Analogy: My Ptsd Feels Like...

[BloomInWinter]

...like a deep convoluted miswired machine of despair where the buttons are all mislabeled.

 

[EvenStrongerNow]

Wow, thanks for creating this thread. I almost cry reading everyone's. They really hit home for me. Thank you, thank you!

 

[BloomInWinter]

(((((StrongerNow)))))

 

[BloomInWinter]

Like a near-drowning victim who has successfully reached the shore of a deserted island.

 

[Deleted member 16543]

Can't sleep, too afraid to go to sleep, when I do, it's Nightmare on Elm Street Street, so vivid. Like I'm in open water in the ocean with no sign of land (one of my worst fears) and not knowing what is lurking in the water. Like someone is driving me crazy on purpose, hiding my stuff on me, I have zero short term memory. Paranoia, don't trust anyone, fly off the handle way too easy, pissed off all the time, frustrated with everything being so time consuming and complicated when it used to be so effortless.

 

[heidi]

It feels like I'm repeatedly suddenly without warning lifted and dunked. Again and Again. It used to feel like a winged demon/monster and now it just feels like a lifeless crane and the water feels like the problem.

Actually the worst part used to be more the part of being carried off and now it's more the getting dipped or submerged that I think of as the difficult part.
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[KP the nut]

I have a skyscraper pushing down on my shoulders.

 

[freakofnurture]

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[Rumors]

It feels like a piece of bubble gum stuck to the bottom of my shoe. I try to pull it off or take a stick and dig it out, but I can never quite get it all off. Every time I walk around, I can feel the my shoes stick to the pavement and impede my waking and I realize that the gum will be there for the lifetime of the shoes. Sucks.

 

[BloomInWinter]

...Like I'm blindfolded and in freefall without a parachute.

 

[Traumagirl]

Sometimes it feels like I'm blindfolded, on a roller coaster, without a seat belt. Sometimes it feels like a weighted body suit walking through deep water. Other times it feels like walking around without any skin, raw and completely exposed.

 

[BloomInWinter]

My PTSD feels like a bomb shelter that I hid my true self in until I was safe enough to come out, assess the damage, clean up what I can, and get on living.