Complex PTSD. Interesting... That kinda makes sense with my background and experiences. I can especially identify with not being able to talk about my feelings during stressful situations..... and with blaming myself or minimizing current stressful situations.
Here are the
"diagnosing criteria"..
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Diagnostic criteria for complex post-traumatic stress responses
(I) Alteration in Regulation of Affect and Impulses
(A and one of B to F required)
- affect regulation
- modulation of anger
- self-destructive behaviour
- suicidal preoccupation
- difficulty modulating sexual involvement
- excessive risk-taking
(II) Alterations in Attention or Consciousness
(A or B required)
- amnesia
- transient dissociative episodes and depersonalization
(III) Alterations in Self-Perception
(Two of A to F required)
- ineffectiveness
- permanent damage
- guilt and responsibility
- shame
- nobody can understand
- minimizing
(IV) Alterations in Relations with Others
(One of A to C required)
- inability to trust
- revictimization
- victimizing others
(V) Somatization
(Two of A to E required)
- problems with the digestive system
- chronic pain
- cardiopulmonary symptoms
- conversion symptoms
- sexual symptoms
(VI) Alterations in Systems of Meaning
(A or B required)
- despair and hopelessness
- loss of previously sustaining beliefs
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