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Originally Posted by Wolfin3
Openeyes: thank you for the advice on telling the co-worker.
Spiderlegs: that was hilarious!!! I am giggling in the office and I am sure the other person working down here thinks I am Nuts (no pun intended...or was there? lol)
Hellion: they don't; I really was in denial about the whole thing for a long time, plus i work as a court/police clerk in a PD that I had hopes of being a reserve officer for. I have realized, though, that I should share this with them because I will not be in any position to serve the public in that capacity if I startle that easily!
I appreciate the responses, and will be "lurking" about the forum bit by bit to absorb any information that I can!
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I denied mine as well, I was ready to go to college and get on with my life so I didn't want to acknowledge it, I thought I could just bury it deep inside never to surface again. Well it certainly did surface alright and now there is no hiding from it or running from it.
But anyways I also find it very frustrating having to acknowledge how having PTSD limits my ability to function and that pushing those limits tends to make my symptoms worse over all. Then people not understanding of course. So anyways I totally get the denial thing and not wanting to be slowed down by it. But I think it would be a good idea to address this issue before you end up in a job position that would make things worse. I mean I hate saying that even because know how frustrating it can be when you want to do something but you can't. However depending on your employer, if therapy or other treatment would help maybe you could keep up with that job...main thing is pushing yourself too hard is certainly not a good idea with PTSD I've learned that the hard way.