When Is Ok To Tell People About Your Ptsd?

[Fadeaway]

I have a real tendency to self isolate so that it rarely ever comes up. My Dr.s and therapist know of course. My husband who I recently married (doing that was a huge step for me after avoiding all people for about 7 years, but then that brings it's own host of problems) and a young man whom I met online that has been through serious trauma so I told him and my story in an effort to help him. We became close in real life.

I tried to tell my grandmother once, but she is almost compleatly in denial about what happened to me.

Any one else who knows, like people on here, do not know my real name or any thing else that could identify me.

Aside from those people I just don't want people knowing, I don't want people seeing my diagnosis instead of me.

 

[Hashi]

I was so desperate for people to understand me and that was a huge mistake.

Yes, sadly this can often be the case.

@weavingcowboy unfortunately you can't be sure that people will understand or that you'll get the response you would like.

I don't want people seeing my diagnosis instead of me.

I think this is an important point.

I also have to think about whether I want to see my diagnosis instead of me. I don't mean that flippantly, I think it's a big issue. It relates to my expectations of my own behaviour, and my expectations of recovery. Personally, I think telling other people goes much deeper than the situation at hand and how they'll react. It's about how I'm identifying myself to myself as well.