You Know You Have PTSD When...

[JustBe]

...When having no friends is a relief rather than a problem.

 

[DMerish]

When having no friends is a relief rather than a problem.

Oh, my gosh Movin'On! That IS pathetic! And it is so me!!!! :rolleyes:

 

[Deleted member 10686]

You know you have PTSD when...

When You can clearly remember, at different ages, exactly what your body felt like, under the skin, at that time. Muscle memories I guess.

When you can't hang Xmas decorations on your front door - because it covers the peep hole.

When something as simple as the smell of the air can take you back.

 

[Red Feather]

You finally get the right diagnosis... :O_o:

 

[DMerish]

When you check everything off your to-do list before going out, again and again, then finally grab your cell phone but can't find the fricking blue tooth for your ear! Spending that extra fifteen minutes looking for it is soooo frustrating, especially when you finally decide to get in the car and take off without it, then adjusting the rear view mirror discover it was in your ear the whole time :banghead: :wideeyed: :confused:

 

[p-no]

@DMerish Did roughly the same thing with my keys once. Ready to head out to an appointment. Couldn't find my keys... Ended up looking EVERYWHERE for an hour or so... Then already too late for the appointment, stood by the door and yelled away in anger, raising my left fist. Now guess what I found in there... :eek: :banghead: :laugh: :poop: :D

 

[BlackbirdSinging]

When you do something funny and laugh at yourself about it. And then you tell someone you're close to about it so both of you can laugh about it. And when the other person laughs you feel like they're laughing AT you and not with you. And you just feel stupid and depressed and laughed at instead.

 

[therisa]

When you find yourself, wandering up and down the same aisle of a supermarket for 5 minutes, without a clue, why you are there, in the first place. Getting more frustrated by the minute, this happens.

 

[DMerish]

You know you have PTSD when you've had several nights of disturbed sleep, so you finally succumb to taking a sleep aid.

You stand over the sink, toss the pill towards the back of your mouth and take a big swig of water to chase it down. Then you turn 180' and face the cook stove to see if your dinner is ready. It's not: the burner wasn't turned on. So you turn on the burner, then turning back to the sink you ask yourself, "Why did I turn around? What the heck did I need at the sink?"

Suddenly, your mind recalls: "Oh, yea, I needed a sleep aid".

The pill is in your hand and as you bring it to your mouth something tells you to cuss: "S#!T, wait a minute!" Then ask, "Didn't I just take one?" Did I or did I not?" Then cuss again: "Cr@p!!! I can't remember." So you decide to put the pill back in its bottle because if you already took one, two is going to knock you on your a@@!!! And if you didn't take one before, and you're having this kind of memory problem, well, then these little pill are stronger than you think, so better not.

 

[macca]

When you still forget stuff even when you write a big note and put it where (supposedly) you'd notice it. And then have to really think what you meant in the note in the first place!

 

[DharmaGirl]

When you feel like people are watching you in the supermarket, and you go home knowing you are worse than you've ever been. Then your roommate tells you that you were probably being followed, because you shop erratically and it takes you an hour and a half to do it.

 

[LittleL]

When you're irritated by something trivial, realise it's not worth being disgruntled about, yet still stay that way for the entire day.