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BlackbirdSinging
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When you hear a very soft scratching sound in your room at 1:45am. And you realize the sound is coming from your closet and you turn your head and see a bug suddenly run out from your closet door. And you're immediately startled and you scream bringing your hands to your face and bring your knees in close to your body. And you watch as it runs under your bedroom door and out of your room. And then you realize you just screamed so loud you could have just woken up everyone in the house. And you sit there shaking for a minute trying to calm down.
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Justmehere
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... when "how are you?" feels like such a loaded question.
... when friends giggle with you about jumping so much while watching a pg-13 comedy at home, and they offer to help you clean up the popcorn that is everywhere now.
... when you won't take a shower without your dog guarding the bathroom door.
...when your daily planner includes DBT diary cards, CBT skills flash cards, oh, and that electric bill you keep forgetting to pay because thinking about the future is really hard.
... when you have dear friends who battle PTSD too who have shown you how beautiful life is even when it's broken.
... when your phone vibrates it is so startling that you visibly jump and the bus driver kindly asks if a tiger just jumped on the bus.
... when friends giggle with you about jumping so much while watching a pg-13 comedy at home, and they offer to help you clean up the popcorn that is everywhere now.
... when you won't take a shower without your dog guarding the bathroom door.
...when your daily planner includes DBT diary cards, CBT skills flash cards, oh, and that electric bill you keep forgetting to pay because thinking about the future is really hard.
... when you have dear friends who battle PTSD too who have shown you how beautiful life is even when it's broken.
... when your phone vibrates it is so startling that you visibly jump and the bus driver kindly asks if a tiger just jumped on the bus.
Red Feather
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When you hide easter eggs for your kids on easter, and then forget where you hid them!
junglegirl
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You know you have ptsd when you drive to the mall come out the enterance you are Sure you parked in front of and frantically call the mall cops to report a car theft as they drive you around looking for your car parked at another enterance that is very similar and look at you like you are a raving lunatic.
...When you go to the supermarket smile at the cashier have a chat and leave without your bags almost the cashier frequently needs to remind you to take your bag lol
...You have to buy several umbrellas/parasols bc you leave them on the bus in stores etc and you don't remember where and it ps you off and are angry you have to buy another
When neighbours tell you their name repeatedly and you ask them "how do you pronounce your name again" so as not to offend and they say john roflmao such a funny thread I loved the one about being in the shower and forgetting for a moment if you washed your hair.
...When you go to the supermarket smile at the cashier have a chat and leave without your bags almost the cashier frequently needs to remind you to take your bag lol
...You have to buy several umbrellas/parasols bc you leave them on the bus in stores etc and you don't remember where and it ps you off and are angry you have to buy another
When neighbours tell you their name repeatedly and you ask them "how do you pronounce your name again" so as not to offend and they say john roflmao such a funny thread I loved the one about being in the shower and forgetting for a moment if you washed your hair.
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Changing4Best
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... when you go look outside your front door several times per day, because you hear someone there, or your dog barks and when you look, there is no one there.
….when you are wandering hungrily round the house looking for something healthy to eat when you remember you haven't had breakfast and it's now 11am
…. when you log in here to post this, read your alerts and log out, without posting. Then remember you still haven't had breakfast.
…. when you log in here to post this, read your alerts and log out, without posting. Then remember you still haven't had breakfast.
Changing4Best
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When everything seems personal, even when it isn't!
BlackbirdSinging
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When you take your laundry downstairs and fill up the machine with water and detergent and go back to your room to see that you've forgotten 2 items. And then you hurry downstairs and put them in the machine glad you're not too late to add them.
And then 30 minutes later you go to put your clothes in the dryer and when you open the washer only 2 items are in there. And you stand there wondering where all of your clothes went. And then you turn your head and see your full laundry bag sitting right next to you by the washing machine. It turns out you never put them in the machine to begin with.
And then 30 minutes later you go to put your clothes in the dryer and when you open the washer only 2 items are in there. And you stand there wondering where all of your clothes went. And then you turn your head and see your full laundry bag sitting right next to you by the washing machine. It turns out you never put them in the machine to begin with.
Changing4Best
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When you have to have a wisdom tooth pulled and you run and hide in the dentist's bathroom, psyching yourself up for the moment to come. You even admit this to the nurse and she laughs with you.
Ed Norton
Diamond Member
When you know what PTSD even is.
When Dr. Ting finally tells you that you have it.
When Dr. Ting finally tells you that you have it.
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