You Know You Have PTSD When...

[user27357]

when you see accidents in the rear view mirror, but way way way back because you know whats going on back there, you were trying to keep tabs on like 30 other drivers on the freeway

 

[user27357]

Damn, @StarAnise , can you guess what I am going to post next? :)

 

[StarAnise]

when you see accidents in the rear view mirror, but way way way back because you know whats going on back there, you were trying to keep tabs on like 30 other drivers on the freeway

Also like primarily 'staying in the wing mirror' by the number of 'checks' whilst driving because somehow what's behind is that important and there hasn't been any accident at all!

 

[MnM]

When you go to put a laugh emoji on something and realize all the other emoji reactions are all hugs and sad faces..... and you can't figure out for the life of you why it's not funny to other people, or you can't wrap your head around why it's sad or hug-worthy...

When you realize this means your reactions to everything are probably off-normal

 

[PlainJane]

When you refuse to fix the noisy front/back door everybody hates, because if you know, you know.

 

[ladee]

When you have bitched every single day, at least three times a day. that you have to keep filling the dogs water bowl. It only took me 3 YEARS
TO
GET
A
BIGGER
BOWL

 

[Freddyt]

You used to troubleshoot just about anything from networks to servers to complex manufacturing equipment to equipment in other locations you can't even see.

Now, setting options on your cell phone is enough to defeat you.

 

[BlueWeepingRose]

When you really don't like being touched and how uncomfortable you are during sex scenes in movies. You can't look at the screen. Instead, you just look down at your hands and hope it goes to the next scene soon, because of how uncomfortable it's making you feel.

 

[Freddyt]

You understand how governments haven't changed anything in their handling of the mentally ill in the last 70 years. Despite the massive increase in knowledge and revolutions in treatment of mental illness in the last 40 years in the science, everybody forgot about where the patient goes next.

 

[Skywatcher]

When you are on vacation and less relaxed than you are in your daily life.

 

[user27357]

you find yourself zoning out while doing a mundane task and when you realize you have been out to lunch for a while you try to retrace how you got yourself into the spiral and determine just how much time was wasted thinking about things you know just lead to worse thoughts and then another half hour later you realize you got started again and try to retrace your thoughts, you know what I am talking about, it's PTSD and it sucks to be a problem solver when you are the problem.

 

[Freddyt]

Some days your change of scenery for the day is called the shower.