You Know You Have PTSD When...

[jewel]

You know you have severe PTSD when:

You go to the dentist for your first tooth ache ever...The have to extract a virgin tooth (no cavity) that got cracked from gritting your teeth so hard during sleeping anguish.
JC

OMG! This just happened to me and I ended up with one crown and one temporary fix. Haha. Thank goodness for dental insurance. Now I really am a princess and I have my crown to prove it!

 

[jewel]

I wanna give each of you a nice big hug. You all add smiles and giggles to my life. Thank you. :)

 

[jewel]

You know you have PTSD when....

-all of your sentences start with "I don't know if I told you this or not because my memory sucks" and you go on and they say yes, you said that three minutes ago (or yesterday) and you can't remember a single thing.

-it bothers you terribly that you forgot your Starbucks reusable cup which gives ten cents off your cup of coffee but having to pay for your psych meds doesnt upset you at all

-watching the television gives you anxiety

-you feel claustrophobic at the mere thought of someone coming to stay with you and different scenarios play out in your mind about how your houseguest will never leave and now you don't know how to say no to them and now you ar freaking and they aren't even here....so you just avoid answering the phone and pretend like you are on an extended vacation.

 

[Maggie1198]

You know you have PTSD when you have to wear earplugs at night because you can hear everything.

 

[Reclusive]

You know you have PTSD when you tell someone you have hearing problems and that's why you don't use the phone instead of because it's a major trigger for you and makes you run from the room. And now I feel all guilty for lying.

 

[intothelight]

You know you have PTSD when.......

you feel the acronym FUBAR is the best diagnosis that describes you condition.

 

[alixipain]

FUBAR

You know you have PTSD when you do your laundry in the dish washer because you can't go to a public laundry!

At times I wonder if Buddha had PTSD :
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.- Buddha

If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.- Buddha

Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.- Buddha

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.- Buddha

 

[Heather]

You know you have PTSD when you read the above and you think it says:

When you do your laundry in the dishwasher because you can't goto a public LIBRARY!

 

[alixipain]

LOL part is: I'm a plumber put my hands in places that most would cringe.. and turn stomach.. Yet I carry a spray bottle of alcohol to disinfect key boards at public library before I use them because I don't have a printer.

 

[sweetluv40]

You know you are living with someone with PTSD when you read this thread and have to read off the good ones to your spouce who has PTSD, and he responds with a sly grin and says "dont judge me."

 

[victoria]

You know you have PTSD when you order books on the subject from Amazon, and when they arrive you are surprised because you don't remember placing the order!

 

[alixipain]

You know you have PTSD when you cant figure out why a wire is where its not suppose to be at and you unplug everything trying to get that 1 wire back to where it belongs. Then can't understand why your pc is being a PIA because you unplugged it while it was defraging!!