What Is One Thing Positive About Ptsd

[Me Myself and I]

Everything has a positive and negative side, so does the PTSD.

What is something positive that the PTSD has "brought" to you? It can be a new person? A lesson? A realization of something?

I personally became a stronger person, I now learnt to cope with things differently, probably better.

 

[franciemarnie]

It's sure made me perceptive. I can read a room in a second. Though I smoked for decades, my sense of smell is almost too good. I am very quick on my feet.

I am more compassionate than I might have been. Constantly assessing people and situations, I automatically put myself in their shoes.

Just some thoughts.

 

[BlackbirdSinging]

It shows me that my self will do whatever it takes to survive. To me that tells me I might be stronger than I realize.

 

[MissMacD]

Made me more grateful for the simplest things.

 

[Chincho]

I can usually read people like a book in a few seconds.

I have great instincts, which I trust. When I go against them, I usually end up being wrong.

 

[Leah123]

I'm so used to experiencing an exaggerated stress response, as if many little things are crises, that I am calm and efficient in a real crisis, take charge.

 

[Lucasta]

No reruns!

I can watch all my favorite old shows and movies without remembering how they end. Same with books.

 

[quic]

I can wear the same size pants I wore in high school (I run a lot) I tried for years to literally run away from my problem. Running was a time of peace for me. Long runs of 2-4 hours would alter my mental and physical state so that I would not notice my ptsd symptoms. Now that I have reached a state of improved mental health I get the same results in 30 minutes a day.

 

[therisa]

For myself, it opened up a side of myself, I never knew, to exist, to write poetry, and how to survive on 3-4 hours of broken sleep.

 

[VDWngr1355]

It has made me a more empathetic of a person.

 

[Spiderallis]

Hyper vigilance and that quick assessment of things is pretty useful at times. If I can't avoid a tense, stressful situation, my emotions shut down and I handle it well. Former coworkers noticed that before I was diagnosed. They told me that if anything crazy ever happened, they were going to get behind me. Nothing ever happened but it meant a lot that they'd trust me to keep everyone safe.

 

[maddog]

My childhood taught me to be an observant and good judge of character, and to value the basics in life, such as survival, safety and basic contentment. The material desires and concerns that seem to motivate so many people mean absolutely nothing to me, perhaps even to my own detriment at times, but I am happy to have avoided the consumer merry-go-round to the extent that I have.

I am also calm and unbreakable in a crisis.

Therapy and my journey towards recovery have taught me a degree of insight, self awareness and empathy that has made me into a better person than I otherwise would have been. I'm not sorry for that part of my journey at all.

Maddog