You Know You Have PTSD When...

[JustBe]

OK, I find that very disturbing. Is she OK?

 

[Privateer]

Yep. She's fine. I was startled and reacted completely on instinct...I didn't even see who it was until it was too late.

She says she actually thought it was quite impressive, how fast I moved. I don't know about that, but I hate being so jumpy. It shouldn't be dangerous for people to approach me from behind; I'm neither a horse nor a helicopter.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I thought today was Wednesday. Come to find out it is Friday. Where did the missing days go to?:eek:

 

[Bubba]

You know you have PTSD when you realize that you are a lot better in expressing your feelings in writing than verbally, even in a foreign language.

Blahhhhhhhhh

Right there with ya! I can write like mad and put everything down on paper (or computer screen) with no issues. But go to talk to someone (either phone or face to face) - and I totally freeze up. It's like I can't get my thoughts to out of my brain and out of my mouth :eek:.

 

[Barberian]

You wake up feeling fine. You leave the house on your way to the T's apt thinking grand thoughts - "maybe it's time I start looking for a job or going back to college". You get nervous as you approach the T's office. You get really nervous in the waiting room. You can barely control yourself as you sit down in the T's office. Then when the T asks you to open your eyes and look her in the eyes, you totally lose all self control and can't get it, and keep it "together" until long after the apt. You then spend the next few days trying to keep it together and not think about your last T's visit.

You realize.... Maybe I should hold off on getting a job or going back to college....

 

[Barberian]

You realize, once you've gone insane the things in life that really matter... don't.

 

[kdblossom]

You wil not rent in place that does not have a normal size stove and refrig. Even though you never cook.:rolleyes:

 

[shadowchaser]

You watch a horror movie and rout for the monster.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

As a kid I used to watch vampire movies and root for the vampire. Way ahead of my time, now vampires are all the rage.

 

[shadowchaser]

Yep I know the feeling. Freddy was always my favorite. Kinda ironic with the night terrors but he was and still is.

 

[Red Feather]

I can't even be sure if I took my med's this time... :banghead:

 

[Shellbell]

You go to an 'work capacity assessment' regarding an application for disability pension, and wonder which one of these will be worse because you know one or more of them will happen - dissociating, anxiety attack, or having an emotional meltdown.....all of which are embarrassing :(