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Trig Feb 10, 2020 at 10:01 PM
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So, I need some advice from past trauma. I’m sick of being afraid to go into a public bathroom by myself feeling like a guy is following me into the stall and the thought just sits in my head from what happened and if it would happen again. The memories don’t fade away but I want them too. Here and there I’ve noticed myself becoming disoriented when I hear or see a certain thing or sometimes is just pop up out of know where, it’s been hard for me to even focus on what I was doing or about to do, even in public places it happens to me a lot these little episodes and I can’t focus at all on what I’m doing. I have no idea how to handle this or why I’m becoming disoriented and flashbacks are just now coming back. Lately, I’ve been thinking about getting a PTDS service dog. But i don’t how to apply for one. I do have 2 esa cats but they are only with me when I’m home not in public and when I’m in public like Walmart it happens over and over again.

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Are you worried because something happened in a bathroom stall before? What I do when I have that sort of anxiety is decide in advance what to do if the thing I worry about happens.

Lately, I was stalked by a guy that someone else said had attacked and raped them in the past. So I carried something I could use as a weapon when going places where he might turn up. I carried a big shovel to check the mailbox and it made me feel better to imagine myself whacking him with the shovel if he was waiting outside my house to get me.

I know its not practical to carry a shovel in public, but is pepper spray a possibility? Or bear spray (super strong pepper spray for bear attacks). You could have it ready whenever you go to a public bathroom. It might be a good idea to put a big sticker on the bottle to make it easy to tell if the spray is pointed away from you because it's easy to get aerosol sprays the wrong way around.

Or you could carry a wrench in a big purse, I sometimes carry that instead of a shovel.
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Hello Sillybeans: Thank you for bringing your concern here to PC. I see this is your first post. Welcome to Psych Central. Based on what you wrote, it sounds as though the Survivors of Abuse forum, here on PC, may be an additional forum that will be of interest. Here's a link:

https://psychcentralforums.com/survivors-of-abuse/

You didn't go into specifics in your post (not that you should. That is your choice, of course.) However, from what you wrote, it sounds as though you may have been the victim of sexual assault. So here's a link to an article, from Psych Central's archives, on the subject of PTSD plus links to 3 articles on the subject of healing from sexual assault in particular & 1 on healing from trauma in general:

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) | Psych Central

Healing from Sexual Assault

Building Empowerment After Sexual Assault

Coping with Flashbacks

https://blogs.psychcentral.com/savvy...g-from-trauma/

I hope you find PC to be of benefit.

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