You Know You Have PTSD When...

[Changing4Best]

When you place things in the fridge that don't belong there and also place stuff elsewhere that does! This gets me more often than I would like to admit.

 

[JustBe]

...when one day of errands causes two days of shutdown to recover :bag:

 

[Friday]

When you're so used to being in a panic attack, that not hearing/feeling your heart hammer away in your chest? Triggers a panic attack. Oh. Whew! Okay. Back to normal.

 

[Changing4Best]

When going to the grocery store you don't usually go to can take you 4 times as long, because you are so confused and feel unsafe there too sometimes.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

Today I finally realized how much I dissociated as a child to survive. I think the gaps in my memory are now a gift. It is true you do not have to remember everything painful and negative to heal.

 

[Tinyflame]

When you wake up more tired then when you went to bed. :tdown:

 

[Tinyflame]

But then again, I feel a bit better now, & it's ok. Break stuff in to small parts, too.

You know you have ptsd when thoughts affect your energy & physical body.

 

[Deleted member 19804]

When all your girlfriends are going out drinking and partying and you're just alone at home trying to remember why you used to be just like them.

I mean, there's so many scary drunk men out there, trying to touch you, calling you names, or worse... why would you put yourself through that??

 

[Mercy]

I think the gaps in my memory are now a gift. It is true you do not have to remember everything painful and negative to heal.

I hope beyond hope that this is true. I have seen some evidence of that. But then there are terribly painful incidents with a very angry 'guests' who beat me badly for a sort of warm up and not being able to breath when he shoved. I hope remembering just one of those can stand for all the other similar trafficked incidents.

You know you have PTSD when you won't go down an ilse in the supermarket if there is a man in it.

 

[ISupportHer]

Or you won't by household cleaners because "Mr Clean" is there on the shelf (a brand of cleanser in the States)

 

[p-no]

You know you have PTSD when you click on "Best Posts" and end up reading the first of the posts listed. That first one is the original post of this thread. You kill yourself laughing because it's so funny. Then in an instant you start crying, because, really it's funny and sad at the same time. Then you calm down. Then you want to hit "like" and wonder why there's no button. Then you realize you must have read it before as below it it reads "p-no (...) like this". You start wondering... when was it that you "liked" this post? And that question leads you to wondering... how often has this exact thing happened before, you sitting here, laughing, crying, wanting to "like", realizing you've already done so, wondering... and wondering... and a peculiar feeling creeps up on you and you wonder... am I maybe caught in a time warp? :confused: ;)

 

[Ladyghosthunter]

-when all chick flicks suck
-when you snap and finally say, "You are just a beautifully wrapped in a box of s***!"
-when you see your former abuser and say, "I've met some pr**ks in my time but YOU sir are a f***ing cactus."
-when your new motto is, "I have a Masters in the School of LIfe, I majored in Sarcasm with a minor in Smart *ssology."
-when you think Norman Reedus/Daryl Dixon is Mr. America
-when common sense is so rare, it becomes a super power
and last but not least:

"I'm sorry if my phone keeps calling you, it's voice activated and every time I yell "**** sucker" it calls you..."