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Originally Posted by RockMaterial
I have severe night terrors, feel emotionally and sometimes even physically numb, and feel constantly on edge and 'rattling' from the inside out (have more symptoms, but they are not specific to PTSD). Due to my night terrors, I have insomnia from fear of these nightly experiences. I've been diagnosed with depression, anxiety, panic attacks, and agoraphobia (oye, quite a list!). My therapist thinks I might also have PTSD, but I've never experienced the 'T.' In my opinion, a parent's divorce, father's disownment, grandfather's sickness, or generally a hard time in life hardly constitute a trauma. Compared to others who have fought wars, been abused, or have other traumatic things happen to them, I'm pretty well off. So, in your opinion, is this a weird presentation of PTSD or something else?
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maybe it will help you to understand what .....Trauma.....is.
here where I live and work in new york which is in the USA
Trauma is defined as being a physical or mental reaction to upsetting situations, events, environments, people, places, things....
examples
hurricane Sandy caused many people to have trauma (nightmares, flashbacks, anxiety, broken bones, bruises, ...)
A friend just lost her mother. she shows her trauma by being depressed, anxious, insomnia, trouble concentrating.
an abused child's trauma is the physical bruising, mental fears, anxiety, depression..
a person who lost their job shows their trauma through anxiety , stress of how they are going to be able to make ends meet and support their family.
if you were here in NY using the info in your post....
your parents getting the divorce is the negative event in your life and how you reacted to it mentally and physically is the trauma it caused you. many people who's parents get divorced have the trauma of being sad/depressed that their parents are not going to be together, Another trauma many people who's parents get divorced have is scared that the divorce means the parent who has to leave the family home doesnt love them any more, other trauma's many people who's parents get divorced have is Anxiety, sleep problems, stress,
now its your turn...think about your fathers disowning you....
the disowning you is the negative event in your life...the trauma is the physical and emotional/mental reactions you had to that happening....
think about your grandfather being sick... that wasnt something that made you happy and jumping for joy right... so its called a negative event in your life..
your grandfather being sick is the negative event in your life, the trauma is how you reacted mentally and physically to that happening.
trauma isnt this thing that depends on how bad something is compared to another person..
each person has their own individual way they handle things that happen to them good and bad (yes even good things can cause a person to have trauma)
the line in the sand isnt whether what you went through was harder then another persons or not as bad as another persons, its how it affected you and only you.
how a person reacts to things is just how they react to things. it just is how it is.
example both my wife and I have dealt with broken bones..does my one broken elbow compare to her three broken toes she had in her life time no. because her trauma (anxiety, bruising, pain) affected her and my broken elbow trauma ( pain, bruising, anxiety, ..) affected me.