You Know You Have PTSD When...

[In the weeds]

You think..

1) I should do *this* (type of chore)

2) well, I should do *that* before I do *this*

3) actually I do *this other thing* first.

4) if I'm going do that I should do *fill in the blank* before all that.

And finally you sit down, exhausted from all that thinking and nothing has gotten done.

 

[Torch]

When you artistically 'create' or 'innovate' a weekly chore routine, so you don't have to waste precious mental resources thinking about what chores to do. Automatically getting up and moving to do the chores when you've assigned them to yourself provides physical and mental benefits that aid in managing PTSD symptoms.

 

[Rose White]

@Torch can you share how to do that? You can do it in my diary.

 

[Dynamic]

you accidentally step on something and it makes a loud noise and you’re ready to fight

 

[Friday]

1 - When you have No. Idea. If you’re being totally paranoid, or completely reasonable?

2 - When even the idea of a little paranoid, overly cautious, sensible given the situation…

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= From didn’t even occur to -> Nope. Those aren’t things. Not real things. You’re just making shit up now. MIDDLE ground? You mean where the crater is? Sense on one side. Sense on the other. In the MIDDLE. Because

3 - Emotional Reasoning. ‘Nuff said.

 

[parrotthepolly]

When your desire to self harm goes so far as to scare someone straight and you want to be happy for them for moving on but can't feel happy about anything when all that's going through your mind are the look of horror when they were trying to help.

 

[parrotthepolly]

When you no longer get ID'd at the liquor store cause they can tell the life has left your eyes!

 

[shimmerz]

You used to be shitty at listening to your body but have realized that very very bad things happen if you don't learn how to pay attention to it or you will be in deep shit.

 

[stargirl948]

-When you come to consciousness on a random street and your first thought is "Why didn't she pick somewhere more exciting to go?"
-When you freak out more when a door slams than in an actual emergency
-When you go to your friend's house for a sleepover and get confused when no one wants to murder you after you spill a glass of water
-When you learn that dark humor is not in fact a baseline for normal people
-When your older friend has to teach you that it's okay to eat and it takes you 3 years before you believe it
-When you have to do a personality test in school and come out with 4 different results
-When you get invited to a dinner party and your first thought is to hide the knives

 

[Paladin_141]

You get complimented on the quality of your Thousand Yard Stare.

'Wow, man, that's a good one. You’re really going through it, huh?'

 

[LuckiLee]

When even after 19 years of civilian life you still do your birthday and Christmas shopping at the V.A. store or the Commissary at the air base. Because....so many reasons.

 

[Deleted member 57157]

When you get ticked off by people's inflationary use of PTSD terminology .