Poll At What Age Were You Diagnosed with PTSD?

[mamachick]

I am so sorry for those of you who acknowleged the symptoms at such a young age. If I had them, I also had them blocked. Might have been better being able to name it-I dont know. I was just so busy trying to get life straight, dont know if it helped or wore me out, or if it really existed for me. At 17 I got married and the abuse started. I dont remember being so afraid until years later when I knew he would hurt me. In the beginning, I thought I was invincible. Not easy at any age when the symptoms hit home.

 

[Deleted member 1860]

Diagnosed at 29, traumatized at 4, started displaying symptoms in early childhood.

 

[JustBe]

If PTSD wasn't an actual diagnosis until 1980, then Many of us that have suffered since a young age could not be diagnosed properly when young. JMO

 

[Violet03]

I was diagnosed when I was 35 but I had symptoms for quite a while before that. I just tried really hard to keep them at bay so I would not fall apart. Apparently I was not strong enough for that.

 

[Britt.f7]

I was diagnosed around the age of 25. School and work were getting harder for me and my therapist recommended inpatient therapy for it because she was worried about me. It really helped for a number of years.

Then, this last year, at 45, I ended up hospitalized again because I was suicidal and crying almost every waking hour. I'm not really sure what I was telling them but it led to, before I was deemed able to go home, a sociologist talking about EMDR therapy and how he felt that would be really good for me. That it had showed promising results in VETS. That it was good for ptsd. So here I am dealing with it again.

 

[therapybankrupt]

Hi Britt! Did I understand that you are getting your EMDR in the hospital?

 

[Britt.f7]

No, they gave me a long list of all the practitioners in the city for when I left the hospital. Unfortunately, none of them are near me.:(

 

[therapybankrupt]

Unfortunately, none of them are near me.:(

Britt
Sorry you have no support for EMDR! It would be brilliant though if they did offer it in a hospital situation. I wish at times as I go through EMDR I had place where I could process and heal. Its heard doing this work and functioning in the world! I hope you can get the Help you need or just try doing the healing yourself through exposure therapy and the one page document.
TB

 

[Britt.f7]

Therapy Bankrupt, what is exposure therapy and the one page document? My current therapist said she would try to find therapists near by. How is working? What's it like? Thank you.

 

[KatB]

people keep telling me I'm too young (23), and haven't been in any wars, and therefore the fault is all mine and I just need to "not be such a wimp and deal with things better".

I agree with the statement: we don't need physical war...

 

[KatB]

22,full-blown cptsd. My teenage years are all a blur to me, but more realistically, started in my teens. 21 yrs old, noticed when things became wayy too hectic and started to experience them...

I agree with what someone said that there are periods when we are conscious and when we're not. Now, my symptoms are undeniable. Now, I am just anxiously waiting for something to happen.

 

[KatB]

I am scared though. It makes me wonder, would it just get worse during my older ages? My mom has always thought the worse. I at least, know I have diagnosed cptsd.