Post-trauma Quirks

[notsurewheretoturn]

I haven't owned a television for over 3 years now, there were just too many programmes that were causing panic attacks.

I wake up in the night to turn the light out when I turned it out before I went to sleep.

I sleep in earplugs because the slightest sound will wake me.

I tell the cats they're on guard duty before turning the light out.

 

[MT Johnny]

I abandoned dress shoes entirely in favor of better-looking hiking boots and ditched a briefcase in favor of a backpack as part of my suit-and-tie required office look for work, after coming off of my nightmare experience - I said "to Hell with it, I'm going to be comfortable and do what I want."

This was about 2 1/2 years ago - I thought it was just my own weird reaction to my problems, but a guy I knew went to Manhattan that fall and told me a lot of men had adopted that look, suit and tie and hikers and backpack - because it is comfortable and practical, especially if you walk a lot or ride public transportation as many do in NYC.

 

[Ronin]

Ditto to abandoned shoes. My dress code is awful but if I can't run in it, I'm not wearing it.

 

[desiderata310]

I have to do an check around the outside of the house and then check each room when I first come home.
I can't stand walk in closets.
I have to have have all the doors to all the rooms left open so that I can easily check.
I no longer sleep with the lights off and I still sleep with a knife under my mattress.