Is Derealization/dissociation A Seperate Condition From Ptsd?

[micky]

is derealisation/dissociation a separate condition to ptsd or are they just the extreme end of ptsd?

 

[J'qel]

From what I understand it's one part of the number of symptoms and tendancies of those who have PTSD (as well as other illnesses).

 

[DharmaGirl]

In the DSM-V, it is what some people refer to as C-PTSD, rather than PTSD. It is different.

 

[Sandstone]

It all depends. People can have derealisation / depersonalisation without having any trauma related conditions. Or they can have any of the various sorts of dissociation as part of PTSD. Or have PTSD without much in the way of dissociative symptoms.

Many experts say, and I 'm inclined to agree, that PTSD is by nature a dissociative condition, that we develop because we store our trauma separately from out usual experience - we diss - associate it from ourselves - and then it comes bursting out at inconvenient moments. But I think other regular posters would disagree with that view.

I think what it comes down to is that we have very different experiences of the condition. Why do you ask?

 

[micky]

I had ptsd from an incident and was just finishing the treatment for it.(CBT treatment).near the end of the treatment I was involved in an accident(had a mild brain injury/concussion).everything changed.i then started having blackouts/dissociation.i had to quit my job.i know the symytoms of ptsd from before,but these were very different..my insurance will probably say" sure you already had ptsd".