People who have PTSD from SA, what do you experience?

CW: SA

My psychiatrist recently mentioned they think I might have PTSD from being sexually assaulted last year. It’s not a diagnosis but he did bring it up. If you are comfortable please let me know what you have been experiencing.

This is what I have been experiencing if you’re interested, I might just be a sensitive and anxious person I don’t know.

For the first 8 months or so after the assault it didn’t affect me much honestly, and then it hit me like a brick and I started having nightmares every single night about it. I have horrible nightmares that make me afraid to go to sleep and I always wake up sweating. I have also become very sensitive to people touching me even my friends and family who I trust, it just always reminds me of what happened. I am really easily scared by the tiniest thing and will jump or flinch at someone clearing their throat, which never used to happen. I also get panic attacks daily and they are random - I won’t even be thinking about the assault and it happens anyways.

Posted Jun 5, 2026, 4:43 AM UTC

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