Ptsd And Being Older/wiser

[WillyKat]

When I was in my early 20s, back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, my then-girlfriend always called me "old man", not because I was "more mature" than my years but because of my depression, pessimism, and of course the PTSD.

I feel older than I am; this stuff ages a person. Older as in closer to the end.

ON the other hand, I've learned to let myself play like a kid sometimes; since when I was a kid I had to grow up too fast.

 

[jesse]

I think it may have something to do with having the ability of insightfulness that comes with PTSD. It is like one gift from it or survival mechanism...

 

[Kintsugi]

Wow, cool to see a lot of people have gotten this their whole lives too!

I have *always* been told this since I was old enough to be spoken to past silly faces. It actually was really hard for me a lot of the time. I had trouble interacting at all with peers until I went to a four-year college, where it was easier to find people I could relate to about at least some interests.

I also think it helped to attract a surreal number of pedophiles to me. >.<