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Hi Anarchy, yeah I was also a little afraid of this. And again, it's not from shame that I perhaps wouldn't want to have a diagnosis formalised, but that I know how abused and misunderstood these things can be both within the medical community and in the world at large. The primary reason for...

That's a terrible experience... though do you think they would have used any diagnosis against you in that way? I've experienced first hand having a problem used against you, with the intention of breaking you, and it's something nobody should go through.

Hullo everybody, thanks very much for all the replies :) Essentially it's just as Rainydaiz says above, for me. I can entirely block out the trauma, in part because it was primarily a result of narcissistic abuse. I wouldn't be ashamed of having a diagnosis of (c-)PTSD, it would actually...

Nope, it's not an official diagnosis. As I mentioned, PTSD would be diagnosable, even if I identify more strongly with CPTSD. I was just wondering what peoples experiences were with having it as a 'label' for diagnosis was all really :) I'm in the UK and there's potential for it being used at...

Hullo, thanks for the reply :) Well, I'm not really challenging it, it's more a question of whether I would ask for it to be formally recorded or whether I just keep it as a mental framework of understanding and for healing for myself, if that makes sense. My gut instinct I think is to...

Hullo everyone, I originally posted on here quite a while ago now looking for advice on broaching the topic of C-PTSD with my therapist (who I've met with now for a couple years) and I finally brought it up the other week with her! She didn't know much about the C-PTSD, a little more about...

@Laura 2 haha, I think I may well join you in the move :-p but yes, that's very fortunate @Lucycat I guess it is always to some extent luck of the draw in the UK, or anywhere. I've not had terribly good NHS experiences up until now, but will keep my fingers crossed for the future :)...

@silkleaves that sounds pretty disorienting to say the least. I guess there are so many different kinds of dissociation, huh. Sounds like a dog could really help. Maybe get a big dog that needs lots of exercise, that should reduce the risk of being left in peace ;-)

Hi @Laura 2 thanks for the advice. I'm coming to the end of the private treatment, and would be referred onwards to the NHS afterwards. I'm fortunate that I've been having pretty good therapy up until now, so do feel that the correct treatment has been offered and hopefully will be able to...

Hi everyone, thanks for the replies. It's a good question as to why I 'want' the diagnosis, although that's perhaps not a great way of phrasing it. Erm, I suppose it beats the alternative of 'personality disorder' which I don't feel fits me, and actually the term scares me, given how I've...

Hi everyone, Just a quick question really: does anyone know much about the potential of getting diagnosed with c-ptsd in the UK? I don't know whether c-ptsd is what I have, but before I try to raise it with the therapist, thought it was worth asking if anyone here was from the UK and had been...

Hey @NovemberStar those sound like some pretty intense flashbacks...... I think if I have flashbacks at all, they're more in the line of what @silkleaves describes - I can respond very intensely to what is technically a perfectly innocent question, be pretty darn defensive and upset and not...

Wow, that's some heavy dissosciation..... mine is nothing in comparison. I have had days where I felt heavily heavily drugged, things around me were sort of 'flickering', I had almost no ability to do any complex cognitions, I couldn't read or interpret anything around me, and felt entirely...

Ah, that's interesting, the different ways of expressing (or not) people have. When the dissociation lifts I can remember better and can better explain. And over the months memories have been coming to me.... it's like if someone reminds me of something, I can remember it - but it might be...

Hey silkleaves, thank you for the reply :) Yeah I know what you mean about not having flashbacks but reacting the same way in similar situations. I'm slowly getting better but I do find that if someone says a certain thing to me, perfectly innocently, it can really trigger off a bad reaction...

I should also add, just for general information, that I don't experience flashbacks or nightmares - regular bad dreams but only two true nightmares.... although I have experienced a thick and heavy dissociation which was entirely suffocating, but fortunately has been improving over the recent...

Hello everyone! First off, apologies for the late reply - things have been pretty busy at work, also I didn't get an e-mail notification about any reply except the first so had no idea there were so many replies! Quite a few people have pointed out the dangers of self-diagnosis and I'm more...

Hi there, I'm completely new to the forums and to be honest, not 100% sure if this is the place to be looking for the advice I'm after, but will give it a try! I'm trying to find out more information about complex post traumatic stress disorder - can anyone tell me if this is a place to ask...