alright i'm sick and tired of this, and i'm NOT gonna be nice about it anymore. stop making fucking ptsd jokes. theyre not funny, and you completely belittle us when you make them. here's why (a thread , pls retweet cuz your moots need to hear this)

First of all, let me introduce myself in a way that will make you understand why this is so dehumanizing.

// tornado

hi, i'm Parker, and I suffer from ptsd. a tornado destroyed my city two years ago and I still cannot function if the sky even starts to turn grey.

those jokes that you guys make, you know, the ones like "wow that gives me ptsd" or "war flashbacks" and shit like that? think about that for a sec.

a lot of us with ptsd have to curb our entire lives around something that traumatized us in the past. we have to change our ENTIRE LIFESTYLE just so we can avoid being sent back to the harsh reality of the past.

we don't get to turn that off. we don't get to hit pause to go do something that is convienient. we don't get to fucking relax.

you making those jokes when you remember something embarassing or remember something that genuinely didn't traumatize you is extremely belittling to say the least

so think about this: can you function after you make that joke? can you forget about the memory and go on with your day after that joke?

if yes, you need to shut the hell up.

myself and others alike get harassed every day for experiencing trauma. we get told that we aren't living in the real world, that it's our fault that we're going through this or that the event happened, that we are just overly sensitive. do you REALLY need to add on to that?

im not asking you for much other than to just LISTEN and use your COMMON SENSE. im so sick and tired of being talked over, harassed, and threatened every time i speak out about this shit.

end of thread for now. if you would like to add something to this thread, comment below. <3