You Know You Have PTSD When...

[Tinyflame]

And feeling like 'crap' after the night sweats and/ or night terrors.

 

[Tinyflame]

And invariably you've slept in (since it was 4 am you fell asleep, if not 5:20am), and now you need a shower, as well. :(
But oh ya.. you can't move. :(

 

[krikkit]

You know you have PTSD when:

• Your most honest confessions to family still omit horrific details
• You're scared of dating lest you drive a good partner away with your mental illness
• You can get overstimulated by the sound of rain
• You have a set routine and no one better mess with it, dang it! (haha)

 

[Bubba]

And feeling like 'crap' after the night sweats and/ or night terrors.

Hey - I get night sweats too! Wow!

 

[Bubba]

Your most honest confessions to family still omit horrific details

Aaaah...so true...

 

[Tinyflame]

Ya, re: nightsweats, they told me it was likely 'menopause?' or lymphoma at 20.

 

[Tinyflame]

As an aside, not sure if this is helpful, but when I can't sleep, if I eat cheese and or pb and/ or (sorry, it's gross) margarine, I can. Plus sometimes cookies like Arrowroot-type, especially. Not sure if it's comfort, hunger I don't notice, physiological, (or a sugar coma!), but that seems to work. Especially the cheese.

Wish me luck, just had all 4. :sick: :)

 

[Ricanoland]

You know you have PTSD when your more scared of a type of car that drives down the street everyday, than a bee buzzing around your head.

 

[krikkit]

You know you have PTSD when you can't tell whether a cartoon or a horror movie is going to trigger you.

 

[crazytrain]

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 STILL do this all the time! Drives me crazier! I overanalyze pretty much every facet of my existence until I get so confused about what is "actually" going on that I miss out on what went on in the first place! Make sense?

 

[Jak]

When you are excited about making it through a shower without opening your eyes when there is a ton of soap over them, just to make sure you are safe.

I'm glad to hear this happens to someone else. It's hard to explain to people why such trivial-seeming things make you feel proud of yourself.

 

[Jak]

When you say what is that frozen thing called above the refrigerator?

Thank you. Just had a good chuckle to tears.

I frequently start stories to realise my vocabulary has taken a holiday, and after failing at trying to descibe that man with the hair, married to that woman with the kid, who were at the place near the blue shop in the suburb starting with K... I end up trying to figure out my own riddle, because I not only forgot what the story was, but am now too focused on thinking of a suburb starting with K, which might give me a clue about the blue shop...