((ladisputelover)),

Yes, I would say you are expressing the symptoms of PTSD. It is good that you told, but you need to be helped by a therapist who knows how to treat PTSD. You can work through these emotional challenges and depressive feelings as well as these feelings of worthlessness and shame. You can get so you feel better and sleep better and actually "heal" as you work through this with a therapist who understands and treats patients with PTSD.

So, while it is scarey to tell your Pdoc, it's the right thing to do so you can get to the next step of working with a therapist that knows how to help you feel safe so you can talk about how you are challenged and work on healing.

Please let us know how you make out. Perhaps you can just copy your post and bring that if it is too hard for you to say, a lot of people do that.

((Gentle Caring Supportive Hugs))
OE