You Know You Have PTSD When...

[Poppycocteau]

. . . when you cry because a woman on the same bus as you killed a beautiful moth with a rolled up newspaper and then crushed it underfoot.

 

[Horse87]

When you sleep at your friends house and when he steps over you to go to the bathroom you jump up screaming and punch him in the face.

when your cutting cabbage at work and get the thousnd yard stare

when you twitch yourself awake in your sleep

when you can't sleep unless you have smoked some pot or drank somthing

when everytime you go out in public you sweat buckets and people offer you water because they think you are sick

when people laugh at you because you walk with a limp

 

[broken_one]

Wow, reading these I feel less freakish already . . . nice to know i'm not alone.

 

[Rob_Dog19]

When you...
-Sleep 3 hours in as many days
-Start crying in public becuase somebody shut off a light unexpectedly
-Have a panic attack at work because you feel cornered
-Would rather be subjected to torture than go to the grocery store
-Spend more time dreading getting out of bed than it takes to get ready
-Spend more time in the shower in one day than most do in a month
-Have your therapist on speed dial :)
-Scream at the top of your lungs because somebody touched you.
-Talk more about flashbacks and nightmares than any other subject
-Spend extra money buying online solely to avoid going out in public
-Live vicariously through tv characters

 

[broken_one]

When you

• Are a woman who finds no joy in shopping of any kind
• Would rather be in bed than anyplace else
• Cannot sleep unless the TV is on
• Are afraid to drive to and from work
• Hit the ceiling when someone drops a fork or something even smaller on the floor
• Wished you owned an Invisibility Cloak
• Met all your current friends on the internet, and no longer have IRL friends

<Please remember to capitalize the first letter of your posts and sentences. Amethist>

 

[Uberspazz]

You know you have PTSD when you're insulted that your significant other doesn't attempt to touch you any more, even though you also know it would send you into hysterics if they DID actually touch you..... :confused: And you can't decide which of those two things upsets you most because you're too distracted by that blue truck parked half a block down the street. :eek:

 

[angel2write]

-Would rather be subjected to torture than go to the grocery store

Wait... are you implying there's a difference? (joking...I'm joking... I know there is...dang.)

Sorry... I have a new one:

...when you can give yourself a mini-torture-related-flashback trying to make a joke on this thread. (my hands are shaking and I can hardly type now. Sheesh. :unsure:)

 

[Uberspazz]

You know you have PTSD when:

You experience a hybrid reaction in the form of a simultaneous giggling fit and panic attack every time you read a post in this thread. :laugh::eek::laugh::eek::laugh::eek:

You circle the block around your favorite fast food restaurant for 45 minutes waiting for the drive through to clear out so you can order food without being trapped in the drive through lane with cars in front and behind you and no way to escape.

You bail through parking lots and alleyways to avoid traffic jams at stop lights and busy intersections.

Your friends and family have to execute a special door knock pattern/rhythm when they arrive at your house, otherwise they know you won't come near the entry way of your house.

You are reduced to a blithering hyperventilating pile of Jell-O when that long-winded executive at work calls your into their office for a meeting.

 

[intothelight]

You know you have PTSD when.........

Your attention span is so short when you go to the bathroom, you hike your skirt, but forget the underwear:oops:

 

[BloomInWinter]

....when your doctor and your T. give you completely oppositional suggestions, advice, and treatment....and you just suck it up to get as little out of it as you're able 'cause, hey, that's more than I deserve!

 

[BloomInWinter]

When your T. tells you the equivalent of 'Suck it up and deal!' to being in a small, cramped, filled, loud group therapy room in a DBT group including men on parole relating blow-by-blow beating of women 'because they deserved it'...and you're working your @$$ off to pay for it.

:(

 

[BloomInWinter]

....when taking a beating is a better option than shopping at Wal-mart.