You Know You Have PTSD When...

[Nadege]

When getting up to go pee is too much trouble.

 

[Jen93]

You know you have PTSD when...

When someone uses the word grounded- "I grounded my 16 year old because she crashed the car" "This flight is grounded until further notice because of the fog." you immediately think of it in the context of PTSD- and so when people are so upset, you don't understand why- because isn't it a GOOD thing the plane didn't have a flashback? :rolleyes:

When someone uses the word flashback- your anxiety immediately goes up- when it's on T.V, used several times in a lesson (stupid English), it doesn't matter where or when, all hell breaks loose for you.

 

[Ice_Fire]

used several times in a lesson (stupid English), it doesn't matter where or when, all hell breaks loose for you.

This, definitely! I've actually had to drop English this year due to it being too triggering. It was my best subject too lol.

 

[Jen93]

This, definitely! I've actually had to drop English this year due to it being too triggering. It was my best subject too lol.

Ummm... That's not very encouraging for me. D: That's my major. I want to be a librarian.

You know you have PTSD when you look over your syllabus the week before classes start- not to know what you're reading, but to see if anything will be triggering so that you are forewarned. (I've been doing this since grade 12. Man I'm scared for my second children's lit class on May 17th. "Puritan sermons and treatises on child rearing." and the 29th: "The Victorian cult of the child and it's cultural implications." and July 12th: "The suffering child as a national figure.")

And here I was thinking reading kids books was going to be fun and that this course was going to be light! Stupid Jen. :cry::notworthy::oops: Bring on the Emotional Flashbacks summer school!

 

[Ice_Fire]

Sorry Jen! :oops:

I also want to study English at university. It was just an awful selection of books for me this year. I know I can do it when I'm a bit stronger and you can do it too!

 

[^^FlyingSolo^^]

When you have to contemplation for a few moments to remember what you were just thinking about. :rolleyes:

 

[Taven Carlsen]

When nobody at work dares startle/scare you because they've seen your reaction to it once!

When all your friends DO because they think it's funny. (And you don't want to tell them why you do that.)

 

[piratelady]

You know you have PTSD when someone tells you your memo had one small typo and you get so angry you start yelling at them. Then your boss tries to help by giving you a stress ball shaped like a frog and asks, "will this make it better?" .....Yep, I'm cured!

 

[Nadege]

When all your friends DO because they think it's funny. (And you don't want to tell them why you do that.)

Yesterday at work, one coworker called my name unexpectedly, and my reaction was::eek: I literally jumped up a foot. He was like, :O_o: "Is everything alright?" I said yes, and had to add "I have an exaggerated startle response because I suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder." He was like, "sorry..."

 

[Red Feather]

He was like, :O_o: "Is everything alright?" I said yes, and had to add "I have an exaggerated startle response because I suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder." He was like, "sorry..."

Totally know how that feels!


You know you have PTSD when your children start mentioning how Harry Potter has a trauma. :O_o:

You know you have PTSD when you feel you are maybe getting better and more stable after an enormous crisis but can't really believe it, and then you think maybe in a few weeks you should start looking for a job, instead of getting written off sick by your doctor, because you feel guilty for getting unemployment benefit. But are you are scared of the idea and also attracted to it at the same time, so you spend lot's of time thinking about it and not knowing if you are really ready yet.

Hmmm...I think we should have a "You know you are getting better when" thread...!

 

[kdblossom]

When you have to move, your new home is ready to move into (utilites and all). However, you have nothing packed :oops:....

 

[Nadege]

When this is your entire graduation party - and you're happy!