You Know You Have PTSD When...

[katz]

Try posting this as a new topic in the forums :)

Ok. Thanks.

 

[420kitty]

When you feel great for a month or so, but then the tingling nerves start winding back up again. Breakdown?

 

[Juso]

when being happy feels dangerous

 

[One step at a time]

you realize you use time-words a lot in your journal, to help remember/distinguish between what used to be true, and what is true now

 

[Mee]

It's a silly trigger; but I hate it, hate it and jump out of my skin if when I don’t answer the from door the person trying to get attention starts walking around the house knocking on windows or other doors. It has NO relation to what happened to me but it sets me off. I feel hunted down and I hide and shake. Sometimes I was on my way to answer the door, this happens and I ’have’ to go and hide instead.

 

[littleoc]

It's a silly trigger; but I hate it, hate it and jump out of my skin if when I don’t answer the from door...

Wow, to me that seems rude D:


You know you have PTSD when you live your life adjusting like a diabetic or epileptic person :)

 

[Rogue1303]

This thread is gold!! Thank you! Adding a few personal ones in related to sexual assault/rape..
-the bathroom is the safest place from humanity.
-your friends only see you at mandated events.. and since you graduated from university you never speak to them
- leaving the house/going to the store is a feat in and of itself; actually getting out of the car is the accomplishment of a lifetime (sometimes you just sit there for hours and then turn around and go back home)
-you feel violated when someone compliments your looks
- you have more friends online than in person (I saw this one posted earlier.. just reiterating it!)
-your emotions are not your own to control, but you're at their mercy. And they never make sense.
- your loved ones don't approach you anymore because you only get defensive and clam up or run away (or both).
-your dog (or cat) is your best friend. Bonus points because my dog has social anxiety too with humans and animals.

 

[TruthSeeker]

You know you have PTSD when...

1. ...you have more emergency helpline numbers in your phonebook than f...

You have such a way with words, this made me smile. I can relate. Thank you for posting.

 

[Sweetleaf]

When someone flirting with you makes you feel intensely afraid of them.

 

[TruthSeeker]

-you pack your bags to go to the psych hospital more often than you pack to go on vacation
-going grocery...

Hee! Not long ago I had to get rid of a perfectly good can-opener because the daily struggle with it was jus...

You said: You know you have PTSD when you buy 10 of everything so you can always find at least one.
I always called this Power Shopping!

 

[TruthSeeker]

:rofl:OMG! Keep'em coming! I'm splitting a gut laughing as I see myself in so many of these!

When you t...

You posted:
When you take the laundry out of the dryer, throw it in a basket, go to pee and when you come back you stick the same load back in the washer.

When you are trying to drive out of town and you keep getting confused and ending up back at home.​

I can't tell you how many times I've redone laundry because I let it pile up, and then have four baskets, put them all out by the washer, pay no attention to what color clothes I've thrown in, moved to dryer, taken out....had to stop to run in to potty, come back, and cant decide which goes in the house and which is next in the wash. I smell it, can't tell...so I rewash to be sure. It seems a funnier now that you posted and I thought about this.....LOL.

Also, when I moved into this strange house alone, organization was a serious issue. Just getting a few things together to go out....keys, phone (a must for safety), license, credit card and money (incase of emergency) seemed to take forever. I'd always find my way to the end of the street in my car, and have to turn around...thinking shxt, I forgot to get ............ I'd go back to the house, find it, get in my car in a half daze...irritated, drive to the end of the street, the whole time asking myself....do I have everything.....and realize I was missing something else on the important list. Finally, I started planning to leave half an hour early so I wasn't late.

 

[Teasel]

You spend a day in tge company of your amygdala ~ anxiety fear and so on and for seemingly such a small trigger. I guess it's no wonder people think I'm pathetic.