You Know You Have PTSD When...

[Annicus]

When you plan everything when going out in public.

When you refuse to sit with your back against a door or window.

 

[Emma13]

...you're 'feel good tv show' is Criminal Minds
...you can have sex with your best friend if four years, but your skin crawls when your dad taps you on the shoulder, your brother squeezes your knee, and your friend of two years pats you on the back.
...you have a small addiction to sex and porn cause of what you went through.
...you are so use to not expressing your emotions, in public, that when your friends express their emotions it makes you uncomfortable.
...as the abuse was going on you protected your abuser by saying "since he isn't blood related to you then it was okay.
...you can't sleep when spending the night at your grandmother's, because the room you sleep in is the main room where the abuse happened.

 

[Chincho]

...you're 'feel good tv show' is Criminal Minds

I can relate to that. And also CSI, an Law and Order SVU

 

[Cris77]

... a loud noise can make you leap tall buildings in a single bound.

 

[Zef]

. . .when you sleep on the couch for a few days each week because you're afraid you might hit your spouse during a nightmare.

 

[Core]

...when 4 weeks feel like 12, and 6 weeks feel like 2.

 

['91 Girl]

Core, how does that happen? I don't get how every day can feel SO long and yet, the weeks disappear as if they never existed! It's ridiculous!

 

[Core]

Core, how does that happen?!

Well, I was talking about two different periods, the 6-week one following the 4 weeks. :) However, what you describe is how it feels now; every day is so long, but every sunday it feels like the week didn't happen at all.

 

[Emma13]

However, what you describe is how it feels now; every day is so long, but every sunday it feels like the week didn't happen at all.

I know how that feels.

 

[BlackbirdSinging]

When it feels like you have a prosecuting attorney in your head 24 hours a day. One who points and tries to prove that basically innocent people are definitely about to do something wrong and you should probably get ready for it.

 

[Hashi]

you're afraid you might hit your spouse during a nightmare

((((Zef's spouse))))

 

[Hashi]

When you choose your family yourself because the one you were born into is rubbish.

... and you choose a new name as well - first name, middle name and surname.