I Don't Need To Panic When.

[Eagle3]

Remembered some more.

I don't need to panic when:
...people are yelling at each other, whether its directed at/about me or not
...anytime my phone rings
...women try to hug me and I'm not in a good place for that
...children laugh or scream
...the front door opens (I'm actually doing better on that one!)
...I have to do something that is open to criticism or judgment
...I can't get a-hold of someone for a few hours. They have not abandoned me.
...someone throws up or starts coughing like they're about to puke

Wow, I can't believe how much this really helps :-)

 

[Friday]

I don't need to panic when someone says 'We need to talk.'

 

[Ed Norton]

I don't need to panic when I see a police car (but I do) :(

 

[Nighthawk]

@Ed Norton , You and me both

 

[Anrish]

@Ed Norton and @Nighthawk : I feel with you and hope that the fear will become less.

I don't need to panic when I can't fall asleep right away.

 

[catjudo]

I don't need to panic when someone (even someone I know and trust) is walking behind me.

 

[Nighthawk]

When I bring a topic up to my T that haunts me. Then come home and start flooding images.

Yeah right!!!!!!

 

[Namenotdiagnosis]

I don't need to panic when I'm overloaded an don't know which way to turn
I don't need to panic when I burst into tears and don't why
I don't need to panic when I think of the realisation of being a cptsd sufferer

 

[Namenotdiagnosis]

Hi nighthawk I understand wat u mean and it can be very daunting. I refused to attend a few if my sessions as I couldn't cope with the so called aftermath. I hated it. The next day I was left very emotional often in my hrs office crying then there after I'd b stressing abt wen I would be getting my next flashback , therefore pulling out of treatment coz too stressful . However I learnt that I had come to control wen nd wen I didn't want my sessions and that gave me confidence and as I so wearily trudged through my remaining treatment and processed lots of trauma I started to feel a lot better. I hasten to add tho it's the start of a very long heart rendering soul breaking and painful journey from beginning to end x I hope u c it thru x

 

[catjudo]

@Namenotdiagnosis I'm not trying to be critical or unkind, I'm truly saying this to be helpful. When you post using chat talk, letters instead of words, shortened versions of words (hrs, coz, wen, tho, etc.) it makes your post difficult to read. When your post is difficult to read, fewer people will read and respond.

With kindness,
catjudo

 

[Namenotdiagnosis]

Thankyou I will bear that mind. I'm so used to messaging in short that I forget . Not critical or unkind but honest. Honesty is best policy.

 

[Friday]

I don't need to panic when I'm late.
I don't need to panic when I can't see all means of egress
I don't need to panic when I hear heel strikes
I don't need to panic when I smell SimpleGreen
I don't need to panic when someone asks me for my phone number or last name