You Know You Have PTSD When...

[moshpitmunkey]

When rage wakes you out of sleep & memory nightmares -

And when *that* makes your day. Because rage means...

This is GOOD.

 

[One step at a time]

you find yourself cleaning the kitchen. again.

the kitchen doesn't need to be cleaned. you need to do your laundry. but the stress of needing to do your laundry is repeatedly driving you to forget what you are supposed to be doing.
and so, for the umpteenth time today, you find yourself stress-cleaning the kitchen. :whistling:

 

[Ronin]

The more you type on here the angrier you get,

When: The opposite reaction :D The more you sort things out / work on it, the calmer you are.

This whole madness nonsense, surprisingly, makes sense. :D

 

[Friday]

...you have 3 kinds of headaches that don't make sense to anyone else without PTSD. :wtf:

f*ckin A my brain hurts.

 

[Anrish]

When you cannot focus on your emotions but only on facts.

When you cannot bare to be touched by no one.

 

[ladee]

When you dreamed that Anthony was very nice and concerned about you in a comment and you wake up totally paranoid.

 

[NoWhereKnowWhere]

...you have 3 kinds of headaches that don't make sense to anyone else without PTSD. :wtf:

f*ckin A my...

And people keep saying "have you taken an ibuprofen, aspirin, paracetamol, drank a glass of water." No I thought I'd just put my head in a vice. Hah yeah I have and it's not that kind of headache.

 

[NoWhereKnowWhere]

When you're googling therapy options and private health coverage all night then sleep in for your actual appointment with a real person.

 

[Chiqui]

When you don't want to sleep at night, in case of you have some self-revelation and find you sleepy ( this is hapenning right now)
:meh:
When you agree with the idea of «how wonderful are the nights awaken) after been many years trying and changing meds to help you on your night sleep. ( With the doctor supervision and close ones concern):eek::confused:

When you visit your neibourgh who is on her eightees and realize we should change positions (she standing up and myself in bed):wideeyed::bag::arghh;

When you have an appoiment with your psychiatrist and you think he is cool because he is «madder than you» and you try to comfort and help him :woot:

 

[BlackbirdSinging]

When you're getting into bed at night and you're asking yourself why you're feeling all kinds of mixed emotions for what seems to be no reason. And then you remember. The beginning of June is an anniversary. And it relates very closely to another anniversary that's coming in the next few days. Also, now that I remember I kinda think it might be nice to forget the first anniversary in June. I'd like to enjoy the second anniversary though since it's a good one.

 

[Ronin]

When you cannot focus on your emotions but only on facts.

... And when you're all emotional when facts make sense & link up with each other, because while it makes absolutely no sense in your head, it makes sense as charts, time lines, cause-and-effect and other fun animals that restore the sense of reality & life making sense.

 

[Anrish]

@Ronin :hug:

When you are too tired to be awake and too tense to sleep.