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You Know You Have PTSD When...
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Charmedone
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When you go into the store and the one thing you had on your list to buy is the one thing you never bought.
When you go into a public loo and put your keys, phone and money in the sink and set off the automatic tap and it takes you a few seconds to realise why its come on and move everything out the way lol.
When you read a sentence then re-read it lol and its still not sunk in
When you have lots of images running through your head and you still manage to function on a good day.
When you talk about your brain like it has a good and bad side.
When you talk about now you, younger you and all the 'yous' in between.
When you can't find matching socks so you think f*ck it I wont wear any.
When you cry and feel guilty.
When you feel guilty but can't cry.
When you go into a public loo and put your keys, phone and money in the sink and set off the automatic tap and it takes you a few seconds to realise why its come on and move everything out the way lol.
When you read a sentence then re-read it lol and its still not sunk in
When you have lots of images running through your head and you still manage to function on a good day.
When you talk about your brain like it has a good and bad side.
When you talk about now you, younger you and all the 'yous' in between.
When you can't find matching socks so you think f*ck it I wont wear any.
When you cry and feel guilty.
When you feel guilty but can't cry.
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When your (very!) own sense of humor has you on the floor with laughter and the others around you seriously considering calling the "men in white" (German idiom for emergency psychiatrists, so to speak).
Orglethorp
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When you desperately want the people around you to understand what you've been through and how you're struggling with it, but you don't want to ruin their day or upset them, so you resort to dropping very cryptic hints in the midst of normal conversation and hoping someone will ask. (Example: Talking about summer nights in elementary school spent at a friend's house, seeing who could lay on the trampoline the longest with the sprinkler underneath. When others start commenting how they miss being a child, I might say "I miss nights like that.")
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I hear you and I understand you.
People are not mind readers and cryptic remarks will not get your needs met. I used to be desperate for people to understand what I was going through and it only became a source of grief for me.
Now I do not tell people unless it is on the forum for my support and help.
Most People do not understand ptsd and often say very cruel and hurtful things in trying to help.
Rare is the person who will care enough to try to understand.
I hope you will post here about what you need and want. Here people have been there and understand so you do not have to explain yourself.
I wish you the best in trying to get help and support and understanding for yourself. Hugs.
People are not mind readers and cryptic remarks will not get your needs met. I used to be desperate for people to understand what I was going through and it only became a source of grief for me.
Now I do not tell people unless it is on the forum for my support and help.
Most People do not understand ptsd and often say very cruel and hurtful things in trying to help.
Rare is the person who will care enough to try to understand.
I hope you will post here about what you need and want. Here people have been there and understand so you do not have to explain yourself.
I wish you the best in trying to get help and support and understanding for yourself. Hugs.
DharmaGirl
VIP Member
Whew! I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this. I don't know why I cry either.
I did that, crying, when my major depressive disorder began last year. I couldn't even stop crying when my husband took me to see my doctor. So I cried walking in, I cried sitting in the waiting room, I cried walking into the room, I cried during the whole checkup, and I cried all the way out. Tears kept streaming down my face. Once they changed my meds from one that obviously wasn't working to one that was, I was much better. I didn't cry just because someone smiled at me.
Then, after months of very little to no crying, a few weeks ago I started up again. I even wrote about it. It was a few days worth. Again, they adjusted my meds and I was good to go. Doesn't mean I don't still tear up. I just don't do what they called inappropriate crying.
Being such a crier, my heart goes out to all of you experiencing that symptom.
Then, after months of very little to no crying, a few weeks ago I started up again. I even wrote about it. It was a few days worth. Again, they adjusted my meds and I was good to go. Doesn't mean I don't still tear up. I just don't do what they called inappropriate crying.
Being such a crier, my heart goes out to all of you experiencing that symptom.
I agree with what Gizmo said. I understand why you feel the need to do it. I just think it tends not to work very well in general.
And I know in all the years of treatment I have had and all that I have seen others get supported that they encourage us to speak up directly for what we need.
The other side of that I have found is to only do that to those who are safe for me to do it with or else to be prepared for a response I don't want.
I find it much safer to look for support from those who understand. Or be realistic about what kind of support or understanding others are likely to give.
Changing4Best
VIP Member
My support does not come from family. I have few live friends that live anywhere nearby, only one. But one of my neighbors has been a bit friendlier lately, so I sure am happy about that! Maybe one day, I'll just open up to her a tiny bit and see where it leads to. To find a new support person might be good I think. Still keeping the one I have firmly in place too though!
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