You Know You Have PTSD When...

[Recovery4Me]

When the night, is your internal clock time to stay awake. For the day-mares when they jolt you, allow for quick surveillance within the light.

When you feel brave, if you can turn off your lamp at night (but jack up the display of brightness on your smartphone).:clown:

When your weaponry is out of immediate reach, when you sleep and you think that is progress.:laugh:

When you count how many times, you didn't physically react on your action-urges and feel proud.

When you can pick out the flaws during action movies, as you know what you and others have done to survive and that scene wouldn't have worked outside of Hollywood!:clown:

 

[Ronin]

When your weaponry is never out of your immediate reach.

I'm my own weapon.

Now tell that to that me that keeps forgetting it for me, pretty please.

 

[Recovery4Me]

@Cashew (coughs and smiles) Yes there is that : I forget that part too! Somehow as I am aging, I think a slower move disqualifies. But that is not so by law.

When your denial allows the thinking that everyone is skilled in some arts as a matter of course.:meh:

 

[Ronin]

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast, fast is lethal, .... and then there's the mastery of having a cup of tea and not giving a flying ef for any of that speed nonsense ;)

 

[Ronin]

When you can pick out the flaws during action movies

Tangentially, when that doesn't bother you nearly as bad - teaching bad bullshit attitude, like machismo and overestimating force and Not Effing Thinking, is what bothers you with action movies far more. Or the antagonists being so black and white. Or the protagonists not suffering with any of the normal human conditions, mental and physical alike.

All around you're known as that commenter that'll overthink everyone's movies, so people take you only to comedies.
Which you comment on /too/ because come on, that situation is way more hilarious as these people are Not In Trouble, and bullshit trouble as faux pas situations is hilarious... right, we're sticking to books, C.

 

[Friday]

Seizing on minutia to get through big things.
Using the threat of big things to force through minutia.

 

[Ronin]

& Threatening the big things only if you really don't plan on doing them, in reality.

If doing them, not warning. If saying, it's not for the opponent. It's for me to know the choice is always there.

 

[Iwantout]

When even kids films are too scary..

 

[Anrish]

When you never know if a phrase was a compliment or an insult and you prefer to take it as an insult and just ignore it.

 

[Recovery4Me]

When your supporter acquires secondary PTSD.

 

[Ronin]

When you date just vets with complicated background, for that reason, one of the many.

They already had PTSD, it is not /me/ bringing it in.

 

[Recovery4Me]

When your energy attunes with others during their surveillance, positioning and ready stance in public. At ease - is never truly relaxed.