Therapist may be right

[Stephani8o]

Last Friday I had a student get in my face. A tall Male possibly gang banging student. It scared me. I've been feeling down all week. I thought I was going through a minor depression. I was telling my therapist about it today. I'm not happy, not excited. I don't want to be around people. My self confidence tanked. I kept feeling like crying but not really crying. I wondered how long it would last because my bad days never last this long. My brain resets every night. I'm just blah. Doing what I need to but because I have to. So she asked if I was numbed and if the fear triggered a ptsd response. I wasn't sure but maybe it's right. What is that? Will I wake up tomorrow better knowing that?

 

[Abstract]

That sounds very possible. Could certainly set me off. When I do know what is happening for me it does usually help me. Not necessarily in a sense of all the symptoms going away straight away but rather a case of me feeling more empowered understanding what is happening and having a better chance to use the right things to help those symptoms. Would crying help?

 

[Stephani8o]

Would crying help?

Possibly, probably. On the way home, I thought about it and felt like I wanted to cry. But it didn't happen.

 

[EveHarrington]

Sounds like it as your response seems like it could be out of proportion to what actually happened. A ptsd response tends to be exaggerated and elongated.