You Know You Have PTSD When...

[Ellabella44]

When your greatest relief upon waking up is that you can't remember your dreams from last night.

All the better because there has been a broadcast of interruption of your regularly scheduled nightmares.

 

[Deleted member 19804]

When you make plans with your friends to go to festivals and a lot of other fun stuff, only to realise when you get there that you hate crowds, that even drunk women can sexually harrass you and there's no way to get out.

When you are actually a really nice and loving person, but you will always find a threatening characteristic in everyone you meet.

 

[Ronin]

When you're upset when you can't find any of those characteristics, as c'mon, how the hell do I deal with genuinely nice people?

(And you decide to learn from small children, because they remotely make sense.)

 

[Ocean5]

When your greatest relief upon waking up is that you can't remember your dreams from last night..

Not remembering nightmares is great relief. If I do I can't fall back asleep, and often disturbed whole next day.

 

[Anrish]

@Snowwhite : I'm so with you in what you describe. ...it's like you ignore all the negative aspects when you plan to go somewhere but as soon as the situation gets closer or you're in the situation...you freak out.

When feeling hurt feels more comfortable than being praised.

 

[Deleted member 19804]

@Anrish exactly! I should really know better by now, lol.

I can really relate to what you're saying, too. When I'm hurting I feel like I deserve it more than when I am praised. I do like praise, but it's hard to accept it and to truly feel good about it. If that makes any sense.

 

[Ronin]

You can't decide if hate cheers you up as Back To Normal Life or so not, as you deserve better. :cautious::D

 

[jaccat]

When you simultaneously want to run from, and fight against danger, regardless of consequences, and have a hard time figuring out what the sensible option is.

 

[Ronin]

When ^ is a rather easy decision and what your issue is Not Doing That, as decisions aren't always solutions. :banghead:

 

[BlackbirdSinging]

When you're standing in line at a store and you catch the guy next to you checking you out from head to toe and licking his lips and you immediately feel like you have to go home and take a shower. Because it feels like his eyes left some kind of slimy disgusting residue all over your body and you just want to wash it completely off of your body.

 

[Ellabella44]

Ick, probably you wish you had the courage to present him with some moist toweletts or baby wipes to clean his mind.

 

[Ellabella44]

When your husband talks about being woken up by you screaming.

Don't remember the nightmare. But had to be bad if I needed kitty cuddle time with my support pet who is a complete bed hog during naps.