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Originally Posted by AnaWhitney
Does anyone here have PTSD?
My psychologist tried to test me for it last week but i sabotaged the test 🙈 She called me out and made out like my avoidance was to stop myself from the re experiencing part of ptsd. which she suggested was the emotional reaction I would have when talking or being asked about a particular event. I always thought it had to be nightmares or flashbacks ?
Anyway I was not right afterwards, drank a lot of alcohol and
I saw my T the next day and she said ‘ I have not seen you like this in a long time ‘ because I was so on edge and just a mess. I couldn’t get it out in session but managed to put it in a message after that it’s because I was called out on the ptsd test and couldn’t cope because I do not have ptsd
Does anyone have ptsd from something that happened so long ago like in childhood? Without having flashbacks? I just get really messed up if I try and talk about it which is why I don’t. That could not count surely ? |
Have you had a look at the diagnostic criteria for ptsd? It might help you understand how/where/if you feel that your experience fits the ptsd label. I think this link is clear in its explanation:
PTSD and DSM-5 - PTSD: National Center for PTSD
As I understand it, the re-experiencing of the trauma is key to the diagnosis. However, flashbacks are not the only way to re-experience the trauma and flashbacks can manifest in different forms. The self harm you describe might meet the emotional distress/physical reactivity type of re-experiencing stated in criterion B. It's also worth noting that criterion A states the specific kinds of trauma which a person needs to have experienced to meet the diagnosis. If you have any of these horrible events in your past (certainly including childhood), then this probably makes sense of why your psychologist is investigating in this way.