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Originally Posted by lifelesstraveled
I am just curious. I don't normally post in this section of PC so I feel kind of out of place, but I wanted to know. This might be a dumb question, but I am not at all familiar with PTSD. Is a sense of a foreshortened future necessarily indicative of PTSD?? I have never been diagnosed with PTSD--though I have never told T these thoughts either. i have never envisioned myself growing old or having children or getting married. I always thought I'd die young somewhere in my late 30s or 40s. i have no clue what on earth would make me think this. I told my boyfriend this and he thought I was crazy. I've always thought it was normal and still feels normal to me.
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JMO I think that when you have a traumatic event (such as one that gives you PTSD) you become very much "in the moment" and anything outside of surviving that moment doesnt seem real, you just cant get to it - maybe thats why there doesnt seem to be a future available... just a thought. P7
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