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Old Jul 07, 2017, 11:51 AM
Anonymous40413
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No, this is not PTSD. The A-criterion is very clear regarding what trauma's need to have happened before you have PTSD, and what you're listing isn't it. That doesn't mean it necessarily isn't trauma - you can be traumatized without having PTSD.

The A-criterion is as follows:

The person was exposed to: death, threatened death, actual or threatened serious injury, or actual or threatened sexual violence, as follows: (one required)
  1. Direct exposure.
  2. Witnessing, in person.
  3. Indirectly, by learning that a close relative or close friend was exposed to trauma. If the event involved actual or threatened death, it must have been violent or accidental.
  4. Repeated or extreme indirect exposure to aversive details of the event(s), usually in the course of professional duties (e.g., first responders, collecting body parts; professionals repeatedly exposed to details of child abuse). This does not include indirect non-professional exposure through electronic media, television, movies, or pictures.
This doesn't mean you aren't hurting. It just means it's not PTSD.
Thanks for this!
Crazy Hitch, nadia533