531 Quotes About Ptsd

A moving target is harder to kill, and I didn't stop running, maneuvering, until I reached home base, where I could breathe between death-defying sprints. I just need to make it home alive, and this will all be over, I told myself. Home.

With even the slightest upset, detachment soon followed. I didn’t lose sleep over men, and I was too restless to be tied down. The grass didn’t even have time to grow around my feet before I was planning my next escape – whether it was to another state or out of someone’s life.

World salad is a circular conversation to avoid the real topic.

In the beginning they would do anything to see you. This was the lovebombing stage.

After narcissist abuse your world may seem small at first. You are grieving the loss of a partner and everything you used to do in that small world, It's time to let go of the old and write the new chapter. Imagine a world as big, fun and peaceful as you want.

Understand Fear – Everything you want is on the other side of fear. Remember fear steals tomorrow, it does not fix yesterday. Heal the PTSD and live the life you deserve. Be a SurThriver.

Most things I worry about never really happen. I have learned that fearing the future never helps, so only worry about right here, right now.

Assault survivors respond differently. There's no right or wrong way to react after being physically, emotionally, and/or sexually abused. Some people don't discuss it. They prefer to not rehash it. Others may need to communicate their shock, pain, anger, and trauma. Either way, the assault can be so overwhelming that we may respond in three ways - fight, flight, or freeze.

P.T.S.D. doesn't make you weak. It makes you a survivor.