You Know You Have PTSD When...

[Amy Jo]

you know you have ptsd when....
everyone--everyone-is pissed at you

 

[lala]

You have "emotional parts" and "apparently normal parts" and you know what that means

 

[Err0r]

Just the other day I thought that I might have made absolutely every single memory up. And maybe my father is a nice man after all, and maybe I just did all those self-destructive things just because I was born this way.. Or something.

I've been terrified to admit this, but sometimes this is definitely how I feel. It's encouraging to know I'm not the only one.

 

[zaniara]

I've been terrified to admit this/It's encouraging to know I'm not the only one. :ETTS

Yes it is.. THAT'S what makes me feel sick! :D And yes, it's encouraging to hear someone else recognize this. So thank you! :)

 

[BlackbirdSinging]

When you're shopping and the lights are too bright and there are too many sounds. It just suddenly seems so loud. And it starts making you feel funny like almost dizzy. And you start to get anxious and you feel like you want to just hurry out of the store. And the lady in line behind you won't stop talking. And there are just too many sounds and you want everyone to just be quiet for a minute because you feel like someone just turned all 5 of your senses up on high.

 

[rainy_daze]

You know you have PTSD when:

...you feel isolated in a room full of people that you know.

...you feel like no one in your life understands, because you can't articulate what's inside your head, because you don't want to burden anyone.

...you are talking, but no one is really hearing you. As if somehow they cannot understand your clear as day english.

...the awful past feels like it was yesterday, when in reality it was years ago.

...someone asks you what you have been doing since they last saw you and you struggle to focus on the positives.

 

[JustBe]

...In the middle of a beautiful day, anxiety grabs you by the throat and won't let go.

 

[warathome]

you know you have PTSD when....
you cell phone gives the alert noise for a text and jump 10 feet
your home phone rings and it scares the crap out of you

 

[rainy_daze]

cell phone gives the alert noise for a text and jump 10 feet

That made me :roflmao:. Sometimes I think I hear my phone going off in the cinema and the anxiety builds in my chest, the fear that I have forgotten to put it on silent :facepalm:, yet I never forget to put it on silent.

 

[CourageofSnow]

You know you have PTSD when:

...you feel isolated in a room full of people that you know.

...you feel like no one in your life understands, because you can't articulate what's inside your head, because you don't want to burden anyone.

...you are talking, but no one is really hearing you. As if somehow they cannot understand your clear as day english.

...the awful past feels like it was yesterday, when in reality it was years ago.

...someone asks you what you have been doing since they last saw you and you struggle to focus on the positives.

Rainy_daze this is exactly what I feel!!

You know you have PTSD when:
- you are afraid to speak for fear of saying or doing something that upsets others
- you congratulate yourself for having a shower and putting make up on
- you shake so much you lose weight and you didn't even exercise
- you find yourself rocking backwards and forwards on the floor of the kitchen and wonder how you got there
- you find yourself looking at the clock and it is 2am and you think I wish I was tired...
- you have a stuffed toy in your handbag and your kids have outgrown them
- there is a workplace policy on what to do if a flashback occurs..
- you look forward to talking to your therapist until the day before and you realise you have to talk to them

 

[blue-Ocean]

When your toast pops up out of the toaster and you jump sky high this always happens to me,and when people you know do not understand you any more.

 

[Jen93]

This happened to me yesterday.

You know you have PTSD when your professor stops a lecture and asks if you're okay. When you say "hello." and "I'm confused" they immediately know you're out of it and take you to the office; even when you try to appear normal and completely calm they know you're freaking out.

(I still don't know how she knew I was out of it, unless she knows my triggers or has noticed that me looking around the room frantically is part of it.)