I used to think that the "label" helped me to understand why I was feeling and doing the things that I was. So I was open about it, thinking that people would be compassionate, especially with a diagnosis of PTSD which means there is trauma.

But I have been treated badly, even by people I once thought were friends so I no longer am open about it. Plus I'm in school to be a therapist and I don't feel like sharing that information. I've heard too much about how people are "screened out."