Disclaimer: these do not always without fail directly indicate ptsd and could portentously be unrelated. Always talk to a professional if you think you may have it. These symptoms can get better over time and it’s not a permanent problem or a death sentence there is hope. Not having some or any of these symptoms does not mean that you do not have ptsd as well.
1. Over preparedness. Everywhere you’re about to go to, you have something in place and in mind for a disaster or bad situation that could occur.
2. Teeth chattering and bodily shaking at random. This happened to me a lot when I was 18/19 and living in Mexico. My boyfriend at the time would get angry or something would just feel off about something he was doing- and it would trigger me to start shaking uncontrollably. And I would just lay in bed when this happened and waited for it to stop. I didn’t understand why this was happening and I didn’t feel mentally or physically or emotionally anxious, I wouldn’t even be thinking directly or consciously about anything pertaining to him or the situation- I could be watching Netflix or scrolling through tumblr but my body was still reacting to the situation in a “over responsive” way. This is just the body’s way of being “too prepared” for something serious about to happen like physical abuse or a disaster or emergency. this happens with ptsd because your body has a habit of responding to these triggers in this over excited way.
3. feeling like your limbs or other parts of you are detached from your body, are too large or too small, numbness, tingling, or the feeling of pins and needles. I used to get these sensations all the time since I was a young child and I never understood why.
4. you hate being touched. You don’t know why but it just unsettles you and feels “bad” to your core. And you really would rather that no one did.
-venting: I currently have someone at work, a coworker who, instead of saying “excuse me” or “behind you”, and scooting by behind me- will come up behind me without my knowing he’s there and touch my shoulder or my back. He does it every time. To let me know he is sliding behind me. I absolutely can’t stand this. It’s like nails on a chalk board to me. That is the level of discomfort I feel, every time anyone touches my shoulder or, comes up behind me.
