Think I Might Have Ptsd

[anthony]

Actually the symptoms are completely rubbish if you don't meet the first two criterion, along with the lifestyle assessment, etc. Once you meet those aspects, the symptoms are gauged based on those. So until you actually state what the type of trauma was, that you believe has given you PTSD, then you are really only taking half arsed shots at what is wrong, and whether you have PTSD or not.

A person poking their thumbs into your eyes once, is not abnormally traumatic as a child that would warrant PTSD as an adult, considering the complexity and resilience the child brain has to succumb such events.

Everything you have said thus far, leads me to believe you DO NOT have PTSD.

 

[John II]

Actually the symptoms are completely rubbish if you don't meet the first two criterion, along with the lifestyle assessment, etc.

I agree, and they do. I don't understand why you think I don't agree. All I said was that the symptoms are important too. You need both the trauma and the symptoms.

Once you meet those aspects, the symptoms are gauged based on those. So until you actually state what the type of trauma was, that you believe has given you PTSD, then you are really only taking half arsed shots at what is wrong, and whether you have PTSD or not.

So you want to know the specifics to see if you think they're serious enough to warrant your stamp of ptsd approval?

A person poking their thumbs into your eyes once, is not abnormally traumatic as a child that would warrant PTSD as an adult, considering the complexity and resilience the child brain has to succumb such events.

You're misreading. That was an example of my denial, not what I think may have caused the ptsd. A drunk grown man I knew attacked me and among other things put his hands around my head and pushed his thumbs into my eyes and nearly blinded me (painful like hell) and two weeks or so later we were laughing at this event as if it was something hilarious.

A small sample. On the whole, this event is hardly even a detail.

Everything you have said thus far, leads me to believe you DO NOT have PTSD.

I'm open to arguments, but just stating something either way doesn't mean much to me.

 

[John II]

That was basically what I was getting at, John. It's not the specific event that matters, just the fact that something did happen.

Yes, like I said.

And whatever you do, don't "seek out" a diagnosis. I'm sure plenty of doctors will hand it over to anyone who uses the word "flashback" a lot.

If I do get examined it's hard to avoid talking about flashbacks though. I mean, they are a part of my condition (even if I'm not sure that condition is ptsd). As for "seeking out" a diagnosis, if I do want to get examined I'd have to push for this myself or it probably wouldn't happen at all, but I wouldn't try to get the diagnosis during the examination. I would just outline the the facts and let the chips fall where they may.

To get the diagnosis without having the condition is obviously only destructive, but as I've been saying in this thread I'm not interested in getting an official diagnosis at all right now, whether I have the condition or not. I just want to know more about ptsd and myself, and then I'll see where it all ends.

 

[anthony]

I think this has gone as far as it can. You need to seek professional assistance for diagnosis.

 

[KP the nut]

John, I welcome you. Unfortunately as a survivor of PTSD getting into this type of discussion where everything anyone says is quoted back as a seemily critism ( I'm sorry if this is not your intension, just my perception) than I can't involve myself further. It agravates my symptoms.
I can support not cure or wave a magic wand to make you better.

 

[KP the nut]

I think this has gone as far as it can. You need to seek professional assistance for diagnosis.

Thank you Anthony