You Know You Have PTSD When...

[Anrish]

When you get used to not falling asleep...

When you're scared of plannin your own birthday party.

When you think you would prefer to work on New Year's Eve (Yeah, in a big city...)...instead of celebrating it with strangers.

 

[Reaching4thestarrs]

when sudden and/or loud noises send you through the roof.

Yes! Certain sounds also feel like a punch in the stomach. I can be lying in bed at night and there are just certain sounds that when I hear them literally knock the wind out of me. They fall into the "sudden" noises as opposed to "loud"

 

[Glo809]

"When you need to remind yourself you're not f*cking up as badly as you come up with you are."

Oh my dear fellow, ptsd'r, I over analyze everything, I once built a bookcase with 4x4's because I suspected the books would break 2x4's.

I also do this for my current life situations, which is why I made an appt today to get meds, I'm still far from rock bottom in discovery mode.

But, I drive for a living, I have to remain focused on the road, not my memories.

G

 

[Glo809]

Greetings

And being realistic on the need for a prescription.......

Yes, I have made that choice.
G

 

[Reaching4thestarrs]

When you shop for groceries one day at a time...

 

[BlackbirdSinging]

When you're sitting next to someone and the closer they lean to you the further you lean away from them.

 

[Gs172003]

When you're sitting next to someone and the closer they lean to you the further you lean away...

I always have space between me and the person next to me lol

 

[BlackbirdSinging]

I always have space

Me too. Sometimes though people lean and when they do I lean away. I think it goes with my feelings on being touched. I tend to pull away from some people sometimes.

 

[Ronin]

When people questioning you about your isolating and acting entitled to your time make you want to drop every single relationship in your life. Including the ones you actually bloody care for.

Stop. Stop the questions, stop the bullshit, stop the entitlement, stop. You don't matter. My life, and not being driven insane, does.

 

[Lola Nocheprieta]

Sorry for double post!

 

[Lola Nocheprieta]

When you are so good, so present and patient, listening to your clients' trauma history and current symptoms, and sharing that yes, you practice these grounding skills, too ... When you have seemingly endless capacity to be a compassionate witness to someone else's suffering and an ally in their healing ... Yet you talk to yourself like you are a piece of shit and the sight of a little girl happily sitting on her daddy's lap gives you flashbacks and makes you claim you "must have got something in my eye, gotta go now, bye!"

 

[Friday]

When I'm-okay-I'm-okay-I'm-okay is a vast improvement over 'I'm fine'.