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You Know You Have PTSD When...
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When you go shopping on 30 October and a guy passes you speaking to himself dressed up as dracula and you freak out, your heart beat rockets and you think of posting what Movin'On has posted two posts up. Gosh, that guy freaked me out!
- When someone yells 'boo!' as a joke and you faint
- When listening to Slayer calms you down and listening to black metal makes you happier
- You check you've turned off the coffee machine, hair straightener, locked the back door, and have your keys and wallet before you leave the house. At least twice. Then you double check that you've locked the front door. Then check it's closed properly. Half way to wherever you're going you freak out, wondering if you've locked the door, closed the door, turned off the coffee machine, etc. etc. - and you check that you've got your keys. Ten minutes later you freak out, wondering whether you checked the door, coffee machine, keys, hair straightener....
- When listening to Slayer calms you down and listening to black metal makes you happier
- You check you've turned off the coffee machine, hair straightener, locked the back door, and have your keys and wallet before you leave the house. At least twice. Then you double check that you've locked the front door. Then check it's closed properly. Half way to wherever you're going you freak out, wondering if you've locked the door, closed the door, turned off the coffee machine, etc. etc. - and you check that you've got your keys. Ten minutes later you freak out, wondering whether you checked the door, coffee machine, keys, hair straightener....
You know you have PTSD when...
- you're all ecstatic that the sun is shining and you have time to bake some muffins, so you start prepping your kitchen. 20 minutes later you find yourself still staring into the pantry with your hand on the flour, and remind yourself that you're in your own house not 'back there'. Two hours later and you remember to bake the muffins.
- The muffins were delicious, you only wish you'd remembered to turn the oven off before you stared into space for another 20 minutes lol
- That evening you wish you had something sweet for desert because you've forgotten about the freshly baked muffins again
- you're all ecstatic that the sun is shining and you have time to bake some muffins, so you start prepping your kitchen. 20 minutes later you find yourself still staring into the pantry with your hand on the flour, and remind yourself that you're in your own house not 'back there'. Two hours later and you remember to bake the muffins.
- The muffins were delicious, you only wish you'd remembered to turn the oven off before you stared into space for another 20 minutes lol
- That evening you wish you had something sweet for desert because you've forgotten about the freshly baked muffins again
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When you can remain calm in extreme situations where others completely panic, but you get flashbacks when eating undercooked noodles because that's what you ate that day that you were traumatized and oh my goodness my mind is weird x)
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@AmyArtist Gosh, Amy, that sounds so, so much like me! :D Hope you don't mind me giggling but what you wrote is as if you had put a mirror in front of me and at a certain point in my life I decided to laugh about stuff like that, because if I didn't I'd be crying all the time, lol
When you come to this thread, read another post, laugh away and completely forget what you wanted to write. :confused:
When you come to this thread, read another post, laugh away and completely forget what you wanted to write. :confused:
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The muffins reminded me of something else... When two PTSD people sit in the kitchen and you have freshly baked muffins on two plates. Then one stands up while the other watches and puts all muffins onto one plate and removes the other plate. Then the one PTSD person who was watching, ten minutes later, says: "Wow have we eaten many muffins!" And you say: "Um, no, I put them all on one plate." And he says: "When have we eaten all those muffins?" And you say: "I put them all on one plate. There were two." 30 minutes later he says: "Oh, I just realized you put all muffins onto one plate! I thought we had eaten all those muffins already!"
Happened a week ago. No kidding. Maybe the real funny part is we both didn't find it too funny at the time but writing it down I just really laughed. :confused:
Happened a week ago. No kidding. Maybe the real funny part is we both didn't find it too funny at the time but writing it down I just really laughed. :confused:
Halloween? That's a normal night. ;)
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Your friend posts a link on facebook to a stress test they just did and scored 6 on and you click on it for the hell of it and come out with a score of 27/32 :eek:
Just discovered this thread - love it!
When you're backing into a carpark, angry at being "ignored" by people who won't give you room, then get triggered by a man who tries to take your spot, but who apologises, and you drive off in a near panic attack because something about how he looks freaks you out.
When you're backing into a carpark, angry at being "ignored" by people who won't give you room, then get triggered by a man who tries to take your spot, but who apologises, and you drive off in a near panic attack because something about how he looks freaks you out.
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When you mishear the screeching sounds of the train you're in and think it's the sound of a man screaming in agony
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When you keep asking your therapist the same questions over and over, because you forget the answers in between.
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