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a walk that crossed over a highway and train track. When a semi came along below us it made the surface I was walking on shake. For whatever reason, I reacted by taking off running...I guess I thought that if I didn’t my reaction and panicky breathing would only get worse. I am sure the person I was walking with thought I was being weird but, at that point, I didn’t care. My brain told my body to go and I did.
Like Steve, I am still very hyper-vigilant whenever we go out to eat or when we are standing in a check-out line at a store. I cannot stand sitting in the middle of a restaurant, preferring instead to sit at a booth or table that is on the perimeter of the establishment...and sitting right next to the wall whenever possible.
I hate people crowding me when I am standing in a supermarket or department store line. It's like they have absolutely no idea of the concept of personal space. I can't help it, but no matter where I am, a store or a restaurant, I am constantly scanning the area so that I know what is going on around me.
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