You Know You Have PTSD When...

[Fadeaway]

When something is happening and you think to yourself, "This is the perfect moment to add to the "You know you have PTSD when..." thread and but no long after you can't remember what it was, you only remember thinking that it was a classic PTSD moment.

Several days later and I still can't remember what it was, yet I clearly remember thinking that.

 

[Tinyflame]

When you've tried everything to deal with it & overcome it. Twice.

 

[Recovery4Me]

When public acceptance of the acronym is less threatening than regulating the symptoms.

 

[Ellabella44]

when you go to yoga class and the only person you know is the instructor and you end up feeling like you will run out the door any second because unfamiliar people are a threat in your head.

when one of the women there gently taps you on the shoulder to talk to you and you get halfway to punching her out. (thankfully she has ptsd but is years ahead of me and more stable than i am right now so she said it was ok)

when your daughter describes you as ready for the zombie apocolypse because of your reflexes when she talks to others.

 

[Anrish]

When you have the strength to work/cook/etc. even with the biggest headache...but you're not able to make a call.

 

[Ronin]

When you make yourself make the call because you know you once could.

And then you do it again.

 

[Forgetful]

When you lose things so often you title a notebook "where did I put it?" But then forget to write in it!

Seriously - I did

 

[Forgetful]

When you consider it a good start to the day when you remember to brush your hair before you walk the dog

 

[Queen Boudica]

you are admitted to hospital with PTSD symptoms and clear evidence of trauma and they diagnose you with bipolar or schizophrenia and give you lots of drugs. Hmm maybe not

 

[Ocean5]

When you tell new p-doc before saying certain things --- keep off my record and notes.

 

[Ellabella44]

@Snafu hey at least you didn't brush the dog and take your hair for a walk.

When you go to a meeting for a child at school and ask for everything to be written down for you to look at later because you are having a day you have trouble keeping anything in memory due to anxiety.

 

[Forgetful]

When you post in the "What does your username mean" thread last night but today realize you explained the user name for a different site.
They're similar. Now I'm embarrassed and have to go explain.