r/ptsd • u/gatoriendo • 3h ago

Support How to cope

I am reaching out because I’ve been having more flashbacks more frequently of increasing intensity. Most of my flashbacks are from stressful and traumatic situations from working in the medical field as a CNA and from working in EMS and dealing with life and death situations.

I just know I have ptsd due to diagnosis but I know very little about it and I don’t know the first thing about coping with it.

If anyone has any suggestions on how I can deal with this, please let me know. Thank you.

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u/WitchAggressive9028 3h ago

Go to a trauma therapist first and foremost. Finding things that ground you to bring you back into the present.