TawkyTawny
New Here
I am thinking about applying for Short Term Disability in order to treat my PTSD. My job has already denied my requested accommodations. Every day it gets harder and harder to do my job. I am extremely irritable, and occasionally I get severe anxiety attacks on the train to work. I am not in the best condition to look for a job, and if I quit this one I'm afraid I will spiral downwards. My parents are very worried about me, and I am unable to empathize with them, as I believe they are responsible for my condition, even though I don't believe they did it out of malice.
I am scared. At this point, I'm resigning myself to being miserable the rest of my life. I really need help, the few therapists I've talked to in the past few weeks have all seemed untrustworthy. I feel that all the therapy that Ive had so far has exacerbated my condition. If I never had gone to therapy, I never would have recalled all of that child abuse.
Anyway - at this point, no insurance company has any record of my having PTSD. There are pre-existing ADHD and depression, but they have never affected my ability to work to the degree that the PTSD does. Complex-PTSD was suggested as a diagnosis by a journeyman therapist a few years ago, but I was paying out of pocket and insurance wasn't involved. I went through a trauma about a year and a half ago that has resulted in my current condition - I was a mess before but now I'm really a mess - if I keep going the way Im going I will be homeless before long.
Unum is my STD provider. PTSD seems so vague and is often misdiagnosed - is it likely I will be eligible for STD benfits?
I am scared. At this point, I'm resigning myself to being miserable the rest of my life. I really need help, the few therapists I've talked to in the past few weeks have all seemed untrustworthy. I feel that all the therapy that Ive had so far has exacerbated my condition. If I never had gone to therapy, I never would have recalled all of that child abuse.
Anyway - at this point, no insurance company has any record of my having PTSD. There are pre-existing ADHD and depression, but they have never affected my ability to work to the degree that the PTSD does. Complex-PTSD was suggested as a diagnosis by a journeyman therapist a few years ago, but I was paying out of pocket and insurance wasn't involved. I went through a trauma about a year and a half ago that has resulted in my current condition - I was a mess before but now I'm really a mess - if I keep going the way Im going I will be homeless before long.
Unum is my STD provider. PTSD seems so vague and is often misdiagnosed - is it likely I will be eligible for STD benfits?