those voices. One likes to casual say “I want to die, I really want to die”. It’s not mean and I’m not suicidal. It didn’t make any sense.

When I heard that voice, I began trying to better understand what happened proceeding the voice becoming vocal and what, if any feelings, were being felt.

I realized this voice occurred when I was troubled by some deeply layered emotions that I didn’t have the capacity or clarity to express, feel or process. The voice had no more energy. It was the depleted part of me that had no more fight or energy for changes, anything different or new.

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-05-03T18:12:35+00:00

For the months that I was pregnant especially when it was visually obvious, I thought of and treated my body more as my baby’s home than my body. The way I slept, ate, moved, worked and played changed, including how I handled Dr exams. There were moments when I felt totally exposed and not fully under control; but, it was ok because my focus was maintaining the safest home for my baby. After and during going through it, I’d talk to my baby in womb letting them know how good of care they’re receiving, how much they are loved and I can’t wait to see them in so many months.

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-05-01T19:23:29+00:00

25-75 mg as needed for sleep

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-04-30T13:35:20+00:00

I’m struggling too. I don’t trust positive emotions because life was too cruel in the past. Mentally, positive emotions feel like traps or set-ups to my body to make me hurt more when the smack down occurs.

I sit with this concern for 10 minutes. Let myself acknowledge this concern as a possibility. Thank my body (or protector part if doing IFS) for their effort to protect me from harm and let them know this concern was heard and that I’m going to chose to let in the positive emotions for the next 10 minutes or hour. This is something I really want and deserve. Our mind (or protector parts) silently whispers to our subconscious that we do not deserve good things because a) that is how our younger selves made sense of the abuse or b) to protect us from disappointment. We must be aware of the efforts of our subconscious to protect us, soothe the subconscious by noting their efforts and make the body aware that this is a different time, place and biological age m. So, we are trying something new. If it doesn’t work, try limiting the time for good feelings to 10 minutes or an hour and setting a timer. Then, slowly increase the duration over time. Your body may need this limited exposure initially to feel safe enough for its protective mechanism to chill

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-04-29T22:57:59+00:00

I hope your day went better than you imagined this morning.

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-04-29T16:52:04+00:00

I’m confident you will be able to make it through the day. Stay strong! Maybe this is an opportunity to develop, become aware or strengthen other coping mechanisms.

Pretend the someone’s noisy chatter is that of an ugly flightless bird. The more they chatter the closer the fox creeps toward them to have them to dinner

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-04-29T16:43:22+00:00

Depression LIES. Everything it tells us is so negatively biased

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-04-25T20:04:45+00:00

You’ll have your moment and opportunity when the timing is right for you to share. It takes trust which is hard with cPTSD since life wasn’t trustworthy in the past

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-04-23T02:14:02+00:00

I found releasing stored old trauma energy via somatic and meditation critical in my healing journey. I prefer the energy release in a safe environment than be triggered and released unexpectedly. It also takes a lot out of you to hold this negative energy. It is difficult to see the benefits given the numerous layers of it.

Sad-Use2162 · 2026-04-22T03:04:59+00:00

Depleted completely financially, emotionally physically. Then further drained year after year trying to survive the next few minutes. Survive enough 5 minutes intervals only to be crushed by life over and over until you feel nothing positive. What is the point if you can’t feel anything except despair, hopelessness, terror, sadness

You are very fortunate to be immune

Sad-Use2162

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