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Originally Posted by Julialuvbugde
Is witnessing a loved one wither away and die able to be considered trauma? Especially from a PTSD perspective, because I feel as though my grandfather, whom I considered to be a father figure to me, passing right in front of me after me and my family members having to act as an aid to him for a week with no medical experience and being terrified my family and I would get infected from his C diff or that we could give him something such as the coronavirus, with being afraid that he or anyone of us could die at any moment was traumatic, but it could be something else so I was just wondering. I have barely been sleeping because I have nightmares about my family dying and I can’t help them. I am also terrified that if I go to sleep I will never wake up or that someone will need me while I’m sleeping and they may die if I can’t help them and check on them. I have experienced other types of trauma before, like how my ex was physically and sexually abusive, but even though this is different, my reaction to it still feels like trauma so I’m confused. If anyone has any insight, please let me know💕
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no one here can tell you whether this situation is PTSD or not or any other trauma and stress related disorder. for that you will need to contact a mental health treatment provider in your location for an assessment for mental disorders.
what I can say is that there are lots of trauma and stress related disorders here in america.
here CPTSD is not a diagnostic label yet. the name is under consideration for being in future diagnostic manuals here.
that said, that does not mean the symptoms and problems dont exist, just that right now here in america its called by many other things, in me CPTSD is called Acute Stress Disorder.
what else I can tell you is that trauma and stress related disorder named PTSD does include witnessing someone else undergoing a trauma. theres also other diagnostics that go along with it.
my suggestion is that when things start opennig up in your location again contact a treatment provider (your medical doctor or a mental health treatment provider) they can diagnose whether you have a trauma and stress related disorder and which one and how to best treat it.