T tells me it's part of my PTSD. I have so many bruises on me right now and I have no idea how half of them got there.

My myeloproliferative disorders don't help matters as I tend to bruise easy, but this is ridiculous. I have a good amount of petechiae on my forearm right now and I'm wondering if I caused it by hitting my arm on something. Again, I know this is common with my blood disorder but it hasn't gone away and it's been a week.

I spend my days bumping into things, falling down stairs, stubbing my toe, you name it.

Why would this be a symptom of PTSD? Do you think it's because there is sooooooooo much stuff in our heads that we aren't paying attention? I looked around the net a bit but most of what I found related to children and PTSD.

Am I alone on this?

I wrote

Do you think it's because there is sooooooooo much stuff in our heads that we aren't paying attention?

but realized that explanation doesn't add up considering my ridiculous hypervigilance.

Unless it's because I'm so busy scanning for danger that I'm not paying attention to my own self-safety?

It makes no sense.

[Typo]

I'm very accident prone too, but I'm not sure how it relates to PTSD. I think maybe your have somethign there though with the so busy scanning for danger we don't realize our own self safety.

or maybe it's due to being distracted and we trip over the roller skate in the all because are too busy looking for bigger threats we don't notice the minor ones :P

Damn those pesky rollerskates.

[Typo]

hee hee agreed! that one hurt! lol

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[serafim_etal]

I am also very accident prone...and at times it is worse than others. My T also said it was related to the PTSD. So I started documenting what I could...bruises, etc. It appears I have more accidents when I also have more dissociation. This is the more minor dissociation by the way...not outright switching (I have DID). My theory is that it has to do with being unaware of the actual physical boundaries of my body. Not that I am unaware of everything around me...more like my arm is 14 inches long with a hand attached at the end, but it seems like it is only 10 inches long...so I reach for something and knock it over, or hit my hand on it and get bruised. A couple years ago it was my head I did this with. Reaching under the kitchen cabinet I smacked my forhead on the edge of the counter top. Hard enough that I ended up on the floor (not knocked out, just knocked down!). I had no idea that I was in any danger of doing that...must have thought I was shorter?

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Perhaps the bumps and bruises are a way we can notice ourselfs and offer ourselfs care? Also a way to get the pain inside, where its hard to see, to the outside??