Poll Have Others Ever Been Scared Of You? (for Ptsd Sufferers)

[BlueDream]

I can so relate to this thread. I worked for 6 years at a hotel. We usually had 2 clerks working the same shift. It was a running joke that I always protected the person I was working with, when we had an angry guest. I have had some crazy fights with guests, you would have thought I built that hotel with my bare hands. How dare they complain about it.

After I left, I realized it was not me protecting, it is that I am Hypervigilant in most of my dealings with people. I am always looking and listening for a threatening situation. I think I have always been this way. It is a learned response.
I know I am scary and people have told me this as well.
I hope I can somehow balance my Hypervigilance, and not seem so outwardly scary!!

 

[Changing4Best]

Yes, I had a spell there where I was expressing high anger on social media to my family. I sister kept saying to me that I needed to go to the hospital, that I needed a medication reevaluation and pleading with me to do so. Finally I did and sure enough, 2 of my meds were reacting against one another and causing all the trouble. They also were ruining my short term memory, which still is quite badly affected, even though I have been off those meds for more than a year now.

 

[Marie E.]

Upon going in defense mode and practicing martial arts, nobody who attacks me or witnesses my actions ever messes with me again. I am more alert with having ptsd.