The PTSD Clinic | Tracy Joy | We treat complex PTSD, PTSD, Acute Stress Disorder, Anxiety, and Depression drug-free The PTSD Clinic - An animated infographic of PTSD facts by Tracy Joy

Real PTSD experiences

  • “I can’t crawl out from under this smelly, dark, wet, heavy blanket.”

  • “I feel odd.”

  • “I’m having flashbacks.”

  • “I can’t find my footing.”

  • “I feel depressed.”

  • “I feel out of place.”

  • “I have anxiety with everything!”

  • “I’m having nightmares.”

  • “I feel very alone.”

  • “I can’t get these thoughts out of my head!”

  • “I don’t want people seeing me spazz out.”

  • “Stuff just doesn’t make sense.”

  • “I have unexplained body tremors.”

  • “I don’t fit in.”

  • “I’m feeling really overwhelmed.”

  • “I feel lost.”

  • “It’s like I’m emotionally held down.”

  • “I’ve tried everything!”

  • “It’s my constant companion.”

  • “I can’t find my footing!”

  • “Bad memories keep haunting me.”

  • “It’s like I’m in a sack and someone is shaking me and then let me out.”

  • “I feel like I can’t escape.”

  • “I’m being drawn down.”

  • “I have no direction but up-side-down or sideways.”

  • “Voices from my past keep coming up.”

  • “Nothing works!”

  • “I get bits and pieces but I’m not sure.”

  • “What’s my problem?”

  • “People must think I’m crazy.”

  • “I’m not living life the way I could.”

  • “I don’t belong anywhere.”

  • “Everything is too complicated.”

  • “I can’t escape.”

  • “I can’t concentrate on anything.”

  • “Life is too hard!”

  • “I have trouble doing even the simple things!”

  • THIS is NEVER going to get better because I don’t know what THIS is!"
  • Real PTSD Expereinces