Why Was " A Sense Of Foreshortened Future " Removed From The Dsmv ?

[Ronin]

Like, what am I still doing here?

I relate to that.

You're living & being awesome, is what you're doing here.

(I toss that at myself because other people have, and try to believe it. One day, one mighty day.)

 

[anthony]

http://www.dsm5.org/Documents/PTSD Fact Sheet.pdf

 

[Ronin]

Thank you for the link, @anthony.

 

[void]

When I was a child, I never believed I would be an adult, it was a given that I wouldn't survive.

People would talk like they assumed they would have a long life, this always baffled me.

I was amazed when I turned 20...and 25...and 30....well, you get the point.

 

[Lionheart]

When I was a child, I never believed I would be an adult, it was a given that I wouldn't survive. I was amazed when I turned 20...and 25...and 30....well, you get the point.

Wow I can so totally relate to this. When I was younger, the year 2000 was just some wild dream and not a period of time wherein I expected to be alive. There was always a sense of impending doom from about age 13 onward.

You can imagine my surprise as I am now set to turn 55 yrs old in March.

 

[Deleted member 29920]

I have this too, never thought I'd make it to this age (32). But here I am and it's a huge shock..

 

[Ice_Fire]

I was convinced I'd never make it to 18. Well actually, 17 because I remember thinking that I'd never experience driving a car, I'd never make it to the point where I'd be old enough to. Becoming an adult and being free from my parents was incomprehensible. Now I'm 21 and at uni and I don't really know why... It is so alien to me and I still don't feel like there's going to be an "after uni" so I can't seem to put any plans or ideas for a future into place.