PTSD Translations

[EveHarrington]

I thought this might be a fun idea for a thread....

What we say.....and what it actually means, given that we have PTSD.



A few days ago my guy said he wanted me in his life for a very long time. I corrected him and said “no, forever.” Tonight he asked for clarification. I said “well, since I can’t see more than three days into the future...”

When I say FOREVER you think I mean “forever”. When I say FOREVER I mean about three days because I literally can’t see beyond that, and yeah, three days feels like an eternity! LOL

(No worries, he took it in stride.)



Earlier tonight I asked someone about the new restaurant in town and asked if it was loud because it’s a pretty open space. She replied that it wasn’t loud at all. I then realized that my definition of “loud” is being unable to hear a mouse fart on the other side of the room. :hilarious:

Please add your own PTSD translations!

:)

 

[Changing4Best]

I asked our landlady to put up some NO TRESPASSING signs, since we have been having a lot of strangers come into our building and the laundry room specifically to charge their cell phones and such. I should have said "HOMELESS PEOPLE" instead of STRANGERS. Because if someone has a place to live and their own electricity, why would they come into our place to charge their phones. It used to be that they were doing it in the middle of the night. Now they don't even try to hide it. They do it in the middle of the day! I wasn't thinking until after I talked to her. If I had thought it through, I would have said HOMELESS PEOPLE.

The landlady did not take this well. I already wrote her a note about it the other day. She has not really responded to this request, and other tenants have made this request for the signs too. We are trying to figure out what to do now to get some RESULTS.

 

[grit]

I used to be (until very recently) suspicious of soft spoken people. I always needed to hear a conviction in a voice! I realised this was I grew up in aggressive, over the top rhetoric family and the absence of that, felt weird and not being serious enough for me to hear. So I guess it was more about the tone, the decipher than the words themselves.

I could not believe I was so programmed!!!! even in my hearing perception!

 

[Kintsugi]

Some other lovely member wrote this here once. I can’t for the life of me remember who it was. But when “I was a precocious and mature child” actually means “I was severely neglected and forced to raise myself through a shitstorm of trauma.”

Paraphrasing here. I hope that member sees this. I still laugh about it. :rolleyes:

 

[bhm]

I think the biggest one for me lies in my responses to being asked hows it goin? How's things, etc, I'm always like, hey I'm great! Things are awesome!',..when I'm actually trying to convice myself not to take a long swing from a short rope,.. another is when strangers with poor boundaries approch me and start asking questions about my tattoos, and I pleasantly make up some bullshit story to appease them, while I'm thinking AAHhhh! get the f*ck away from me! Lol,. Good topic!

 

[FauxLiz]

Similar the @bhm when asked how I am I have three answers that make everyone think things are great but for me are varying degrees of good, not good terrible in that order sunshine and roses, sunshine and roses and rainbows and unicorns, sunshine and roses and rainbows and unicorns and puppy dog tails.

 

[Skywatcher]

I rate my days by a percentage. Basically, what percentage of my day did I manage to function outside of my head? 70 percent is the highest that I think I have gotten!

 

[Tinyflame]

'How are you today?' on a scale of 1-10 , is an hourly forecast.

 

[bellbird]

"How did you sleep?"
"I slept ok" = I only had two nightmares and I didn't soak my sheets with sweat.

 

[Fadeaway]

I need to go lay down I have a headache.

My senses are overwhelmed and it hurts.