Dumb Things People Say

[Ocean5]

"You just need to forget the past, and find a way to move on"

I don't remember most of my youth! (probably a very good thing) What I do remember I don't think about.

They don't understand how trauma affects the body and mind.

 

[Deleted member 29920]

Recently a totally crap, unprofessional, big headed counsellor said to me "you know don't you, that this is all in your mind?" in reference to my (chronic) eating phobia/fear of choking. :tdown:

 

[NarcSis]

I went to an EMS PTSD conference once and a former co-worker of mine said in relation to PTSD,

"I had a bit of that once."

Knowing full well I was off getting treatment for PTSD. I swear some people are WILLINGLY stupid.

 

[Anrish]

A great thread...I really, really like it...even if it brings back hurting memories but it's a great opportunity to share them and not to feel alone that something like that happened to me only. And I'm so sorry so hear what happened to all of you - and unfortunately : "stupidity is a natural resource like bambus. It grows back." ....:confused:

The best question when I couldn't sleep again is "Why? Is there any particular reason?"...if I knew the reason, I could do something against it and sleep! :arghh;

During my stay in a psychiatric hospital. I wanted to leave because I didn't get along there and felt totally misunderstood.

Me: "I'm fine. I want to go back home."
T: "You hurt yourself. You're not fine."
Me: "I don't do it anymore, so I'm fine."
T: "But you did and so your seriously ill. You shouldn't leave."

Another conversation with the responsible doctor during that stay.

Me: "I want to leave and go home."
D.: "So, you do it again. Just run away instead of facing your problems."
Me: "I ran away?! I stayed at school, I worked. I didn't call in sick for one day...I talked with people and tried to find a solution."
D. "You were running away."

(He just did everything down I was proud of....:banghead: )

Or people who got to knew that I'm a gifted child.

"Why did you become a police officer? Why didn't you invent something and got popular?" (.....)

I also love it when I say that I feel too tense and cannot sleep and people say:

"Take time to rest and just relax." ("Just" relax...if it were that easy, I would do so!!!! :mad: )

After a party of a friend: I was very proud that I went there and stayed for about two hours. When I noticed that I started to break down, I left - and my ex' only reaction was

"Why did you even go there if you leave so early? That's not even worth the drive." (but it was worth a try....!!! and he knew about my problems with social interactions....:O_o: )

I'm sure that I will remember more...but these are the most impressive ones I can remember. :meh:

 

[Deleted member 29920]

It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful:rolleyes: it's sad there are so many stupid people working as psychologists!

 

[Friday]

I went to an EMS PTSD conference once and a former co-worker of mine said in relation to PTSD,

"I had a bit of that once.".

LMAO :hilarious:... I totally used to say versions of this! For years and years. Spent 5 years in my first tailspin (5 years of serious clusterf*ck I usually waved off as no big deal). Had no idea that PTSD was cyclic or life long or even how much of my life had been or still was affected by it until it started repeating. The worst was long over. Okay. We got through that! Awesome. Moving on, now. LeSigh. If. Only. It. Were. That. Easy.

While frustrating, because people who cried for an hour for their goldfish say the same thing... I've come to find that people who stumbled their way towards coping mechanisms & symptom management without education (either on their own or got lucky with support of good people) also say the same thing. Had a few really interesting conversations recently on road trips when my filter was shut off. Especially because they'll be saying the exact same things said in here... Without the clinical terms. It's really kind of fascinating. Makes me feel super lucky to have the knowledge base I do now.

 

[Nighthawk]

I go to depression support groups and the new in thing seems too be I have a bit of PTSD.

Have they ever thought there is a dif between traumatic memory and PTSD. I am starting to wonder when the fire under my azz is going to explod on one of these bit of people.

 

[Anrish]

A girl who accidently met me on my fourth school. She also changed there and her greeting was only "Oh, are you still that clever?"

...no one of the others knew about me and she had only these things to say, to expose me and make people ask questions.