You Know You Have PTSD When...

[Marie E.]

Lmao! Reminds me of my older boy's reaction when I told him I comstantly dreamed of his younger brother's elmo stuffed animal who would chase me around and never died!! He just burst into laughter at me. Lmao!

 

[schnauzerbabies]

You have a fence around your entire property, with hotwire strands top and bottom. And it isnt to keep the kids in.

 

[angel2write]

You feel guilty or feel like apologizing when you can't make the spell-checker happy and have to post a reply with squiggly red or green lines under something.

 

[Sandra]

You get multitasking so much you keep closing the wrong windows over and over again. :rolleyes::laugh:

 

[Sandra]

You go to take your meds and can't find 2 of the bottles. I forgot I set them aside to order some more. The worst part of it is the other 2 bottles are sitting in front of me on the desk. :rolleyes:

 

[CraftyCath]

When you have to put something in between the door to stop it banging in the night 'cos it scares you witless, you jump skyward and then are wide awake for the rest of the night.

When your H is trying to be quiet when he gets up in the morning and you still jump yourself awake!

Even the sound of silence makes you jump!

 

[Sazza]

When your up then your down, its all black then its white, its all wrong then its right. Its bascially all over the place just like your mind and feelings.

 

[CraftyCath]

...Then you have to use this emoticon all the time....:confused:

 

[Truckinjoan]

Have any of you heard of post traumatic stress symptoms ever completely diasppearing?

 

[CraftyCath]

Think Anthony wrote something about it on the Wiki pages Truckinjoan. I believe the symptoms get better with meds, time and therapy (though not everyone agrees with taking meds). I truly believe in getting a good therapist even if, like me, you have to pay for one. I've never heard of the symptoms disappearing but believe they can be controlled. Have a look at the Wiki pages.

 

[Truckinjoan]

Will do Crafty. Is Anthony the therapist?

 

[Sazza]

You know you have PTSD when the road to beating it is long, with many a winding turn, that leads you to who knows where. OK that song came in to my head and thought hey that fits the bill of ptsd perfect.