Ptsd?

[Notiga]

I will start by saying I have been diagnosed with PTSD & BPD but if cPTSD hits the DSM, I have a feeling that both will be taken off and cPTSD put in their places, most especially since my therapist says I am not the "typical BPDer" but I can only assume. I am not into self diagnosis.

I hear people talking when they aren't.

I have this, sort of.

I converse with people who are in my head

This is how I experience the above.

I made a thread about it:

DID - Internal conversations but not diagnosed did?

I have trouble keeping up with the order in which things are happening. For example it's hard to know if I did something or just thought about doing it

This I also have. I am always asking myself "wait, did I actually do this or did I just think about doing it?" I chalk that up to forgetting. Which I do A LOT of.

I often mess up on sentences and have to try again so that I make sense. It's just gotten difficult.

I do as well. I will type totally different words then I meant to. And I do NOT have pretictive text enabled on my phone. Where it brings up words above the keyboard. Thats turned off. I have dyslexia. That's not that. I will type a totally different word and will reread it and will be like "what?" So yeah. I do the same in talking. I studder as well at times. I don't have a studder but will still studder at times.

I do not have DID and I do not have Schizophrenia. We went through the DSM together on both and I do not fit the diagnosic criteria for either.

I don't think we should pathologize everything. Everything isn't something wrong. Could it be PTSD or cPTSD or even DID or Schizophrenia? Of course it can be. And you do need to be fully open and honest with your therapist. Only a psychiatrist can diagnose you. Or a therapist with that abilty. And could it be something? Yep! Could it be PTSD or cPTSD? Yep! Could it be some "odd" thing but not be a symptom of something but just how your brain handles your trauma? Yep!

My point is, don't anylize your entire being and mind and wondering if yet something else is wrong. Be open and honest with your therapist and/or psychiatrist and let them handle that. Does that make sense?

 

[Vumema]

So, cptsd is from an abusive childhood, not multiple traumas in adult?

No. Docs in the US tend to think of C-PTSD as a result of multiple childhood traumas because that is mostly what they see. In other countries it is far more common for adults to experience multiple traumas - think war zones, state terrorism etc. C-PTSD just

 

[Muve]

Sorry I was busy for a this week.
To answer some questions from above, I am female and 34.

I will talk to my doctor about the differences between PTSD and C-PTSD.

Thank you!

 

[Olot]

I will talk to my doctor about the differences between PTSD and C-PTSD.

It would also be good if you talked with them about the hallucinations, and go over any other new symptoms.

 

[Meda]

5-15 percent of adults hear voices. (Voice-Hearing by the Numbers) so the fact that you are hearing voices and having hallucinations alone doesn't for sure mean this or that diagnosis. With the complexity of diagnosing any mental health condition, I think it is wisest to work out the possibly diagnosis with a doctor.

Many people who have these kinds of symptoms can get better with treatment and it's great you are already connected to providers.