What trauma did you get PTSD from?

[New member]

Who diagnosed you?

 

[somerandomguy]

Hmm, maybe a little too personal of a question for a brand new user - like this is your very first post - named "New member."

Feel free to keep participating to prove me wrong. Until then, I'll keep this kind of personal information way, way out of this thread.

 

[Ronin]

Do you have PTSD?

Have you noticed you haven't introduced yourself at all?

 

[New member]

Do you have PTSD?

Hmm, maybe a little too personal of a question for a brand new user - like this is your very first post - named "New member."

sorry? i may have misunderstood the culture. I didn’t know you had to gain trust on Internet forums. Is it not anonymous? I am currently in assessment? For trauma reactions. Not sure what “utredning” is in English maybe assessment is a wrong word. I am from Norway btw. Maybe a cultural difference sorry if I came across as noisy. I am just used to people being very very honest in Norwegian forums and no trust gaining before posting. What country does most of the members come from? Is it mainly from the USA or is it international?

 

[Teasel]

Hi, I don't know which trauma I hot it from but the bulk of my symptoms started in an abusive relationship. There were lots of traumas before that though. So my best guess is it was acumulative.

A team of psychiatrist, psychologist and psychiatric nurse diagnosed me.

 

[ladee]

Our forum is international.

I was diagnosed by a psychiatrist.

 

[Ronin]

Okay, taking that was just a cultural oops :facepalm:

Welcome aboard. :)
Still would help to give a little background about yourself, though. So members know how to respond to your needs better.

 

[ladee]

No need to apologize. It was an honest question but with lack of personal information, it is just wiser for us to answer questions once we get to know someone a little better. It's ok. Hope you stick around. This is a very good place for support, information, tools to help with PTSD, and many articles.

Glad you found us @New member

 

[New member]

OK now that i undestrand a bit more about the forum. I just turned 18 and i am currently in assesment for trauma. I want to know more about trauma, ptsd and so on. I feel like this is never going to end? and wanted to see if anybody had gotten better from this kind of situation. This all started because my father sometimes drank way to much all throughout my childhood he stopped drinking 6 mothts or so ago which is good but the fear I felt from him being drunk around me does not go away.

the hardest part about all this is that it was a very big secret no one had to know that my dad would get so drunk he would fall asleep on the toilet and me not being able to wake him up, being loud, inappropriate, throwing up in the kitchen sink. Getting drunk with other adults and me being terrified and alone.

 

[Ronin]

I know it might likely trigger you but was he violent or abusive while drinking?

Because simply witnessing a drunk caregiver doesn't give one PTSD.

Even tho the associated neglect, attachment issues, fears etc rate help... they are not, on their own, life threatening trauma or sexual violence... known as CriterionA, necessary for PTSD diagnosis to be made.

 

[New member]

I noticed my problems about over a year ago where I suddenly started to have intrusive thoughts almost hearing my dad throw up while dancing and I thought I was going crazy. When my dad would get drunk he would not apologize the morning after or brought it up. So it was like all this had happened in a pararell world and I could go on with my daily life without being bothered by it. But suddenly it was like all this exploded where I would just freeze by him sneezing, coughing or burping because it sounded like he was gagging again. Being scared to go to the bathroom at night because I was thinking he was in the bathroom unconscious again. That is just the tip of the iceberg but it became too much so I went to the school nurse. The school nurse referred me to the school psychologist. He noticed my trauma reactions and then he referred me to BUP which is like child and youth psychiatric servises in Norway. And here I am being assessed for my reactions.

 

[New member]

I dont know what this is yet either but ptsd or not I am in assessment. Mabye not ptsd but I dont know what to do. This might come in the way of me becoming a nurse midwife which is my dream beacause I just freeze from vomiting, drunk people. I