Kate Gillie – Some days I feel I’m drowning #ptsdchat

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Kate Gillie – The masks we wear; the need to be accepted in a world we do not, can not, understand.

What’s going on with Kate? #PTSDChat

Please note this is not about any one person in my life or experience; what I give here in the 8 things that are going on could be any person with PTSD.  Pick a number.  Dr Jonathan Douglas has been super kind to add some words of wisdom on the first point: if you have PTSD or somebody you love with this brain injury, it’s worth the time it takes to read and think about what he says.

In the last few weeks I have been called a “racist” about 17 times on average before breakfast.  A few death threats before lunch and well, ain’t life grand?  Worst of all, I find a delicious enjoyment from poking that dangerous viper’s nest.  I was called a “racist c*nt” this morning for a post on Obama effectively painting a target on cops backs over the last 8 years, a normal person would have been a tad horrified.  Me?  I laughed out loud.  I did delete the post, mostly because nobody needs to be triggered by the comment or by a post from me.  Still.  Not a normal reaction.

I have a recurring flashback from my childhood spent watching white people killing black people, black people killing black people and a lot of people trying to kill me.  I have had near death experiences with TIAs and a diagnosis of lupus: asymptomatic.  I have had a terrible PTSD episode.

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