I'm in this boat right now.
I have the symptoms of PTSD but do not have the diagnosis. I am currently in therapy and I was diagnosed with depression years ago. Now my doctor and therapist always says "How is the depression?" or "How depressed are you?". They never asked about the trauma symptoms or the anxiety (even though this is why I'm in treatment in the first place). I keep saying the depression is not the problem, the trauma is. I feel like if I had the label of PTSD they would focus more on that.
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