You Know You Are A Ptsd Supporter When:

[Toria]

When you suddenly realise that there are an extra 5 pages of posts since you last read this thread and everyone on it suddenly has an extra 50 Likes!!!

 

[SeekingSerenity]

When you start accepting that you will never have the "normal" relationship that other couples have, but you carry on regardless, because you love that sufferer completely.

 

[HollyB]

When your sufferer is paranoid and freaked out about how you know some facts about them/their whereabouts/their plans (as if you're stalking them or have installed a GPS device in their head), when in reality, they TOLD you those fact/whereabouts/plans just the day before, and that's how you know, they just don't remember telling you.

 

[BlackbirdSinging]

Being a sufferer and reading this thread gives some very interesting insight and perspective. And wanting to thank the supporters who might not hear how much it means to their sufferer who does in fact appreciate them and just can't put the words together.

 

[Sweetpea76]

You know you are a PTSD Supporter when your hyper-vigilant combat vet buys you romantic gifts like a taser and a self defense key chain designed to double as brass knuckles.

 

[StarChild]

buys you romantic gifts like a taser

:roflmao: Oh Sweetpea, I had a bit of a laugh about this! :roflmao: But when I think about it, even a rose could be a "biological" self defence weapon, because of its thorns...:woot::wideeyed:

 

[Sweetpea76]

I even got a hairbrush that has a concealed knife in it :ninja:. I guess him arming me to the teeth makes him feel like he is protecting me.

 

[LilBit]

Oh Holly B, I love you. I have been through that scenario multiple times with my friend with PTSD. Paranoid episodes about how I know things. The problem is that she has another friend (we are not friends) who encourages her in her fears. Which angers me because first, I am not a stalker. And second, I don't think being jealous and feeding her fears does anything except increase her night terrors. The last thing this sufferer needs is to feel like someone close to her has a hidden agenda.

 

[Never Give Up]

When you expect & get nothing on the holiday's and birthday's other than a earful of what you did 20 years ago.

 

[Rie]

You have all these mantras, phrases that you chant to yourself, so you don't go to pieces:

Unconditional love for my sufferer
Take care of myself
One day at a time
Baby steps
Keep putting one foot in front of the other
New normal...

Hey, thanks to whoever started this chat line - I'm new to this forum and new to posting on chats, and your sense of humour really appealed to me and I just didn't know how to introduce myself...

 

[ISupportHer]

When your floor is messy from the "walking on egg shells".

Ohhhhh, it's supposed to just be a figure of speech.

 

[ISupportHer]

When you read about co-dependency and wonder how the author knows all about YOU!

(Time to work on your own issues too)