Poll Do You Swear More After Your Ptsd?

[Prickly Daze]

The problem I have with swearing is the judgment I experience from those around me after I say anything. It's how I cope with bits of my frustration because physical outbursts were shamed in my childhood home and being violent scares me, making me think I'm no better than my abuser.

 

[void]

some of us had PTSD before we were old enough to speak

 

[Friday]

I learned fairly recently that invective... Whether it's Tabernac, f*ck, or phooey ; Doesn't matter the definition of the word, merely that it's a curse word in our own minds... Means that they're stored in different areas of the brain than normal language. So when there is mental anguish? When normal language cannot be reached? Those words are still available.

I don't swear more around PTSD stuff. I snarl more.

Swearing is reserved for when I'm being honest / not running what I'm saying through filters. The more you catch me swearing, the more honest Im being. Conversational tone, most of the time. And used to express a wide variety of emotions... From wonder or approval on down to frustration and fury. Seriously. The whole spectrum.

When I'm really upset, I lose my language almost entirely. Can't speak. Reduced to snarling, glaring, and smiling. Not a nice smile.

 

[Ellabella44]

yeah alot more now .. at the kids , the cats, husband, people im driving behind... even in therapy and i apologise to my therapist .... i need a bar of soap preferably not life boy.... sorry a christmas story reference couldnt resist

 

[Beachlife09]

I know that it says in Ephesians 4:29, "Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear." But I am ashamed to admit that since my trauma, I have started to cuss to my self. It feels good to release the pent up emotions, but I also hate doing it because my tormentor's would cuss a lot... and I don't want to be like them at all.
Is that stupid? :unsure:

 

[Jester]

I find I am more relaxed when I'm in an environment where swearing is not considered offensive. I did not swear at all until after my trauma, and since then--in my more manic states with my bipolar disorder--I have had some people who seriously ask if I have Tourette syndrome. Oddly, when I am in an environment where swearing is unacceptable (i.e., around my parents, at a church, around kids, etc.), I have no problem switching it off.

 

[I'm not Spiderman]

Growing up around men I ended up swearing a lot. Lol.

I don't like swearing or hearing it now. I don't like the negative connotations those words carry.

But when I am stressed sometimes the F word comes out. I use the S word on a daily basis - that one is ok.

 

[UnKnown-Self]

I have a potty mouth. Not proud of it and I can keep it in line when necessary. I don't feel bad about it. Cussing is kinda low on my "Negative Coping Skills to Overcome List." Binge eating is much higher and while its close its not at the top of the list. I'm working on awareness so the list is always growing. I want to rush sometimes but that actually wastes time. There are times I am afraid and I'm in no rush then! :-) When I'm really angry I stay quiet so not to hear the venom in my own tone. I don't like it. But a few off color words at the right time when telling a funny story is just what the doctor ordered.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I used to swear quite a bit, interesting poll. Anyway I always have believed that sometimes those are the best words to use in any given unpleasant situation by this I mean it slips out every now and then but not as much as I used to. When my had children my husband and I agreed to stop for the kids but he was always cussing when he got into a situation where he could not fix something yet or get it to work, but hey he worked so many years at a Steal Mill.

 

[Deleted member 29920]

Yeah it's sometimes the easiest way to let my anger out, I shout too, it's like a stranger taking over my body :confused:

 

[void]

All words are arbitrary.
No word is in-and-of-itself sacred or profane.
It is the ENERGY that the word represents that I focus on.

 

[Brenton]

I am asking this because I am sad to say that I swear a lot more than I did before . I did not do this b...

I do. It helps with the anger. I just don't do it in public, dont want to subject strangers to my moods.