You Know You Have PTSD When...

[LaurieJ]

Brad1980,
I see alot of myself in what you wrote. I especially look for emergency exits in buildings I'm not familiar with. Hey, you never know now do you? And yes everyone can tell when I've taken my night medications. Thanks for the laugh.
LaurieJ

 

[Changing4Best]

When writing a check, you can't even recall what year it is, let alone what day or month. The only year that came to mind was 1985, and I knew it wasn't the right year, but I could not for the life of me get any other year in my mind.

1985 was the year I first contracted Lyme Disease from tick bites. It is the thing that has ruined my life and causes me many a panic attack, whenever I come into contact with tall grasses (where ticks hang out).

 

[p-no]

When you are trying to sell two stuffed animals your mother had when she was a child and you almost can't because you feel you might hurt them by separating them and they'd be alone and miss the other. And when you have trouble even putting any stuffed animal in any box because it's dark in there and they might feel lonely and scared. And when you then realize that you really mean what you're saying in that post you're currently writing. :shy:

 

['91 Girl]

When you're more willing to talk to strangers online than you are to your best friend.

 

[ericaboo]

Prime-no! I thought I was the only one!

 

[Jen93]

You know you have PTSD when you walk out of your school building (not knowing where you are) without a coat; and are surprised to see the snow on the ground.

Meanwhile your friend coming in just turns you around, places her arm around you and says cheerily "We've got class. It's not time to go home yet." and all the while you're wondering why there was snow on the ground, 'cause it doesn't snow here...right?

 

[Brad1980]

You know you have PTSD
1)when you miss your doctors appointment and the police come to ask if you are ok.
2) You are standing in the parking lot with the keys in your hand looking for your car and you remember you took the bus because you didn't went to deal with traffic

 

[Core]

When you freak out that it's April, wasn't last month really February? Noo, it's April the twentieth, how is this possible?! :wideeyed: Oh right, still March...

And the 20th was really the 29th... :rolleyes:

 

[Springer80]

When you did Easter last weekend! :confused:

 

[Springer80]

When you start to wonder what a newly designed version of the calendar might look like for those with your condition, cos well, if you can't beat it, cheat it!! ;)

 

[Springer80]

When it occurs to you that if you could register your different dissociative personalities as aliases, you could have three times the holiday pay. Somebody should look into that. :bookworm: :O_o:

 

[Springer80]

When you have funny day dreams about starting up a ptsd holiday company...the service starts with cajoling people out of the house two weeks before the departure date :D