You Know You Have PTSD When...

[Ronin]

@Recovery4Me, these folks get we are real people, right?
Heck even if we were legends, we're still goddamn good at what we do and how we treat each other.
I won't understand the level of disconnect of some folks. <facepalm>
So amused by your reasoning and persistence, thank you for it. :)

 

[Recovery4Me]

@Cashew :roflmao: :hug::hug:

 

[Ellabella44]

When you hug your daughter and tell her you missed her and love her (she slept over the night before at a friends house) and she says both back to you and "you had a meltdown and I wasn't there"....

 

[Recovery4Me]

@Ellabella44 ((((hugs))))

When it is OK to have a meltdown because we are part of the Candle Tribe. :clown: Pick your favorite colors, scent and be proud to be you.

We are not alone.:hug:

 

[Ronin]

<so grabs the most rainbow candle out there, unless there's only one of those and someone of you needed it first, and lights it>

 

[Ellabella44]

@Recovery4Me when you are a proud member of the Candle Tribe.

@Cashew everyone needs a rainbow candle. To brighten our days/ nights, to celebrate the colors of our strengths, and when that strength fails to melt down and rebuild a new candle from several meltdowns.

When you pour the "wax" from this latest meltdown into a mold to create something new. Be it a candle or crayons, its still something useful.

 

[Recovery4Me]

When you pour the "wax" from this latest meltdown into a mold to create something new. Be it a candle or crayons, its still something useful.

:tup: :hug:

@Cashew You go gurl!:hug:

 

[Fadeaway]

When someone asks you what your biggest fear is and you respond "Been there done that." And then after thinking about it for a few seconds, you respond, "Fear. Fear is my biggest fear."

 

[Ronin]

When ^ induces smile unfailingly, because it's soo your response when you're deeply f*cked up, & at your most determined. :D:ninja:

 

[Ocean5]

- After being put on medicine you keep a small trash bin next to bed to vomit into because you are tired of cleaning sink. At first didn't make connection between medicine, withdrawals and vomiting.
- When you lose all desire to eat - because it probably won't stay down. So you force yourself to eat a small amount of nuts, or 2 tablespoons of granola mix. You consider that successful.

And I rarely vomited before being put on medicine for ptsd and anxiety.

 

[Changing4Best]

I got nominated to be on a church committee and accepted. Then in the actual first meeting I attended, I hardly said a word. I felt so inept and that my opinions were either meaningless or I was so confused as to what I was supposed to do, that I basically did nothing. Our leader said at the end of the meeting, "Sheila, you hardly said a thing during our whole meeting." Then I had nightmares all night, because I was such a failure!

 

[BlackbirdSinging]

When you've had about 12 hours of sleep total in the past 3 nights.