“Oh your okay, its just all in your head.”
“Your overthinking everything is all.”
“Your faking.”
“Just breathe, your fine, there’s nothing wrong. Its all in your mind.”
These are just a few things I hear about PTSD. Some people think PTSD is just some cop out of everything, other think its not real that it all just in the person’s mind. Some think PTSD isn’t even real. Well I have PTSD with dissociative symptoms. Living with PTSD is not easy. Yes, for some it may be, and for others not so much. For me it varies. I have good days and bad days. and even okay days. There are times where my anxiety will kick in and my PTSD wants to kick in as well. Living with PTSD and Anxiety is very draining and hard on me. As it would be on anyone. I never know when the next panic attack maybe or how long or even how bad. I have had them so bad they send me to the ER. Raising two kids, it can be very challenge for me as some games that normal kids can play, they have to wait until I am not around or asleep to play. Like hide and seek. When they play it and I am around it makes my anxiety go up. I do counseling and working on trying to better myself but no matter what, I will have PTSD. On the outside I look normal, but on the inside its a giant maze. with tons of forks. I can’t have anybody behind me or I will freak out. Living with PTSD is like walking egg shells the rest of your life. If an egg shell breaks, that is a panic attack or a PTSD episode or even both. PTSD is not fun like some might think. It can be dangerous, it is scary, and it is exhausting on so many levels. I have had PTSD and panic attacks for years now. And it is because of my past. I use my past to help others to be aware. Even my kids. I want them to prepared as well. Especially my daughter as she is so open and friendly, just like I used to be. But not so much anymore. some ways to help ease someone with PTSD is to 1. treat us like normal people because that’s all we really want. Is to be normal again from like we were growing up. young and free. 2. If you see us having an attack, please don’t say its all in your head. because one yes it is in our head, its called the memories. The emotions, the flashbacks, but to us it feels real again as if we are reliving that situation. 3. be patient with us. 4. instead of mocking or judging us, support us. PTSD is not only for first responders or military personnel, it is or anyone who has had a very traumatic event happen to them personally. I will say mine had me so confused for awhile but afraid for my life for years. Even to today. Life with PTSD is not fun and games, or some kind of joke or for some who use it to get money for some kind of leverage on things. (jobs, homes, etc). PTSD has killed a lot of people because the attack was so severe for them. Life with PTSD is in fact a true and devastating matter. Life with PTSD is hard on us. So please bare with us.
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