ptsd is like every other condition i have in that it is something i have to come to terms with in order to live. i can bemoan about, complain, cry, wail..or i can pull myself up, & manage to live the best i can thru it & with it.

some days will be hard, difficult, but on others it will not even be noticed.

like my asthma...during a episode i am severely aware of every breathe, the struggle etc to move air...but yet when things are under control it is not an issue at all. same for my kidneys, & other assorted body parts.

ptsd is difficult...but sometimes i think people become crippled by conditions out of fear rather than by the condition itself. if you are aware there are triggers...learn to manage or avoid them. learn to handle the effects of them, prior to exposure rather than being in fear of meeting up with one.

i learned this with my asthma..i could walk around in fear of turning blue & not being to breathe & dying (seriously) or i could learn to manage myself better...be more proactive...identify & avoid triggers, manage the exposure after if it occurred. etc.

yes other's don't know about ptsd...really why should they? do people here know about every known medical condition? because really that is what you are expecting of others...just because i have ptsd doesn't mean the world should tip toe around. & really it is ptsd from a car accident, combat, law enforcement, sexual abuse, fire, what? how is anyone supposed to handle that...

anyway...the days i have a bad ptsd day i flat out tell my friends..it is a bad day..because of ____________. if they get it good. if not..well at least they know i am having a hard time. i put it out there...gave them a heads up...some of them know that means maybe they should lay low for a bit..& that is cool...others take a different stance..that is cool too.

ptsd is what you make of it..or what you allow it to be.

i imagine you would get the same answers on a forum for almost any other medical condition...it's not like we are that oh so special.

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