I'm So Confused.

[imtheasian1]

Hi everyone. My name is Rachel and it's been brought to my attention that I may have PTSD.

-I feel like I'm in a support group meeting.-

I haven't been diagnosed by a doctor, but I know something's wrong with me. Other people are seeing it more and more, too. I've been out of an abusive marriage for over a year now, but I still have nightmares and wake up with sweat rolling off myself. I hear one bad thing about someone, and my mind makes a snap judgement against them, like they're the enemy. There's some people that I can't even look at without getting horrible knots in my stomach and feeling like I'll vomit.

My ex-husband is in the Air Force, so I'm used to seeing others with PTSD and trying to help their wives and children through their ordeals, but this is a whole new world for me. I don't know how to react to it. Where do I go from here? What if I don't have PTSD and I'm just overreacting? How embarrassing will that be to tell a doctor that I think I have a very serious condition, only to have it be something miniscule?

 

[Srain]

Hi Rachel :)

Welcome. I can imagine you have a lot of questions. I'm not too sure who you have talked to but the symptoms are listed on this site and on the web. You can always see a Trauma Therapist and discuss what is going on with you to find out as well. If you are having issues you surely want to get some help and not let things get beyond where they are regardless.

Please take good care,
Rain

 

[amethist]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

The first thing we are all going to suggest is for you to go sea professional as soon as possible. Don't tell them you think you have PTSD, but do tell them about all your issues, then let them go from there.

There is also the Secondary PTSD issue too. If you read the link below this will explain this to you.

[DLMURL]http://www.ptsdforum.org/c/threads/secondary-trauma.13741/[/DLMURL]

Hope this helps some.

Amethist

 

[anthony]

Hi, and welcome to the forum. I wouldn't say an abusive marriage is miniscule, though I would suggest you seek a psychiatrict assessment to determine what is wrong vs. playing the guessing game. You have suffered trauma, so regardless, you do need counselling.

 

[femaleveteran]

Hey rachel
Welcome. know you will find a lot of good people here and useful information too. The people here and the information I have gotten so far has been top shelf...better than any therapy I have gotten at the VA...that being said though....if you have access to good therapy then I would listen to the people here and go for it. They really know what they are talking about when it commes to all that.
Cheers to you and hope you get whatever you need out of this..