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Sharon🇺🇦Johnston
@sharonjohnston.bsky.social
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December 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
They wouldn’t sweep it under the rug if it were Dems bc they know it’s bad which is why they want to sweep it under the rug now. Yes, they don’t care about killing those people, they just know it reflects badly on them. Only how it’s perceived by others. That matters so they want it to go away.
December 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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didn’t know why it happened or even what happened. I finally snapped out of it when he said “YOU ASSAULTED ME!” I knew I hadn’t touched him, before the flashback anyway, so I asked “Do you think my saying ‘Excuse me is an assault?” He said YES! I came all the way out of the rabbit hole & left. 😳
December 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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the real me gets upset, I get extremely quiet so I don’t say anything I’ll regret and I only get angry if someone dies something to intentionally hurt me. So to get into this ridiculous display and not even remember what I did as it happened, was bizarre bc I
December 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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arnd are just flailing because neither is actually fighting the other. Matt had to get in the middle and his girlfriend kept begging us to just move along while both she and Matt are holding us back line rabid Pitt bulls trying to attack the other. And just so you know, when
December 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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triggered me. I’m responding to whoever I should have when it happened. It’s like shadow boxing w the past. You’re not you & Im not present. So I imagine 2 people w PTSD having flashbacks simultaneously looks like the 60s game Rockem Sockem Robots, where the robots’
December 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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him off, I said “Oh. I am.” And that’s all it took for 58yr old me to start fighting in the middle of the grocery store. When I’m having a flashback, it’s like being transported back somewhere in space & time w everything laden w trauma so I’m never responding to whoever
December 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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sarcasm is a MAJOR trigger for The Beast so it was on like Donkey Kong! The last thing I remember is The Beast took over. Matt said he saw my face instantly change like a lion about to kill its prey & I said, w equal sarcasm & condescension, which somehow I instinctively knew would piss
December 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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It IS! You’re right! Before I was Dx I was at the market w Matt. I waited 2min while a man stood where the item I needed was so I finally went over, said excuse me & as I got my item he made some remark & I let it go. But as I was walking away, he said, w great sarcasm, “Have a nice day.” Well,
December 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Yeah. This one’s rough bc there’s a lot more to it than that. Matt turned on the movie “Gaslight” & I could only watch 10min & I was in the throes of a flashback. My sacrifice for my siblings was unfathomable starting at age 4 when Donna was born so to find out they were complicit was soul crushing.
December 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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“A little help? (re the Beast) & they reply, “Ooooh, sorry. We just narrate.” Me: “WTF? SERIOUSLY?” Meanwhile The Beast is having a field day w Matt & oh, btw, I read micro expressions & the slightest move of his eyebrow could get him in really big trouble! It’s a circus sometimes!🤣
December 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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OMG K!! One of my alters is The Peanut Gallery! They sit in the background doing unimpassioned golf-like commentary! Ex, The Beast is RAGING at Matt, calling him vile names, behaving like Linda Blare in the Exorcist & I hear “Well that came out of her mouth easily.” And me, The Wizard goes
December 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
My issue now is trying to get this handled. My sister is directly involved & this will likely trigger The Drowning Victim, the absolutely most terrifying flashback of them all. I’ve avoided handling this for 2wks but I talk to my Dr tomorrow so maybe I’ll be ok afterwards.
December 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I have a knight in shining armor husband who’s along for the ride no matter what so that helps sooo much. Esp when The Beast is triggered. Once I finally come to I’ve found myself crouched like a cornered animal, baring my teeth & growling. WTF? But there’s so much that’s funny about it too!
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It’s so fascinating K! Just not while it’s happening.
December 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I write a book. 770 unedited pages. I want PTSD sufferers to be able to have a more normal life & happy thriving relationships. The stuff Matt & I have worked on the last 7yrs has made it so he understands when I’m having a flashback, which kind of flashback & how to behave when it’s happening.
December 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I wish I could find the video of this!!
December 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
My Dr thinks I’ve had CPTSD since birth, poss in utero. But i didn’t have my first obvious flashback until 11/2018. I thought “If all that stuff’s in there, I better figure out how to understand it bc I can’t be in public acting like that or I’ll be arrested. I have DID during flashbacks. 5 alters.
December 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Yup!
December 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
My sister was my “best friend” for 50yrs but always put my life at risk even when I begged her to stop. I was always confused/frustrated, not angry. So now if I get even the tiniest bit confused/frustrated, I feel like I’m being murdered. Guess how fun confusing cust serv calls are. I sound INSANE.
December 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM