u/Chrisiratlos

so I have been good with my symptoms for the past year until January where I have been triggered. my trauma is that I have been stalked by a work colleague of mine. there aren’t any memories attached to the trauma, as he never got physical, but the hypervicilance and constantly needing to look over my shoulder drove me insane.

I developed ptsd due to it (had months struggling with exteme anxiety of being stalked again, couldn’t sleep or eat, had difficulties going outside, any men who looked at me with too much attention triggered me, i completely shut down my online activity. I lashed out and had difficulties regulating my emotions)

After being in therapy the symptoms have been getting better. I hardly got triggered, no dissociative state or anxiety.

In January another work colleague of mine started to like me and texted me a few times which completely triggered me and I went it to a panic state for a day, depression followed for another 3-5 days and since then I feel like my brain is off again - worrying about random things, anxiety issues again, ruminating about stupid stuff.

I have never experienced real flashbacks or visual memories… because mostly my trauma wasn’t any single point that was traumatic more the overall experience. still I am questioning if I really suffer with PTSD or don’t know… eventhough my therapist confirms the disorder.

Can anyone relate?

I’ve just finished the final book in the Stronger series by Jay Marie, and honestly, I’m left feeling pretty disappointed.

For one, it didn’t evoke much emotion for me at all. I’m not sure whether I’m just burned out on dark romance, or if this installment simply lacked the depth of the earlier books—but overall, it felt rushed and somewhat shallow.

I also struggled with Jaden as a character. It seems like she was intended to come across as a powerful, cunning, and dangerous woman, but to me she felt more insecure, ego-driven, and not particularly strategic. Her reaction to Darren—especially regarding the deception and forced pregnancy—was understandable in principle, but the emotional fallout didn’t feel fully developed or convincingly written.

The final confrontation between her and Darren was another letdown. Throughout the series, she repeatedly fails to defeat him, so it felt inconsistent and unearned that she suddenly manages to kill him so easily in the end.

Curious to hear how others felt—did this ending work for you, or did it fall flat as well?