You Know You Have PTSD When...

[Anrish]

When you're not afraid of going to work again because of the work but because of people - even if they're good people.

 

[Friday]

When you appreciate being hung over... Because the stabby stabby headache & sensitivity to noise & sounds is so much LESS than the PTSD versions :wtf: :hilarious:

I thought to myself "Hey! I'm getting better! I can actually function through this one!" ... & then I remembered... "No, you idiot. You're hung over." :facepalm: Oh. Right. Damn. Well at least I can still function through it. So there. Nyah Nyah. Drink water. Go for a run. Clean the house. Banging.

 

[Ronin]

When you spend time home... in a memory of a past.

Wings. Promises. Return, bloody damn it. Don't go into that good night, at all. No lying in the snow. Wings. Lola. Friday. Flying. f*ck that death melody.

& When.... f*ck sake. Orders make sense. Even if the one with them & reminding of them is just almost me. :facepalm::bag:

 

[Anrish]

When people asking you how they can help you...makes you feel tense...because you're scared and angry at yourself.

 

[Ronin]

& When you haven't had people asking that question for quite a good long while, so when they do, mind goes blank.

Or down to doubting everything about their willingness to help. Because so far help just kept equalling with deception & being conned into waay worse situations. Nah. I'm fiine. I don't need to be the kind of 'fine' I will be if I accept any offers.

 

[desiderata310]

When you walk into your therapy appointment sick and dizzy and having a hard time guarding and your therapist says how calm you seem. I'm trying not to pass out and vomit on your sofa.:bored:

 

[jaccat]

When your T needs to preface 'sometimes I just want to give you a big hug' with 'now, my bum is not going to move from this seat!'

 

[Ronin]

When...

I'm trying to not go postal on you for insisting to an abuse survivor their abuser & abuser of others 'means well'.
Oh, right, you're my friend. I'll tone the fierce down. Ain't your fault you're good peoples who hasn't lived in that world.

& .... What the f*ck, defense of others: Still the only fight I have.
You're not even sure if it's years of training yourself to care or your own losses speaking. Or if you mind the difference.

 

[Keming]

When your masking it so practiced it fools the shrink. :mask:

 

[Keming]

When you have more flashlights than..... anyone needs.

There is no such thing as too many flashlights. Only too many in one place.

 

[Deleted member 29920]

hellish nightmares, one after another, after another. thanks brain :shifty:

 

[ladee]

When everything hurts but your feelings... the only thing that is numb..