#actually ptsd

[honeydewdrops333]

what doesn’t kill you makes your nervous system more sensitive for the rest of your life

[ct-lambykins]

its fucked up how being unloved by a parental figure in your childhood makes you unlovable for the rest of your life

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[jessesajoke]

things people have done to help me during a psychosis episode

i was on the buss and i hallucinated bugs crawling all over my hands, so my friend pulled my hoodie sleeves over them with permission and held my hands through the sleeves to "keep them off". they used the logic you would in a real bug situation.

i went nonverbal in a bad one in class, so my friend wrote me a note to give to the nurse since the teacher wouldn't let her go with me.

i often am very paranoid about the delusion that meat is actually rotten, so my dad will sometimes eat a bit of it before me

instead of telling me my delusions arent real, they help me through it using logic like it was real. they dont tell me that nothings going to hurt me in my sleep, they stay with me to keep me safe. then when it passes i can realize its not real

edit: i am not a doctor. i am not saying this will work for everyone, the only reason this works for me is because I have short term delusions typically. Typically, it helps me most when people point out the things not real in a loving manner AND help me as though it is

this is not advice for helping every mentally ill person

i am glad it is helping so many people tho! i love you all and I never thought this would blow up.

[candyapplewinx]

Disabled is not a bad word 💖

[jaded-but-softening]

[mycptsdstory]

Found on reddit. Absolutely true

[bah-pearl-cookie]

By the way, PTSD flashbacks aren't always "suddenly you're in the moment again". They can be of course but emotional flashbacks are a kind of flashback too (remembering the event and suddenly feeling the emotions you felt in the event) just in case someone needed to hear it

[ct-lambykins]

i feel so much guilt for everything i do

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