You Know You Have PTSD When...

[Ocean5]

I'm so sick of this 2-3 hours sleep....then awake. Then I sleep all morning.....This is so unhealthy.

 

[Anrish]

When you have problems to talk about your past and not downplay it automatically.

 

[Heather]

When the stress gets so bad that you hallucinate. I could have sworn there was someone walking right next to me but no one was there. Very scary.

 

[Deleted member 29920]

When a pin dropping sounds like an explosion

 

[Ronin]

When what bothers you most about your brain is when you can't think, because when you can think, reasoning about wonky senses instead of considering errors real, nor acting on the errors is possible.

 

[BlackbirdSinging]

When you post here before going to sleep at night about being too hypervigilant to talk about something that's bothering you. And then you go to sleep and wake up in the morning soaked in sweat from night sweats. And then you look up ptsd and night sweats to find that night sweats can be caused from being too hypervigilant and too anxious for too long.

 

[Ocean5]

When you wake-up to a miss called, and several text messages from apartment manager from 4am. Making sure I am ok because he got message about screams from apartment. Had to apologize, admit PTSD and nightmares :( :( :( :(

And I live alone....

 

[Ocean5]

Now I wonder how do I explain when I see him again....I texted him I have doctor, but hate stereotypes of people with ptsd.

 

[Recovery4Me]

When you have been visited big time by the distorted cognition fairy and you realize that b*tch didnt leave you even a quarter under your pillow.

lol Made my day...thank you.:hug:

When you are behind in reading a thread on PTSD and discover several people covered what you wanted to say. You smile and think...I AM on the right board.

 

[Ronin]

When... Nonsense, I'm not dragging other people into it, suck it up buttercu-- then you remember how well that worked for you for decades.

 

[Deleted member 28740]

You tried to make a birthday cake for your dad, who then said he did not want to celebrate a birthday. Cake a disaster. Then he called to say he would appreciate a cake. Second attempt worse than the first. Long distance to ship, so… WTF. He does not have a dog to feed it to.

My dad is very loving. Significant health issues. Most recent he told me while I was trying to get cake ingredients together was a scalp fungus that drives up mad with scratching, also neuropathy, and I believe PTSD.

Cake issue is the slum lord stove. It spikes cycles heat. So raw inside and burnt out. No matter how you try to adjust the temp. But he has already given me notice so no stove being sorted. I bought wonderful ingredients to make a favorite apricot, walnut ….

Sorry crying.

 

[Ronin]

He does not have a dog to feed it to.

You or neighbors or dog shelters in case it isn't that much a disaster cake?

You've done your best, though. :hug: