The time I threw my car keys into the refrigerator

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I have thrown on the kitchen faucet full force while a dish or ladle perfectly positioned, diverts the fountain of water right in my face.

Also, put a pot of something on stove but turn on the wrong burner, and don't even get me going on those damn decorative burner covers....gawd those things stink and stink real bad when burnt.

If you really want to get frustrated just imagine this. I used to hear people say "I know I was there but I can't remember a damn thing or I remember a few things but not sure of the order in which they happened or even if they really did happen" I would swear people were full of shit when they would say those things to police. I swore they must be hiding something.

I was in a serious car accident years ago. I was hurt but not my head. Other than the air bag as far as we know I didn't hit my head. My head had no physical damage.But here is the part that gets strange. I don't remember the accident and many things after the accident.I remember or think I remember some things from the hospital.I say I think because I'm not sure if they are my memories or things that people told me. I find it incredibly frustrating to know I was involved in something and was a participant in things and can't remember them. For example there are all kinds of tests, x-rays etc.. done on me and I can't remember any of them.I could give many examples but I will leave it at that.

I have seen all kinds of doctors about it, They said they work with the physical damage but the amnesia is a safety switch in peoples brains. Its when someone has a horrible trauma sometimes the brain just decides its to much to deal with. Some people get the memory back in time or in pieces and some never get that memory back at all.They said time will decide what happens in my case. I have begged a friend of mine who does hypnoses to try to hypnotize me to get those memories back and he said its to dangerous and wont do it. I was diagnosed with PTSD and told to just let my mind decide whats best for me. I still get frustrated.

I think you were given good advice, Newbs...another PTSD symptom is not being able to control the memory of the event. For some, for many, maybe even most, every time they close their eyes, the images of the tragic event plays back like a recording or video, over and over, every time they just try to close their eyes.

The images and memories are played back so clearly, in every detail and nothing can be done, only time will curb the frequency of the playback, but the images are forever and clearly burned into the memory and brain. Most PTSD sufferers will always be able to retrieve that "playback" but they become able to exercise some control.

After the accident we all would wake up having nightmares. Mine were just weird mostly about my kids dieing. My oldest son mostly..My middle son kept having nightmares about smashing into a wall. We never hit a wall we did at some point hit a tree. My daughter was an infant she would just scream and that lasted about 6 months. She wouldn't want to go to sleep either. Something that was never a problem before the accident.Eventually things settled down with the nightmares. My daughter just had to be held and rocked to sleep for a little while.

The odd thing was for me to see a picture of me in the paper sitting on the side of the road holding my daughter in my arms and not remembering it.I just remember looking at the back of the car and thinking where is the trunk and all the stuff that was in it?

It's a strange feeling all the way around not remembering something like this. I also remember someone asking my what number to call for something and me not being able to remember the number. I think it was for my ex-husband.Someone also asked me if I hit my head because the glass was broken on my side of the windshield and I remember feeling my head and saying I don't think so. I have since learned the airbag broke the windshield. The whole thing is strange.That's about all I remember or at least think I remember. Some of this might be things that were told to me.

Kam...You can rub anything you want. It always makes me feel good.

Although I'm sure this particular experience may not be common, I recall a time way back when I use to cook and bake quite allot.

I picked the beautiful ripe cherries from my own tree, mixed up the best ever from scatch pie crust dough, and while the pie was reaching a perfection point of golden brown, with the filling bubbling, the aroma was fantastic...then it suddenly hit me...."Awwww fuck! I forgot to pit the cherries! "

I think you were given good advice, Newbs...another PTSD symptom is not being able to control the memory of the event. For some, for many, maybe even most, every time they close their eyes, the images of the tragic event plays back like a recording or video, over and over, every time they just try to close their eyes.

The images and memories are played back so clearly, in every detail and nothing can be done, only time will curb the frequency of the playback, but the images are forever and clearly burned into the memory and brain. Most PTSD sufferers will always be able to retrieve that "playback" but with time they can learn to gain some control although it's common among them, that something, a sight, sound, smell...can involuntarily trigger the replay.

I'm glad u brought that up, when i replay that plane crash where my friend lost his foot, i can actually smell the burning fuel & oil in my dreams, how weird is that?? I know, I know sorry, back to our regular scheduled programming