You Know You Have PTSD When...

[Gadgie]

Aye! I've been thinking about taking a trip up North, to visit my Dads grave, for a while now, but keep putting it off.

I might just do it one day on an impulse, it would mean staying in a B&B for a night, as I couldn't drive there and back in one day?

All I would have to do is tell my sister on the day before I go, as if I'm not home when she face times me from Holland she would worry.

 

[Ellabella44]

When you are barely awake because you have been afraid you'll have nightmares and wake your husband if they make you scream. Yep having a fun week...

 

[Ronin]

When you can't control the mood swings, does anyone know of a way of controlling them?

Small doses. Allowing myself to feel something only for a limited time, and then doing whatever switches the mood. For me, music usually does it, but I don't know how you cope.

 

[katz]

--my most comfortable place to sit is on the floor! I'm over 50!! (You should have seen the reaction I got from my in laws when I politely offered my seat to another family member--just to have an excuse to sit on the floor!)
(I have a memory of sitting on the floor in every room of the house that I grew up in.)

 

[katz]

--you just can't seem to fall back asleep till you get up and check every single window and door lock.
Then the alarm goes off!

 

[katz]

--you have more cats then friends. Because they are quieter and more forgiving, and don't mind being woken up during the night.
--they also don't try to tell you how to feel.

 

[Ronin]

The last pet you gave away because you couldn't handle the thought of loss still makes your day. As it's your one buddy that didn't die.

 

[katz]

Ouch!! That hurts.
I put my 19 year old cat down last Monday. :(

 

[katz]

She was my "baby".
But, yes, I always could love her during the night. She never turned me away.
Oops! Sorry. I know that this is supposed to be a "fun" forum.

 

[katz]

You know that you have PTSD when :
--reaching out to strangers is a wonderful feeling. (Or it could just be that you're a wonderful person. Either way-it's good)

 

[Anrish]

When you feel good one moment and absolutely tired and small the next....

 

[Ocean5]

When you get major triggers in life - use to be outdoors person - then just stay in apartment. Everyone else is trying to find shade to walk in streets - you go for sun. Since you know you need vitamin D, and probably won't leave apartment until next day.