Have You Ever Diagnosed A Person You Don't Know Very Well With Ptsd

[Ibog]

One of my fathers business friends reacted very odd to another guest telling a funny story. He insists the other guy is a coward and won't stop calling him one.

I wonder if he could have PTSD because he has served and because he acts sort of out of character because he is typically very friendly... or is it just me overanalyzing and seeing things that are not there because my spouse has PTSD.

 

[Situ]

You can make educated guesses, but unless you have a degree, you are not qualified to make a diagnosis.

 

[Ibog]

Thanks!!! No, I don't have a degree. Do you think it is possible to find out if person you don't know very well has PTSD.

Background: in my culture "coward" is a grave insult and my family is a bit dishonored if one of our guests insists another one of our guests is a coward. Unless of course the guest has PTSD. In this case it would be just a sign of his illness.

 

[Ibog]

The othe guest was by the way a relative of a family which has marriage ties to mine which makes it worse.

 

[Muweli]

You maybe more sensitive and aware of it because you live with it. At the same time it easy to see symptoms in everyone if you really look for it. I can see how you would hope he has it due to your culture. I don't see any harm in saying that you have observed PTSD like traits in the person. That might generate sensitivity towards him with out actually saying he has PTSD. Just be careful how you word it.

 

[Depaf]

Do you think it is possible to find out if person you don't know very well has PTSD.

What would be the purpose to you finding out? If it's someone you don't know very well, why do you need to know? Is it just to satisfy your own curiosity or is there some other reason?

 

[Ater]

Only someone who I knew had a similar background to me-years of abuse at the hand of a parent, in an isolated situation, as a child.

I'm very cautious about it because where I live there's a lot of derision towards it. I live in one of those places where people still think ADD/ADHD doesn't exist (it's kids behaving badly for attention and using it as an excuse), and that PTSD is just people trying to milk the system and get pity.

 

[Umap]

I not qualified to diagnose anyone; that's several advanced degrees and a helluva lot of specialized training.

That said? I've spotted it in people, and yeah, they already had the diagnosis. And I've suggested it to a few, that they might wanna go get evaluated.

That said, vets have a habit of calling bullshit and not dropping the matter. Regardless of whether they have PTSD or not. It's more of a military culture thing, than a PTSD thing.

 

[Vulo]

Muweli here. I got the impression from the OP that they wanted to know in hopes of sparing that person from the pain of being saddled with a label that is an insult in their culture.

Only someone who I knew had a similar background to me-years of Abuse at the hand of a parent, in an isolated situation, as a child.

Those of us who had similar backgrounds must really stand out to each other. I have had a semi-recent experience with some who has a similar background as me.We were able to recognize it in each other. We have become close friends as a result.

 

[Iwo]

I'm not qualified to diagnose anybody.

 

[Gadug]

Ater here:

It's sad because I know it happens in certain areas where I grew up, and most of them have not dealt with it well. He is getting help, and I may have assumed correctly because he's on both anti anxiety and anti depressants which is usually a sign.

I just wish more could have been done in the area when we were growing up, but at that time social services was the devil and you didn't tell anyone anything that was happening in your family. NOT EVER.

Small rural communities can be hell to grow up in.

 

[Irar]

Ibog here.
The other guest did not tell a bullshit story of bravery. He told a story about himself being a bit of a coward. If his story was true but it probably wasn't, it was just a funny story, but the vet thought he was being serious. This happened at a party.
The vet said he was coward and when I asked him in a letter to stop calling family members of mine coward he refused to stop. He just overreacts.

PTSD?