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You Know You Have PTSD When...

When you're in the car with your mom your daughter and a family friend on the way to meet with friends for lunch when you realize the song that came on the radio is a song that is directly associated with one of your traumas. And you immediately start whispering to your daughter and your mom that the song is very bad and you need it to be changed. And your daughter and your mom ask if the radio can be turned off to make conversation easier. And it takes you minutes and a few tears to get grounded again.
 
When these sentences may be standard in your 'talk down':

*Flashback. F*ck- I am having a flashback. Here I go again.:whistling:

*That happened in the past: this is now. (X's 100 in chanting method):alien:

*I have PTSD: I am more than the acronym of PTSD, (because I have to pay the bills:clown: and it doesn't care).

*Do not take it personal, I repeat to my thick headed self- DO NOT take it personal.:facepalm:

*Walk away and let it go...now. (This is to protect the public as maturity may be a lost concept in the moment):singing:

*Do not overthink it: rumination is not your friend. (However it does allow repeated conversations when everyone else is tired of hearing it.):wideeyed:

*Do not post that ! Where the heck is my delete button?
 
When camping means making a tent out of the blankets on your bed, and pretending you're somewhere fun.

When inspired camping means doing the same (as the above quote) but convincing your offspring with now 2ndary PTSD (while you are flashbacking) that it is a great idea. Of course you have to use the flashlight and make animals' shadows and such on the sheets. *ps my son still laughs about our camping trips
 

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