Words/sayings/expressions That Make You 'tick'

[Deleted member 31998]

As individuals we all have those words, the ones that bother you and you can't seem to shake. Suprisingly there aren't any swear words in my list that I can really think of. When I mean these words, I mean the ones that are associated with trauma or are stressors/related to perhaps a quality(be it physical or mental) resulting from the trauma.

Mine are:

Spacey - Due to my head injury, which resulted in mild brain damage, there are certain things I am slow on remembering.

Unprofessional - After having been judged heavily throughout life, to me professionalism is displayed through character. I am known to be soft and well spoken. Everyone who has ever called me this judges me solely on looks. This bothers me mostly because I have worked for years on being the most hardworking I can be under any circumstance.

Wishy Washy/Flakey - Most of us with PTSD need our alone time. Trying to overstep into our down time will only make us more cross with you.

Not a saying but an action - Someone who finds your fears and plays on them.

What are your trauma related ones and how does it affect you? How do you get over those certain words?

 

[Fadeaway]

Lazy. This one was worse pre-diagnosis, and understanding of my diagnosis. The stress cup explanation really helps me to understand myself better and not beat myself up as much as I used too, but I know others think it.

 

[ghotiff]

Ice queen

 

[sun seeker]

Yes, lazy. I could think of a few others but that one stands out at the moment.

 

[Panda Bear]

Sigh....

Bitch
Introvert
Feisty
Antisocial
Angry

 

[Changing4Best]

Irrepairable
hopeless
lazy
mean
heartless
ruthless
selfish
immature


When I see these things in others, I am repelled. In myself, I don't really see them, but I suppose they are there at times.

 

[Ronin]

None that make me tick in that way. Worked very hard on these commonalities to not be something people can get to me by. More concerned with actions to follow than the words, the implicit risk, not the words themselves.

In other ways? Quite many. Mostly because I associate them with danger to people dear to me that either isn't present and/or those people have contingency plans for, already. Lagging behind and catching up on the present.

 

[katyjane]

Nothing frustrates me more than people who

- (don't know even know what PTSD is), and tell me to stop being emotional/ upset/ get over it/ i'm bipolar when I'm in december (anniversary month of 4 events :/ ), in the hyperarousal stage, and they asked me to explain "what's wrong", and keep bugging me to tell them..
(i try and explain what it is, and what the ANS flight or fight response is, and they get angry at me and shout, saying i'm lecturing them).

thanks mum and dad :(

(before i told them, they accused me of being on drugs and "hiding" something from them.. so i was honest, and they refuse to even research it to understand. :( )

 

[Not Important]

Everyone always tells me "they only hurt you if you LET them!!!111!"

Yeah? Do you really think I had any choice in the matter? Do you think I WANT to be depressed?! Thanks! Some kind of help you are, you worthless piece of shit! In spite of my best efforts to stop them, the maggots of this world continue to feast on the carcass of my sanity, and of course, I'm the only one to blame for their horrendous abuse.

And then they say, in the cruelest, most condescending voice, "Ohhh, it's everyone else's fault!!111!!!" Umm, yes it is. You're right. I've been rendered powerless and all you can do is spit on me while I'm down. Talk about adding insult to injury.

 

[Nevermore]

Cold bitch
Get over it!
Get a life
O yeah ptsd whatever...
The worst for me when I was in my darkest period was when others tried to compare their experience to mine and how much better/faster they got over it - without realky knowing much about my experience at all. And seeming to think that I could control what was happening to me if I just tried harder, "snapped out of it"
I used to get "told off" by people for being so changed - that was when I was still trying to be slightly sociable.
It was so much easier when I gave that up!

 

[Ed Norton]

Harboring the past
What did you do?

 

[Kailani]

Unforgiving
Let go of the past
PTSD is for soldiers