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I can say I have PTSD
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I guess I just look at it a different way...
Seems most feel realived that they finally have a diagnosis and they know what this anxiety is. But to me, it feels like that if I admit I have PTSD, I'm admitting that it did in fact happen...
If I refer to it as just a bit of anxiety, I feel better. It's normal... Even though in the back of my mind I know its more than just a bit...
Maybe its silly...I don't know.
Manic
It was the initial panic attack I experienced after reading the Wikipedia article on PTSD that prompted me to look into it. I had come across the article before and made some kind of connection in my brain, like it made sense to me but I didn't really 'get it'. This time I was on my happy pills (legal) and it was like, WHAM, you have it. Those voices telling me to stop reading were kept at bay by an unusual amount of serotonin in my brain.
Was I 'traumatized'? I don't know. I don't know if some other label would explain it better. I don't want to exaggerate my problems and so I don't like being lumped in with Vietnam vets and Dave Pelzer-esque scenarios. Plus, the time period which I would have to examine to determine exactly what did happen, I have no clear memories of.
I think psychology takes the labels too far. I was diagnosed with ADHD, and I do have the traits, but saying "I have ADHD" just sounds awkward. It's not like cancer where you know you either have it or you don't. I guess PTSD is different because it has an objective component (the stressor), but still, we're people, not labels.
Then again, I'm in denial about a lot of things. But I'm also on my honesty pills. :wink: