Hi Guys! me again...
hope everyone is doing ok.... i am a bit confused...
i did post last week about me going to couseling for the first time with my husband who has PTSD ...that i was nervous and scared and i thank everyone for their input...
so i went and i did not like it much... i felt that the counselor just makes him more and more vulnerable to this disorder in a way... i guess i am confused...and also i am confused as to if i have the disorder as well...i have never been to a doctor for this becuase i did not know of it until i found out my hubby had it, but from what i see in him i feel i may have PTSD....
I have never been in the military so i did not go to war or anything...never been raped or car accidents or anything...
I did have a horrible childhood (young teenage years) with my parents fighting 24/7 in front of me to the point where i would see my mother with knives and pills and threatning to kill herself... she would also drink alot and get drunk and always packed her bags ready to leave the house, but the next day everyone would act as if nothing happened and then the same thing would happen at night all over again... arguements and violence... my younger sis was always very good about just going in her room and putting the music up high when all the drama started but i couldnt help to sit in the hallway and watch them fight and run in between them and beg them to please stop...it never worked :-( ive always known that my parents have affected me greatly (and a couple of months ago they FINALLY filed for divorce, and now i am dealing with that, i am heartbroken even at the age of 27) but now i think i have symptons of PTSD from what my husband is going through....i know ive always had problems...as a teenager my mother would take me to the doctor and had me on anti-depressants....i feel it was a cover up for everything they were both putting me through....bottom line is how do i know if i have PTSD? i have read the symptoms and i do have pretty much all of them but why did my husbands counselor not see that? Do i have PTSD or do i simply suffer from depression???
hope everyone is doing ok.... i am a bit confused...
i did post last week about me going to couseling for the first time with my husband who has PTSD ...that i was nervous and scared and i thank everyone for their input...
so i went and i did not like it much... i felt that the counselor just makes him more and more vulnerable to this disorder in a way... i guess i am confused...and also i am confused as to if i have the disorder as well...i have never been to a doctor for this becuase i did not know of it until i found out my hubby had it, but from what i see in him i feel i may have PTSD....
I have never been in the military so i did not go to war or anything...never been raped or car accidents or anything...
I did have a horrible childhood (young teenage years) with my parents fighting 24/7 in front of me to the point where i would see my mother with knives and pills and threatning to kill herself... she would also drink alot and get drunk and always packed her bags ready to leave the house, but the next day everyone would act as if nothing happened and then the same thing would happen at night all over again... arguements and violence... my younger sis was always very good about just going in her room and putting the music up high when all the drama started but i couldnt help to sit in the hallway and watch them fight and run in between them and beg them to please stop...it never worked :-( ive always known that my parents have affected me greatly (and a couple of months ago they FINALLY filed for divorce, and now i am dealing with that, i am heartbroken even at the age of 27) but now i think i have symptons of PTSD from what my husband is going through....i know ive always had problems...as a teenager my mother would take me to the doctor and had me on anti-depressants....i feel it was a cover up for everything they were both putting me through....bottom line is how do i know if i have PTSD? i have read the symptoms and i do have pretty much all of them but why did my husbands counselor not see that? Do i have PTSD or do i simply suffer from depression???