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

[anonymous]

I am curious if others have been told, rightly or wrongly, that others feel scared of them or their PTSD symptoms.

 

[Friday]

Yah, people have been scared of me. I've capitalized on that more than a little over the years, but it's also something that I generally try and avoid. I prefer to be underestimated, thanks. Even more, I prefer to be invisible. For my own peace of mind. When I'm scaring people on accident? They get all riled up, then I get even more riled up, then they... just a vicious cycle of "Fine. I'm not leaving house, again, today." It's also rare someone comes out and says it, although that's happened.

As far as I know, no ones ever been scared for me, but they've been pissed off or annoyed plenty. ;)

 

[anonymous]

Your poll is incomplete. I have never been told that people are "scared" of me. I can see the terror in their eyes. There is no assuming, no guessing. You can just tell.

 

[Ronin]

Both, personality/habits & symptoms. But then that was mostly in times I was dissociated as all hell; I tend to run on reflexes in these with very little regard for something as people's feelings, as I'm busy avoiding mine and shutting off empathy as one of the first things I don't need to keep going.

As to symptoms, when I'm doing badly, I tend to sneak up on people darn lot, regardless of if I want to help them or anything else of them. I've been working on it, that preference for invisibility and being everywhere first.

I tend to be most shaking my head when I'm being super open & honest with people and the feedback is I'm mysterious, secretitive, and whatever else people call that stuff. Wary and cautious? I'd get. Those 'so threatening' descriptions, I don't. When there's a problem with someone, they'd know pretty fast, if I don't bring it up, then it's obviously not a problem, or not one either of us should be solving.

 

[jaccat]

When I was in school I was really quiet. Perfect fodder for school bullies, or so they thought. After trying once and finding the only reaction they could get out of me was a cold smile at most no matter what they said or did, they'd never try again:sneaky:

(And that's not mentioning the girl I went postal on).

 

[Chava]

I scared a lot of people with my drinking. I scared the few people close to me with my cutting, starving, and suicide attempts.

A good friend told me I was scary when I'm angry. That shocked me because I don't break things or physically hurt anyone. But yes, it's still possible to be scary-angry I guess. :(:mad: I feel like I've taken it down a couple notches through the years. But really, don't f*ck with me.

 

[Deleted member 29961]

I prefer to be underestimated,

Same here, gives me one hell of an advantage.

the only reaction they could get out of me was a cold smile

nothing like un-nerving them with a cool, calm exterior and an ice cold smile, intimidation 101.

A good friend told me I was scary when I'm angry.

I was once told that I am like a large angry bear when I get pissed.

 

[Spiderallis]

Years before diagnosis, back in college I had an evening class. A couple Marines would walk me to my car after that class. They found it amusing- they weren't there to protect me, they were there to prevent harm to whoever might be stupid enough to try anything.

 

[StellaBlue]

I have had people scared for me. The saddest, most shameful thing for me is when my children were either scared for or of me.

 

[shell]

Yes, I am known for being very direct, and will speak my mind. I have a bit of a brittle protective shell around me, and if I perceive that someone is behaving badly or are being unfair I can be very honest and I don't exactly tolerate stupidity.

One of the guy's at work was too scared to tell me he dropped and broke the company phone, a month after I caught him charging porn to the company phone bill, so I guess I can be scary. Maybe I need to work on that?

 

[anonymous]

I was cheating on my husband and he found out about it. He believed I might knock him off or something, since the guy I was cheating on him with was a gangster.

 

[ground crew]

I am calm till I go off, and I go off big.It is mostly words, but I have had to go all physical, generally it is blistering and creative use of language. but body posture suggests we can go if you want to... I try not to be scary.