You Know You Have PTSD When...

[soulvibe]

You know you have PTSD when your on the bus and go right past your stop TWICE before then asking the bus driver to tell you where to get off. Lol

That so used to be me. I was scared to hit the bell when I rode the bus. I felt like everyone was staring at me.

 

[BloomInWinter]

...when your T. tells you that your life has had the most bizarre string of traumas he has ever experienced in his 40+ years of practice...and the rest of your therapy team concurs.

...and they apologize for not believing you until you brought in the news stories, legal documents, and letters from the US attorney general's office.

I feel such a strange mixture of relief, validation, sadness, and grief.

But it *is* good to be validated, that's for sure. But I was sure hoping (delusional, I know...) that it really didn't happen.

 

[p-no]

I can relate, BloomInWinter. That mixture of feelings sure is strange.

Take good care.

 

[p-no]

...you're in a store and see something that your ex likes very much, grab it and want to buy it because no matter what you've been through with him, you want to make him happy, even though you haven't talked in over half a year.

 

[Nadege]

You know you have PTSD when everytime you take your medicine, you wonder a few minutes afterwards if you really have taken it!

Happens to me all the time.

 

[Nadege]

You know you have ptsd when you show up for an appointment and it is not on the right day or time.:confused:

I've done that. Came to renew my driver's license a year early.

 

[intothelight]

You know you have PTSD when the last time you had to renew a license you let it expire for over a year because you were dreading having your picture taken...

 

[Zef]

. . .when you identify with the villains in movies and books.

 

[Loveneverfails]

a person shows they care for you, your first instinct is that they're testing/tricking you.

 

[JustBe]

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

So I'm not the only one who does this? :p

 

[Heart]

... you know you have PTSD when the sound of the toast popping out of the toaster NEVER ceases to scare the crap out of you :cautious:

 

[Deleted member 16543]

When you finally get your morning coffee at 11pm after spending the day plugging in the kettle, having it boil dry, finally make the stage of putting in hot water then it goes cold sitting on the counter, having to reboil the kettle, etc etc. When your Therapist asks how your week was when you can't remember how you got to the appointment. When what to wear or eat is a major life decision that has you in a pile on the floor in tears with it being too hard of a decision with too many options.