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| | Notices | Welcome to PTSD Forum. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a life threatening, debilitating disorder that can break down a sufferer’s body through anxiety and stress. Further it poses a significant suicide risk resulting from the brains neurological imbalance and chemical depression. Sufferers often live in denial, thus this community is aimed at helping PTSD sufferers help themselves through others experiences, guidance and education. We are here for the sufferer, spouse and families surrounding PTSD. Spouses and family are too often forgotten in this equation, and often they receive all the worst that PTSD has to offer. If you're involved in any way with PTSD, get registered and help yourself now. Non-active members will eventually be deleted. If you are not a sufferer, carer or someone within the mental health industry, and active, then there is little reason for you to be a member of this forum. Non-active members with zero posts are deleted periodically during the year. |  | | 
28-07-2006, 06:14 AM
| | | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Washington State
Posts: 11
| | You hit it on the head. Thank You.
It is like my mind is two steps in front of me and ready to warn me of future danger, and in some cases it draws from my sense of hearing. | 
28-07-2006, 06:18 AM
| | | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Washington State
Posts: 11
| | Thank you
I will research it. I'm on a new job at school, and the snide remarks are so pathetic. When I see the person I'm sure they wonder why I give them a half smile. If you can't say it to their face, don't say it all | 
28-07-2006, 07:11 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Canada
Posts: 960
| | My thoughts exactly!
Anything I say about a person that isn't around...
I know I will have no problem repeating to their face.
Stupid two-faced people! | 
29-07-2006, 04:17 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: midwest
Posts: 960
| | Isn't it weird that we just don't have time for that crap? You know, all the back stabbing. We find no satisfaction in it like some do. And, I can no longer be tactful, for some reason. Especially if someone asked me a question and I gave an honest answer. I just wish I could do it with more finesse. I've been called many names because of my bluntness, but some admire it. Well, there is no guessing where I stand and usually, the way I say it, is exactly the way I feel. I guess there's good in that.
My former workplace has over 50 women working in it and only one guy. There is a lot, I mean A LOT, of talk that goes on. It gets to the point where you have to be strategic! Avoid certain people, or when certain people are together, try to join them so that they can't talk about you. I think I might have been a tad bit paranoid, but I just wish they had the same motto as you guys: If you can't say it to their face, don't say it at all! | 
29-07-2006, 05:26 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 72
| | Odd this is brought up. I went back to work for the company i was laid off from as there have been cut backs. Well they called me to come to work in the "Home Office"....The very one who "warned" me of anohter person, was the very person I knew to watch my back with. There were 3 women who are total martyrs and no one does as much as they do as far as they are concerned. i was hired to take the extra load off....went fine for a couple weeks and before I knew it I had so much to do I couldnt keep up!!! Needless to say I became the talk of the office after messing up a couple times...there was never "good job" heard but if you make a mistake....you are considered mud. Im so glad to be out of there I took a restaraunt job!
Right now I am anxious as i had charged on my creidt card an airline ticket for the end of september....I got the bill today and the charge is not on there. I attempted to pull up my itinerary online, not there...the travel agent is off today who set up my flight. Whcih I was already pissed because the therapist I am with now is inthe same office as the previous who pretty much dropped me after she knew my insurance was going to be gone. Well, I received a bill from her where I was charged for a session at the beginnng of last month and I havent seen this woman in months!!!! I had made a payment on my previous balance the day after its dated for that session.....as if I dont owe her enough money because I hadnt met my deductible either. WTF???
I had gotten use to having our needs met with not much extra but we didnt want for much and now I am over my head after I worked so hard to learn how to live within my means. I just dont EVEN know what to do....I thought these days were over with struggling financially. So I go into work today a freakin basket case....its been building up over the past few days, I could feel it after being snappy and irritable, catching myself grinding my teeth. My jaw muscles actually get sore from the tension.
I better go get my kids off to their destination and get back to get ready for work and some quiet time.
Thanks for listening. Sorry if I triggered anyone with my negativity. I am putting it all in Gods hands and apparently I need to look for a part time job to work with this full time one. How many hours are in a day? | 
29-07-2006, 05:45 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 72
| | I just get tired of doing this by myself and nothing I do is happening in a simple way these days.
Last edited by nml; 29-07-2006 at 05:48 AM.
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29-07-2006, 07:30 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: England
Posts: 808
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I can no longer be tactful, for some reason. Especially if someone asked me a question and I gave an honest answer. I just wish I could do it with more finesse. I've been called many names because of my bluntness, but some admire it. Well, there is no guessing where I stand and usually, the way I say it, is exactly the way I feel. I guess there's good in that.
| This was mentioned to me in a performance review last week! I must try to be more aware of how I come across to colleagues. I don't waste time wrapping things up in cotton wool- just say it like it is. Upsets the more sensitive types a little! Never was good at office politics....
I feel for you with the financial situation. I have potential big trouble ahead. I'd never manage full-time at the moment, let alone an extra job on top. Make sure you get that quiet time in as it's going to be more important than ever. I hope things get better for you and the ex-therapist gets off your back!
Last edited by piglet; 29-07-2006 at 07:36 AM.
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29-07-2006, 10:16 PM
| | | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: England
Posts: 95
| | I too have the hyper-sensitivity thing. Your brain turned up the monitors when it was in survival mode, and now you have this extra skill. To me it's one of the compensations of my childhood trauma. I would not use the term 'psychic' in terms of it being paranormal, because it's simply normal senses but with a far greater acuity and capacity for information gathering. I can tell a lot from people, spot hidden clues. I often amaze people by what I notice and pick up. I think this is an example of a PTSD effect we can view as a strength, even a gift. I'm just sorry you're picking up bitching.
See if you can find a situation where your enhanced hearing becomes a bonus. For instance, we can appreciate the sounds of the natural world much better than most!
I'm in solidarity with the no-B.S. truthtellers, too. | 
30-07-2006, 03:23 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: alberta, Canada
Posts: 122
| | What get's me is 20 people will give compliments and I ignore them but I will pick up the one negative clue or comment.  | 
30-07-2006, 08:12 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: England
Posts: 808
| | Compliments are not necessary for survival in the immediate future. Negative ones might be. That's my reasoning about selective hearing. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes | Linear Mode |
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