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You Know You Have PTSD When...

When it seems like the whole country is celebrating the day your life crashed down around you on the 4th of July (33 years ago) ... When they find you curled up in the closet on July 5th because the sound of the fireworks the night before caused FBs and dissociation ... When the same thing happens on December 31st ... And during Chinese New Year ... And occasionally after baseball games ... And when a car backfires ... And when a kid sets off firecrackers ... Goddamn fireworks! Won't they just SHUT THE f*ck UP?!?!

When you realize after 25 years that actually watching the fireworks is easier than hearing the Pop! Pop! Pop! without seeing the pretty lights because all those years ago you were face down on the carpet while all the other kids and grown-ups were outside celebrating. :(

The best thing is watching the fireworks on tv with the sound turned off ... Pretty. :tup:
 
When you do precisely that, & think on the 'never come out' part.

And you tell all your memories to DIAF except no, dying in a fire, we don't think of. Not even metaphors. f*ck sake. Head. Sanity, get back, I was trying to grab you in, not toss the last lines out! Sleep. Sleep will fix this.
 
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You know you're hypervig when... You ow the guy 8 lanes over -going a different direction- is picking...
Speaking of that...the van next to me nearly side swiped me...twice while the fool was on her danged phone. It took me blaring on my horn twice for her to get her to move. She never looked over. Grrrrr

Tan van....African American woman.....iPhone...
 

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