Don't Feel Like They Believe Me

[FleetwoodWac]

I started a program last Monday about multiple problems I have, one being that I believe that I have PTSD. I have flashbacks, I have panic attacks, sometimes I feel like I go out of my body as if I was dreaming or something. Loud noises makes me super anxious and sometimes trigger a panic attack.
I tried mentioning it to my group (it's outpatients in group) but I don't feel like anybody really believe me? Its frustrating because if I really do have PTSD and nobody believe it, how am I suppose to correct it?

 

[Friday]

Is the group led by a professional (and if so what caliber?), or is this a peer to peer support group?

 

[Beaglefan61]

Please be careful when it comes to being disbelieved. If there is not too much damage yet from it, then maybe getting support from places where you would be believed would be helpful in this. Sometimes there can be secondary trauma from being disbelieved. Sadly, i know far far too much about this. If there are ways that being believed can be helped i hope this will happen. The question about it being led by a professional is a good question. Also is it one that is specific to trauma recovery? If a general support group many may not have had trauma they have had to deal with or may be in denial about their own trauma. Many truths get obscured by denial or avoidance, even if that leaves you holding the bag. I am sorry you don't feel like you are being believed. You have come to a good place as we are here because of the traumas we have been through.

 

[joeylittle]

one being that I believe that I have PTSD.

Have you been diagnosed with PTSD? What was the specific source of trauma?