You Know You Have PTSD When...

[Ronin]

Till you realise that it's completely dark outside

... & When that doesn't deter you, you still get up for a walk.

Of a few hours, waiting the shops out. :sneaky:

 

[bellbird]

... & When that doesn't deter you, you still get up for a walk.

Of a few hours, waiting the shops out. :sneaky:

Totally ended up waiting outside the gym for it to open on that day.

Thankfully we were talking on the scale of minutes not hours by the time I walked there, 'cause, winter. :cool:

 

[mumstheword]

...when you consider it a pretty major success, that you, not only walked to the post office and got post, but you went to a charity shop and talked small talk with the sales lady, even though the walk down to drop off overdue library books through town was stretching it too far, and the library books returned home for another week of being overdue.

 

[bellbird]

Totally cheering you on right now, @mumstheword .
No doubt you will kickass on those library returns next week. For now just focus on the awesome accomplishments of today :hug:

 

[Ronin]

Me too...

Hey, that is a good sign you got some awesome books choices, Mums. They are like aalways overdue, no matter when you come... & darned good to snuggle with reading some more.

 

[mumstheword]

Hey thanks @bellbird and @Ronin. I did get them back, a week later.:-) Reading is fun. I didn't get more out yet, but plan to soon. I can go to the library, next town over, if my guyfriend drives me there.

I'm kinda embarrassed to admit that I don't have my.licence yet, but after my group therapy course winds up, I'm going to be focusing on getting my license.


My town is very small and only has the library bus visit once a week, but I'm not so good with going into the village here.

This is the town where I've been through the hardest stuff ever, in relation to my ex, my kid's and my health. I'm stuck here til I can move, I just freak out when out around the people here, a lot. Sometimes it's ok, but it's not really getting any easier. I think I just need to move to a different town or, better still, out of any town.

 

[Ronin]

I'm stuck here

Totally getting you, there.

In the same time: You are on getting your license, which also means you are so less stuck. :ninja:

Nothing embarassing about not having one, now. You are just saying you are a badass that always figured out different way of transport, or that would be enough friendly that others would offer you rides, through the years... both good things.

 

[bellbird]

Nothing embarassing about not having one, now. You are just saying you are a badass that always figured out different way of transport, or that would be enough friendly that others would offer you rides, through the years... both good things.

Agreed, wholeheartedly.

 

[ChildofGod]

When you are gripped tightly to fear and it seems impossible to ever let go of it.

 

[Friday]

When you’ve spent so long feeling bad you forget it’s okay to feel good once in awhile.

 

[Ronin]

When your idea of grounding out a storm in your reactions is to isolate in a foreign country for a halfa weekend vacation, because not in vivo exposure to it apparently isn’t enough.

& When I’m proud of you for traveling, darling :happy: makes the whole trauma reasoning cluster hilarious. Laughter where it can be had, even the despair one, is good.

 

[Rani G2]

Not sure of this...

When things become somewhat... like peaceful (Not a fan of this word) No need to arm yourself, No enemy around the corner... you Do tend to become distrustful. people, the living here, in a country with NO war Not yet), and people that actually like you. Boaaaaa