Hello,

I join a year ago but I've finally decided to join in on this forum and see if I can get some insights into my mental illness.

I guess I'd like to first ask if there are any others on this board who got PTSD from something other than combat or an acutely stressful experience?

I ask because I have seen a psychologist recently, who, after they read the results of a very thorough psyc. evaluation I was given, said that I showed many symptoms for PTSD. The signs were so strong he continued to ask me if there had been any trauma in my life.

I told him I had never been in combat, I had never been in a car accident, been robbed, or assaulted etc. The origin of my illness was that after a particularly (but not extraordinarily) stressful, final semester in college I had, what may be called a nervous breakdown (I never have really gotten a solid definition on what that means). All I know is that within the span of a week, I went from being normal to being fearful, anxious, and filled with what I call "a sense of doom" and have been more or less in that state for a few years now.

Anyway, that's the short of it. I'm hoping to find some people whop have a similar experience. Other than that, I look forward to getting to know you guys.

Thanks,
Matthew