You Know You Have PTSD When...

[Ricanoland]

You know you have PTSD when your best relationship ever is a long distance relationship.

 

[Britt.f7]

When crying yourself to sleep becomes a normal thing you do.

Or you awake throughout the night just to verify your surroundings.

 

[Ricanoland]

You know you have PTSD when the name you have down for your mother in your cell is "ugh"

 

[Deleted member 12723]

You spend the whole day dreading to go to your p doc appointment tommorow. But when you are running errands, you notice the bank is open on a Sunday which you think it weird. Then you go home and the mailman comes and you panick because you think it is Monday and you missed your doctors appointment. So your sweet husband turns on his cell phone and you realize you lost a day.

I gained another day. I will still make my appointments. I cannot believe I lost time like that.

 

[HëllaBubz]

You know you have PTSD when the name you have down for your mother in your cell is "ugh"

:sneaky::giggle::laugh::roflmao::roflmao::roflmao::wacky::facepalm::dead:

lol, I'm fortunate enough that my relationship with my mum is pretty good, but I can certainly think of few things.....*ahem*, sorry, PEOPLE, to whom I could apply that!

 

[Springer80]

when it's twenty past three in the morning and your days have become so restricted that going to bed and being awake are about as productive as each other. So you don't want to go to bed and your not that hot on another day. And calling the samaritans becomes a stalling tatic.

 

[Springer80]

When the skin at the top of your backside has become shiny and rough from sitting on the floor and has sort of taken on the indentations of the weft of the carpet because you don;t want to sit on the sofa. The floor seems safer.

 

[KatB]

When you dread the idea of going back home and your brother starts to pick on little things you do so he can gain some respect.

When everything turns into an argument and you kick something just for the hell of it...

When you can't even remember the things most obvious to you... ( and you wrote them)...

Self-obsess about your hair and how you have gained weight...

 

[Shellbell]

When you're getting your kids out of the pool and your 3 year old who can't swim, jumps back in the pool without his floaty vest on, and you jump in to get him out, but as it all happened - it was like the whole thing happened in slow motion with no feelings of panic, no emotional reaction, just numbness, like has happened when some previous trauma's occurred.

Even going back a few months ago, I would have panicked like hell if this happened to one of my children and been emotional and shaken by this kind of incident. This happened 2 hours ago and I'm still numb.

Well, at least the dissociation didn't disable me to the point of not being able to save my child from drowning.

And at least I'm aware this is not normal.

 

[Springer80]

Well, at least the dissociation didn't disable me to the point of not being able to save my child from drowning.

Glad your both safe..

 

[Springer80]

Your going to bed at half seven in the morning and it isn't anything to do with shift work. :sleep:

 

[Shellbell]

Thanks Springer80. Me too.