You Know You Have PTSD When...

[Jen93]

You know you have PTSD when you get a forum alert that says someone else commented on a friends status; so you go to check it out-first you read the status, and then you get really excited as you see the comment. ...You grin, and say excitedly, "Hey! That sounds like what I'm thinking!" then you see that you're reading the comment above the new one... -which is yours... Nice to know that you know what you're thinking.

Silly silly silly Jen!

 

[crazytrain]

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:

Jen, I know how hard it is (trust me!) to not beat yourself up, but you REALLY need to stop calling yourself stupid and silly. You believe it when you say it; you are most definitely NOT stupid or silly. Maybe sometimes you do silly things; so do the rest of us 7 billion or so people on the planet. It is called being human. We are so often the hardest on ourselves that it probably feels only natural for others to look upon us as "less thans". I don't even know you, but I can relate to you in so many ways, because we share a common bond other than breathing air and drinking water. We both have PTSD; PTSD doesn't have us, though. Find the things that work for you and keep doing them until they become second nature for you; sounds like books are a good start! Good luck with the classes next term!

 

[LawPhotos]

You know you have PTSD when you got a new cell phone and 2 months later you still gasp and startle every time the phone alerts you that you have a new text or email!

For the entire first month that I had the phone, every time it sent an alert while I was driving I'd slam on the brakes! Nearly killed myself a couple of times.
I've tried changing the tone and turning the volume down but for some reason this new phone is driving me crazy. I think maybe it must be that my baseline for triggering is much lower than it usually is.

 

[freeanimal]

You know you have PTSD when,
-you start a new job working in a kitchen [so much banging] and by the third day, every time someone sees you they ask if you are okay or turn their head to avoid you. :tup:
-when anyone acknowledges you as a human being, you feel confused and ignore it.
-when you see pictures of yourself, you feel confused and ignore it.
-when you don’t remember what it feels like to lay in someone else's arms without flinching. :(
-when you have guilt and shame about having PTSD..:O_o::rolleyes::roflmao:

 

[Jen93]

You know you have PTSD when,
-when you don’t remember what it feels like to lay in someone else's arms without flinching. :(

Or when you dread it when someone tries to comfort you by laying a hand on your shoulder, because you'll know you'll flinch, feel worse, and them make them feel bad, which is awful 'cause they're only trying to help you. I prefer it if someone just hugs me instead of doing the whole *laying hand on shoulder and patting in an "It's okay" way.*

 

[Hashi]

When you're always worrying about what you just nearly did - nearly swung a lightning uppercut at someone who moved their arm a bit too close to you, nearly made a casual reference to your trauma therapy at work (where no-one knows), nearly walked out onto the road in front of a lorry...

 

[Bubba]

When a situation comes up that could be bad or good, but all you can think about is coming up with every possible outcome (good and bad) and then coming to terms with possible outcome so you don't "freak out" when one of those does happen.

 

[kdblossom]

When a situation comes up that could be bad or good, but all you can think about is coming up with every possible outcome (good and bad) and then coming to terms with possible outcome so you don't "freak out" when one of those does happen.

I am so glad I am not the only one that does this!

 

[Bubba]

I am so glad I am not the only one that does this!

No - you are not alone :-). Until I found out I had PTSD, I thought I was just a "realist"...LOL

 

[Muzikluvr]

When you see movement from the corner of your eye, and your first thought is that someone's coming in to attack the room, you quickly assess the situation and realize that everyone is safe; but you feel like you need to run over every possible scenario of what might have come through that door to hurt you and the people you're with so you'll be prepared if it does happen.

You spend the rest of the gathering working that out, and miss out on being actively involved in all the fun stuff that was going on around you.

 

[Muzikluvr]

... when you hear someone bragging on the great job their kid has done in High School, and you think about your own experience in High School, which then leads you to justify why you f*cked up so much of your education... and then you're stuck arguing (internally) with people, real and fictional, about all the things that went wrong in you childhood to cause you to make such crappy, self-destructive decisions in High School.

 

[Bubba]

When you wake up more tired than you were when you went bed (sigh)...