You Know You Have PTSD When...

[rainy_daze]

You know you have PTSD when...

Your partner lets you know when he's running late, because he knows that when it gets to past a certain time and he's not home, you'll worry that he's been in an accident and/or is dead :eek:. You're still loved in spite of this irrationality.

You walk in 3 hours later than you said you'd be home and your partner says he wasn't worried because he knew you were busy. :O_o:. You realise this is because the likeliness that something bad would have happened to you is very slim. You realise you have PTSD, and that you tend to think the worst of anything [seemingly :cautious:] out of the ordinary.

You consider excuses on how to get out of social events far in advance, just in case ;).

You have what others would call "issues" :p:arghh;. A normal conversation can spiral into a highly emotional and personal discussion for you, if something in the topic triggers your feelings about your own trauma.

You're stronger than the average bear :ninja::hilarious:. No one could steal your picnic basket because you're aware of every noise and movement around you.

 

[Red Feather]

When your children quote Harry Potter and say to you, "You're not crazy Mom, you just have a little problem." (Harry Potter talking to Lupin the Werewolf)

 

[BlackbirdSinging]

When a fly gets in the house and somehow finds it's way into your room while you're in there. And you suddenly turn around and start stalking the fly around the room. And it keeps coming up behind you and startling you.

When you find a journal you used to use with your previous therapist. And you open it up forgetting what's written in it. And as you skim through it you trigger yourself realizing you're reading your own traumas.

 

[BlackbirdSinging]

When you schedule a flight for your daughter to come out on the 25th. And you pick her up on the 25th. And that night you check what time your therapy appointment is tomorrow the 25th. And the next day you wake up early get ready and go to therapy. And the person behind the counter tells you your appointment was yesterday the 25th.

 

[rainy_daze]

@BlackbirdSinging , oh no [Edit: :(.] Why are our brains so silly?

 

[Changing4Best]

... when your therapist informs you that there is a deductible for your medical insurance, but tells you not to worry, she'll see you anyway, the same as usual, with the usual co-pay only.

 

[Changing4Best]

... when you will drink strawberry drinks, but not eat plain strawberries.

 

[BlackbirdSinging]

When your father meaning no harm puts his hands on your shoulders trying to get you to look at him in the face as he reassures you that you don't have to leave the room. And you get anxious almost immediately and start asking him to please let you go. And you realize you're so tense and anxious that you feel like you're about to start screaming for him to let you go right there in front of your neighbors who are over visiting.

 

[billie]

When you mention an event to your T and she is like well we have to get that processed, and Im like nah I m not affected by that, thats easy!!!!!

 

[Parafiregirl]

When you park in a public garage and lose your keys before you even exit the car.

When you forget your cell phone almost everytime you try to leave the house and have to go back into the house and search it down.

 

[Changing4Best]

... when you don't get dressed unless you have to go out somewhere (not just to take the dog out either).

 

[rainy_daze]

When it feels like time has stood still, like you're trapped in a bubble.