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Originally Posted by elevatedsoul
do you really think that i articulate my experience well?
they have told me that i do a really good job explaining my symptoms but i feel like i dont do a good job at all... sort of like that self sabatoging thing someone said a while back.. but maybe i dont do that at all, its really difficult for me to remember my meetings and appointments so its difficult to say...
i just need to hammer more on my memory problem... i just really want to know whats wrong with my memory, brain, or whatever it is thats causing me to not remember things...
i'll have to make an appointment with my regular doctor soon so i can ask her about brain damage or traumatic brain injuries and everything else... like i just really need to know because i feel like if its this bad (its really bad) then maybe its going to get worse and i wont be able to work on things at all so i feel like im running out of time before i hit a critical mass point of no return where ill be severely disabled and unable to even care for the minute things i need....
i like the idea about showing on the cellphone, im going to talk to her abot it...
last time i tried to get them to use the computer to look at some of my stuff the old case manager said she wasn't allowed to ... this clinic is terribly under funded....
i just remembered that she said "one thing is for sure, you have developmental trauma disorder" and i have to agree because it describes me in a way... but what does it mean?
I haven't found any information about it in relation to the dissociation that occurs... only that the senses become dissociated and the world is dark and scary evil place...
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Originally Posted by elevatedsoul
do you really think that i articulate my experience well?
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yes I really do think you are good at articulating what your problems are. with me the problem isnt in how you articulate. the problem sometimes is my location sometimes uses different words and different definitions. this kind of problem is a universal one that just comes with the job, or being online where there are many different people from many different towns, cities, states, countries in one place not everyone uses the same definitions for the same words, that aside you do a great job.
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Originally Posted by elevatedsoul
i just remembered that she said "one thing is for sure, you have developmental trauma disorder" and i have to agree because it describes me in a way... but what does it mean?
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developmental trauma disorder is the IDC equivelent of the DSM 5 category of .... Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders ... in short is a catch all disorder label for anyone with PTSD stemming from childhood physical, sexual and / or emotional abuse.
your treatment provider is just saying you have problems and symptoms from being physically, sexually or emotionally abused as a child
and another way of putting it is you have PTSD, or you have Acute stress disorder or any of the other trauma and stressor related disorders found in the DSM 5....
the difference is the DSM 5 doesnt lop PTSD problems all together any more like the IDC does with the label developmental trauma disorder
now depending upon what a persons symptoms and problem areas are, if using the DSM 5 a person would get diagnosed with one of the new trauma and stressor related disorders in the DSM 5 which are...
Reactive Attachment Disorder
Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Acute Stress Disorder
Adjustment Disorders
Other Specified Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorder
Unspecified Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorder