You Know You Have PTSD When...

[incongruent]

when law and order svu comes on the telly- and your best friend turns off the TV and says "Lets go outside!" even when it's raining.

when you claim your claustraphobic when there are tons of people are around, but have absolutely no problem hiding in the corner of a closet for hours.

when you'll go in a longer line at the store, just to have a female/non-threatening cashier, and then 'forget' something if someone gets in the line behind you.

 

[Kintsugi]

When you have already located and identified all possible weapons in a room, know how you would use them, have calculated how many seconds it might take you to get to one. One of the items is a squash, but you've planned for how that could be used.

 

[incongruent]

A squash- when broken, could be used to stab someone in the eye. When whole they can be used to bludgeon, hit someone on the head.I know this because I work at a children's museum, and we have to think of literally how anything in the museum could be used to accidently/on purpose injure another child.

when you flinch when someone starts yelling because you assume it's directed at you- even though you are nowhere near where the yeller is and have no idea who it is.

 

[Lionheart]

....when you cringe at nearby laughter because you think it is directed at you.

 

[Kintsugi]

When you're fine to sit outside at night...

...In your car...
...Which is locked...
...While wearing a bullet-proof vest...
...And an iron chastity belt...
...And a suit of armor...
...With three body guards.

 

[anni]

When you wade into the unattractive mess in the back garden, which vaguely looks familiar but you can't quite put your finger finger on it and after you have it all cleaned up you start itching so you Google it. Oh yea- Poison Sumac. Good to know.

 

[Kintsugi]

Pretty kitty in the background! Plants with defenses scare the crap out of me. Little Shop of Horrors, anyone?

When you change pages to a thread on the forum that you had a posting for, but once the page loads, you forget entirely what you were about to type!

 

[amethist]

You don't have to be sufferer to do that MissAntiSunshine.

It wont be the first time I have logged off and shut down completely, only to realize I have not pressed "Post Reply", on a long piece I have written. :rolleyes: Loosing it all in one click.

Amethist

 

[LawPhotos]

You search the house room by room looking for the clothes that you ironed to wear today and you're becoming upset that someone moved them, only to discover about 15 minutes later that you already put them on. (My actual experience yesterday!)

 

[LawPhotos]

In the middle of the night your young child tells You, "it's okay, it was only a nightmare, go back to sleep"

 

[Kintsugi]

You search the house room by room looking for the clothes that you ironed to wear today and you're becoming upset that someone moved them, only to discover about 15 minutes later that you already put them on. (My actual experience yesterday!)

I often forget to completely undress before I get into the shower. I have probably stepped in with my socks on a dozen times.

 

[njray]

Your personal email account is getting full of contacts from persons email addresses you never saw before but the headers read in unison Hi njray the PTSDforum chat is not working so ............