Yikes!

It's gone up...I normally get scores in the mid-40s, with the occasional score in the 50s, but this time I got 68.

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Your Sanity Score
68

General Coping 39
Life Events 9
Depression 19
Anxiety 37
Phobias 50
Self-Esteem 67
Eating Disorders 25
Schizophrenia 5
Dissociation 17
Mania 25
Sexual Issues 0
Relationship Issues 0
Alcohol 0
Drugs 0
Physical Issues 0
Smoking Issues 0
Gambling Issues 0
Technology Issues 44
Obsessions/Compulsions 44
Posttraumatic Stress 75
Borderline Traits 25

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I don't know if it's just because I'm not feeling too great at the moment, or if this is a bad sign generally...

Hi, I'm no expert but:

"Posttraumatic Stress 75"

If you do actually have PTSD ups and downs, good days/bad days etc are normal.

and to you.

Well, you've been having all the stress with the food thefts and wanting to get back into therapy, etc. so I don't think there's much surprise there, Rio? And your PTSD was triggered recently by your friend wasn't it? Lots going on. I hope it all gets into a rhythm and calms down a bit for you.

Thanks, Kalamity_Jane. I've never been diagnosed with PTSD, but I did get told I had some of the symptoms when I was in therapy. That's a good point about the good/bad days...I've never got a score higher than 58 on PTSD before now, though.

Thanks, Perna. That's true, especially the therapy one - it's making me think about the bad things more, which isn't much fun. The only thing I'd disagree with is this one:

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And your PTSD was triggered recently by your friend wasn't it?

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> While that was upsetting (fortunately, he doesn't seem to be quite so depressed at the moment, though), I reckon if I've been triggered by anything it's what happened at the campus in Illinois. I tried to avoid it, but I forgot once when I was signing out of Yahoo mail that it automatically takes you to the news page...and it's been mentioned here a bit as well (not that I'm blaming anyone, it's impossible to avoid everyone's triggers).

But that's all normal then, there are reasons for your score going up a bit and that's a good thing you noticed and are aware of what is going on with you.

Thanks, Perna. That's true...it was just a bit of a shock, I guess, I took the test slightly less than a month ago and only had 56.