You Know You Have PTSD When...

[Anrish]

@Ellabella44 : A pyjama party in that case? ;):inlove: ...and you've got the most unique one ever - see it that way. :roflmao:

When you are used to no sleep at all.

When you wonder why you don't feel sick in the morning from the lack of sleep....:O_o:

When you have an important topic to talk about but you begin to stammer..because you're not used to someone really listening to you. :(

 

[Ellabella44]

@Anrish even more fun is giving a talk about something important to even one person and totally blanking out about what was so important....

finding a note with a name and number written in your handwriting that you dont remember what its for until you are focused days later.

 

[Ronin]

... when you're stuck on the question if you're allowed to think of murders as traumatic enough or if you should just postpone it for another month & pretend things are a no big deal.

... then you remember Without Justice, Nurture Peace :D, and decide to abide by wisdom some longer, so practice & angsting about random bullshit it is.

 

[Heather]

When your ptsd cup runneth over..... What more is there to say?

 

[BlackbirdSinging]

When your dad tells you genuinely and is trying to encourage you saying "you should be proud of yourself" and it takes all of your strength to keep it together and not cry. And in that moment you realize there's a spot in your soul that just opened up and you can either fill it with the same negative talk about how "bad you are" or you can fill it with something new and different and positive.

And you think quickly before the little opening closes and smile and think "I survived 11 years of a sadist and that's something I can be proud of that I survived". And you feel that little opening in your soul fill with something new and warm and positive and good. Finally. About yourself. And no one else on outside of yourself had to give you the idea.

 

[Ronin]

Thank you for sharing so beautiful & heartdeep moments, @BlackbirdSinging.

 

[Heather]

When you don't get the support you were hoping for and immediately second guess every decision.

30 minutes before you were convinced you were doing the right thing.

 

[Marie E.]

It feels like the end of the world when you get triggered and are stuck in the helpless and hopeless mode for the moment.

 

[Heather]

When you know you won't be able to sleep. I feel scared.

 

[Rosewater]

When your dreams are more exhausting than your waking life.

 

[Ronin]

When you don't dream, but daymares make up for it.
... Shit, that's my litmus test for sanity. A-ok. Need more mind restoring things.

When ... why are people meaning so many little details & why do these things come to mind when they're away? :wtf::stop::stop:

 

[Lionheart]

When you "hate" your life, but are too afraid to change it because it is familiar and seems safe.