You Know You Have PTSD When...

[Aine]

These are really great and so many of them are spot on!

...when you thought of a really good reason to know when you have PTSD, and then promptly forgot what it was.

...when you do your grocery shopping at 3am at the all night store because it's not very busy then and you're not sleeping anyway.

...when someone mentions they're on anti-depressants and you say "oh, really? Which one?" and then tell them all the side effects they should be looking out for.

...when you have an escape plan for every possible thing that could go wrong, including earthquake and zombie invasion.

 

[Iam]

HaHA...I love these!!!!

 

[intothelight]

......Make a menu so you can write down the food needed on the grocery list

......Make the grocery list

......Go to the store and forget the grocery list

......Panic about forgetting the list and buy random items so you at least have something in your cart

......Send family member to the store with list

......Have everything on the grocery list, but lost the week's menu

 

[Jline]

You get lost on your own street

 

[Jagged Angel]

...when you have an escape plan for every possible thing that could go wrong, including earthquake and zombie invasion.

Zombie invasion is serious business. When I was President of the Student Association on my campus, we put in a Zombie Contingent Plan that still stands today. One of the other campuses of our uni has a Werewolf Contingency Plan.

As for earthquakes... who'd bother? We don't get those here! :rofl:

 

[externalsmile]

Your sitting in the packed ward of an acute admissions unit and you realise you are the most suicidal, depressed, anxiety ridden person there.......and you are the nurse!

When it feels totally rational to go hungry because you can't leave the house because you are in your pj's and going to change into clothes is way too much effort.

When someone asks you did you have a good weekend and your reply is a very enthusiastic "BRILLIANT!" They ask....oh did you do something interesting? Your reply.....yes! I slept!

You sleep through the night and feel normal so you get totally hyperactive and drive everyone around you nuts for the day.

 

[gdf]

I read the first one you listed externalsmile and almost fell off my chair! LOL. And....BRILLIANT.

 

[James B.]

You know you have PTSD when:

you go to the store to buy a note pad so you can make lists and not forget things, get to the store, and forget what the heck you went there for...(trust me on this).:occasion:

 

[gdf]

Ok, I need some validation on this one...

I email myself notes from work to remind myself to do things when I get home 'cause I know I'll forget!


Dear Gina,

Call the vet about the cat.

Signed Gina


Some days I don't think that's all PTSD ! LOL The bonus is I have email that's not junk : )

 

[intothelight]

You forget where you put your teeth and realize they are in a cup on your desk at work and hope you get there before anyone else, provided you remember to set the alarm! :crazy:

 

[Deleted member 5760]

You know you have PTSD when :

You hear 'can you PLEASE remove that patch while we're intimate. It's really messing with my vibe. I mean, I'm all into role playing darling, but.....'

 

[AdamAnt]

Aaaaaaarrrrrrgh!!!