Ptsd Dares

[Sethe]

At one of the jobs I had , a co-worker spent a majority of her time thinking of ways to startle me. She thought it was hilarious to watch me jump and scream.

I hated that bitch....even though she obviously thought it was just harmless fun. I dreaded going to work, I hated how long it took me to calm back down, I hated the way she laughed while I was gasping for air.I asked her numerous times to stop....got pissed at her many times and yelled at her....but she still continued.

I ended up quitting that job. Some people are just so idiotic.

Crap. I didn't mean to 'like' your comment Jade. It really isn't funny at all. That person deserves a good swift kick in the ass.

 

[Jade-]

It's ok sethe.....but you do know you can 'unlike' a post, don't you? Once you click 'like', you can then click 'unlike' if you choose to.

 

[Sethe]

It's ok sethe.....but you do know you can 'unlike' a post, don't you? Once you click 'like', you can then click 'unlike' if you choose to.

Ah. I panicked.

Usually, I'm all over stuff like that.

 

[goingonhope]

I dare myself to read and reread this thread here and this one here:

[DLMURL]http://www.ptsdforum.org/c/threads/can-some-of-you-share-your-triumphs-over-the-physical-injuries-you-suffered-from-your-trauma.15733/[/DLMURL]

word for word, and to there completion. And, to take all necessary recommended management steps, baby-baby-baby-steps, one step at a time, through much arising pain, threat, grief and emotional / cognitive turmoil, and not become distracted and/or avoid this subject any longer, as was previously necessary for me to do in order for family to survive one day at a time.

If the threat of our family not surviving, resulting from this dare and my efforts arise once again, I will somehow arrange life to readapt to new demands, while again putting all members of my family first and will reschedule this dare for a later date, and regardless of the consequences or loss to myself.

 

[goingonhope]

I dare myself to read and reread this thread here

Oops, I made a mistake as when posting the above I thought I was then presently in this thread: [DLMURL]http://www.ptsdforum.org/c/threads/physical-scars.15341/page-2#post-198556[/DLMURL]

and apparently, Not.

 

[anni]

I missed this thread til seeing there's an update thread to it. It's very, very good.

3 days since I've gotten the dam mail out of the box. Dare that for today.

Dare myself to keep going on something I feel way out of my comfort zone on, even if I look silly, have no clue what I'm doing and it makes me inexplicably confused. Won a battle with the insecurity yesterday, made another step today by asking for help. Going to win this and be able to post on the update thread.

 

[Marie E.]

I dare myself to look forward to a future and to be happy!

 

[spursfan80]

Today has been a really good day. My dare for tomorrow will be to have another good day and not worry about seeing my counsellor.

If I can manage a good day to lunchtime, I might even think about being honest with her!

 

[BloomInWinter]

I am taking Heather's dare to write down the stuff I want to ask my T. about and actually SHOW it to him...

I have my next appt. this thur. so we'll see!

 

[KP the nut]

I dare myself to cut down on alcohol and chocolate.

I dare myself to take control and to continue driving.

I dare myself to get back into going to aqua aerobics

 

[Heather]

I am taking Heather's dare to write down the stuff I want to ask my T. about and actually SHOW it to him...!

I dare you to do it

 

[AmmyKinz]

Thanks for sharing your bathtub/shower issues, i've been beating myself up for years because i also had trama in the bathtub. When I was less then 7 years old my mother runaway and took me with her to another state. There she did a lot of hard core drugs and I ended up getting molested/raped on a regular basis by the guy who was supposed to be my babysitter. I think he was in his 20's. Of course it all started when he was giving me a bath. The bathroom became his personal play ground and my nightmare. I know my mom knew it was happening and she did nothing to stop it. A few months later my family convinced my mom to come back home. I wish I could say things got better when my mom and I moved back home but sadly that wasn’t the case. My mom never treated me well because I’m a girl. She physically abused me in practically every room in my house including the bathroom. All through out my life especially in my teen years just getting into the bathroom was terrifying. I never knew if my mom was going to freak out and start banging on the door. Or when I came out of the bathroom if she would be in the hall way waiting for me. I always had bad BO and my hair was always in knots. And even though she died a couple of years ago it’s still hard for me to do the simplest of tasks in my house. So here are my dares.

• Take at least 3 showers a week
• Get out side more
• Start working out again
• STOP PRETENDING TO BE OK WHEN I’M NOT
• Try to be more involved in my brothers lives
• Start opening up more to the people around me
• Start focusing more on myself and my needs
• Tell myself everyday that I am important and I do matter
• Stop beating myself up
• Do more breathing exercises to control my anxiety
• Be more feminine and be comfortable doing so