You get used to living with the hole inside of you.
That is a very true statement. And an unfortunate side effect of having no idea how to proceed. Thanks for the somatic exercise. It does make sense to me. Like this suggestion:
Close your eyes and force the chaos of your brain into stillness.
Also, your PTSD series has inspired a recent blog post/story that I published. I wont post the link here (without your permission), but I just wanted to give credit.
Feel free to post - I'm interested in reading it.
Thank you.
When Madness Came Knocking
And follow up Why Do I Write?