You Know You Have PTSD When...

[BlackbirdSinging]

causes you to think you've done something wrong.

All the time. It triggers my anxiety and hypervigilance so bad.

When you obsess about things and take almost everything personally and realize it's probably PTSD. But no matter what you do you can't seem to stop and you end up angry with yourself.

 

[Ellabella44]

when you go to take some time to "hide" to deal with some childhood fear, and end up crying because you feel 7 and afraid.

 

[illusionist]

When you go for internal examination, you show no external symptoms of distress, but your head makes the examination come to a halt. God, the mental pain is far worse than any physical pain.

 

[Ellabella44]

when you have unhealthy coping mechanisms to get rid of a previously unhealthy coping mechanism, in other words replacing one addiction for another ..

 

[Changing4Best]

When facing the prospect of being examined by a male Dr. who will have to touch you, you make an appointment to see your therapist first, to see if you can work out a plan that will minimize the torment! (And the Dr. visit is an emergency and you cannot see your therapist until January, but you will wait to see her anyway, before going!).

 

[Karen12]

When you refuse to leave the house because just the presence of another person, even a sleeping roommate, is preferable to being alone.

 

[Karen12]

You're sitting for hours in a quiet room when a bag suddenly falls over and you jump three feet into the air and burst into tears.

 

[.Bubbles.]

You forgot a password to a site you've used many times. So you wrote down any log in details you have for other sites. My brain is worrying sometimes!

 

[Nam]

When walking through the kitchen in the dark that I've done millions of times all of a sudden scares you. I turned around while taking outloud "just turn the lights on. It's not there." Flicked the switch and nothing was there....

 

[Changing4Best]

You wake up from a nap and your heart is beating twice as fast as usual, but you can't remember the nightmare that probably caused it to do so.

 

[Anrish]

When you're not worried that you cut yourself quite bad while working in the kitchen. You just stay calm and enjoy to watch the bleeding - and see it as your sign of life and your punishment for what you are.

 

[Changing4Best]

... when you have to decide, against your will, to continue to do something that you enjoy, even though someone does not "like" it. It is hard not to be a people pleaser! And yet, in the end, I pleased more people than I upset (which was just one). So I am glad I stood up to disagreement and won!!!