it affects me alot. i will let no one be at my back. i have to be facing people. when i eat out i have to be seat facing the door. i force my self to go to concerts and sporting events. i know it is going to affect me i try to drone out others and concertrat on the concert or the sporting event that i him at. when i have gone thou ptsd three times at the va. they make us go out in public we go to a resturant or a shoping mall to work on the affects of people not wanting to go out. i use to love shoping when i was a kid know i hate it i get what i need and get the hell out of their were i him comfortable in my home its safe because i him the only one that lives their. i even assulted my roomate for steeling my car he was back and the female cop was believing is store so i assulted him in front of her and was arrest spent three days in jail. i pleaded quilty was given probation for a year and was made to go thou treatment for ptsd that how i ended up the secound time in treatment i had no choice in the matter as it was order by a judge.