[opklnm]

so i went to see a therapist for the first time last week, her thoughts were after talking with me that i "might" have ptsd...so my thoughts are what does that truly mean?? i feel like it was silly to tell me i "might" have this because now im worried, and overthinking and it might not even be the case. my therapist has been working with people who have ptsd over 40years so i feel like it shes thought its possible then maybe it is....

anyways i dont feel like i do but i dont really know i understand what that means even if i did. lol hope this makes sense to someone

[opklnm]

also i was shaking like crazy after i talked to her, does this ever happen to anyone

[Open Eyes]

(((opklnm))),

What you can do is google PTSD and read about it, check the symptoms and see if they fit you.

Be "patient" , it sounds like this therapist is only "suggesting" and not actually diagnosing yet.

Continue your therapy and see how it goes, don't be afraid, you will want to know so you get the right treatment.

((Hugs))
OE

[tinyrabbit]

I think your T is right to keep it to a suggestion, rather than a definite statement, given she's only just met you - so she might have an idea, but she can't really be sure.

Would you like to tell us a bit more about why she thinks that? I for one feel like I need to know a little bit more about you before telling you what it might mean for you.

[opklnm]

she just said because i had a lot of trauma with in the last 3 years she was considering it as a possibility depending on my history and personality, will determine this as "real" or not...
i've googled the PTSD, and i feel like if you had of asked me last year i would have told you i feel a lot of the things described...but right now i dont..lol i dont know how any of this works...but i just feel very disconnected right now, but not "numb" like i used to feel last year. i just got really good at blocking out my feelings/the world..so a lot of the time i live in a blur... sometimes i get scared and panicky over the littlest things that i feel shouldnt set me off. i have some dreams that are related to my traumas but i dont have them all the time or anything like that. i cant ground myself and have moved 5 times with in the past 3 years, and since im never settled where i move i stay pretty isolated within myself because i dont want to lose anything/anyone. i just feel like i need to figure out a way to stay grounded and rebuild a life for myself

[Open Eyes]

((opklm))

Just keep going to therapy and see what unfolds.

((Hugs))
OE

[Maranara]

For whatever it's worth, my two cents. You have PTSD if events from your past, horrible tramatic events, it doesn't matter what caused them, keep coming back to you and you keep reliving them. They affect everything you do in one way or another: the way you act, the way you talk to others, the way you behave. You can't allow them to stay in the past. You've never gotten over them and they rule you to some degree.

[opklnm]

Thank you both