1. The Red Gorilla
Not unlike the 'black dog' reference that people use to describe their depression (i.e. the 'black dog's got me'). The red from this title represents the all-consuming rage that typically accompanies PTSD. The gorilla is representative of the regression to a more 'primal' level of behaviour and thinking that many sufferers experience.
Have you been gripped by the red gorilla?
2. The Time Warp
You go in looking like you're about twenty years old; ten years later, you look about fifty seven.
"Let's do the time warp again..."
3. PSTD off!!!
This may look good on a t-shirt.
4. The Pain Train
I know this one is a favourite of suzie_q
Keep riding that pain train suzie_q
chug a chug a chug a chug a
whoo whoo!!!
Next stop Hurtsville, Virginia
5. The Crying Game
No explanation needed.
6. The Deal Breaker
A reference to the conditions’ solvent effect upon marriages; friendships, and employment contracts.
7. The Grind
Rise and shine boys and girls. It’s another day of:
…insomnia; adrenal flood; panic; fatigue; rage; depression; nightmares; palpitations; rumination; paranoia; allergies; vague pains; emotional numbness; obsession; compulsion; night terrors; dissociation; hatred; flashbacks; memory loss; agoraphobia; fear of intimacy; mistrust; detachment; impending sense of doom; isolation; dependence; startle-response; self-blame; exhaustion…
8. The Hyper-drive
Hyper-vigilance; hyper stress arousal; hyper-sensitivity; hyper-mania; hyper-activity
‘Engage the hyper-drive’
9. The Mire
Cause a lot of the time, it’s just like wading through a f*cking swamp.
10. Emotional Leprosy
Not unlike the 'black dog' reference that people use to describe their depression (i.e. the 'black dog's got me'). The red from this title represents the all-consuming rage that typically accompanies PTSD. The gorilla is representative of the regression to a more 'primal' level of behaviour and thinking that many sufferers experience.
Have you been gripped by the red gorilla?
2. The Time Warp
You go in looking like you're about twenty years old; ten years later, you look about fifty seven.
"Let's do the time warp again..."
3. PSTD off!!!
This may look good on a t-shirt.
4. The Pain Train
I know this one is a favourite of suzie_q
Keep riding that pain train suzie_q
chug a chug a chug a chug a
whoo whoo!!!
Next stop Hurtsville, Virginia
5. The Crying Game
No explanation needed.
6. The Deal Breaker
A reference to the conditions’ solvent effect upon marriages; friendships, and employment contracts.
7. The Grind
Rise and shine boys and girls. It’s another day of:
…insomnia; adrenal flood; panic; fatigue; rage; depression; nightmares; palpitations; rumination; paranoia; allergies; vague pains; emotional numbness; obsession; compulsion; night terrors; dissociation; hatred; flashbacks; memory loss; agoraphobia; fear of intimacy; mistrust; detachment; impending sense of doom; isolation; dependence; startle-response; self-blame; exhaustion…
8. The Hyper-drive
Hyper-vigilance; hyper stress arousal; hyper-sensitivity; hyper-mania; hyper-activity
‘Engage the hyper-drive’
9. The Mire
Cause a lot of the time, it’s just like wading through a f*cking swamp.
10. Emotional Leprosy
