You Know You Have PTSD When...

[katz]

When I lay there at the end of the day and replay everything that I said and did that day. Often telling myself, "you shouldn't have done that". (It often keeps me from falling asleep) Yawn!.

 

[TruthSeeker]

I got issues w comfort items- not there yet. Working on it.

I crocheted a doll hat this week- does that count toward progress? The hat gets given to dress a doll for a needy kiddo at the holiday.

 

[tin-man]

When someone knocks on your door, you open it and let out a scream because someone is standing there...

See that's where you went wrong. You shouldn't have opened it at all. Instead, you just stand there wondering who it could be, why they didn't call ahead, and if they happen to be a knife wielding maniac. And then they give up and go away. Problem solved. :D

 

[Ronin]

When ^^ cracks you up. For a multitude of teases about (come on, who should be the knife wielding maniac... and why are we calling having a knife and being ready being a maniac, again?)

... and the functional therapy session was your therapist going through a list of worst case scenarios with you, dismissing them one by one. And they say there is no healing power in these. :cautious::rolleyes:

 

[Briar Rose]

When...i burst into tears over a hiccup, yes :oops::laugh: no more words needed

 

[Friday]

In a martial arts class... instructor demonstrating why you’d attack over an arm instead of under... and your first thought is, no. Go under the arm for the throat. Either they won’t see you do it because of the position until it’s too late, or better, they protect their throat and you break their knee.

But what you do?

Smile like an empty headed soccer mom & nod.

Because secrets.

 

[Ronin]

When an appointment with a psychiatrist leaves you more depressed (alias DexterCheerful) than when you went in.

Because when we streamline that life, that leaves out several countries, several children, what the f*ck I mean with knives and guns and blazes of firefun when I say DV... and altogether arrive at another life that was not mine.
Just a college drop out who could not find a job for a decade. Because secrets.

But what you do is talk to a friend about lollipops, because you can trust her with your Chinese, and sitting mad grief & missing & regrets down with some simpler orders of the day. Like lollipops.

 

[Njeri]

You know you have PTSD when f**k makes up nearly every word in a given sentence and extends into paragrap...

Yup...so so true!....

 

[BlackbirdSinging]

When you're watching tv with your mom and your brother and he falls asleep and starts snoring and it agitates you so much that you have to get earbuds to block it out. But, you discover you can still hear him and you have to leave the room because screaming which feels like the right idea is probably isn't.

 

[Ronin]

^^

That. If a tree falls in Canada and no one is around, Canadians probably will apologize, and you thousands of miles away are likely to have a panic attack from the noise TOO. PTSD koans.

 

[littleoc]

...you can consistently have bad mornings, bad nights, and great 2:32PMs :D

 

[jaccat]

You go to a public event that involves a sudden, loud, but expected noise (someone fired a cannon). In a crowd of hundreds you appear to be the only one that doesn't jump and/or scream when it happens.