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

[Friday]

I can't read tech specs right now. Haven't been able to for awhile, don't know how long it will last. Can anyone who groks the reasoning / arguments behind this explain it to me?

 

[Ed Norton]

There's a chance that it was removed because it's quite vague. Although, I'm just guessing.

 

[Friday]

There's a chance that it was removed because it's quite vague.

LOL. Seems on the nose for me! This afternoon? Tomorrow? Next year? These things exist? For real? :shifty: We'll see.

Spoiler: Neither here nor there

It's one of those things that get better as I do, although it still crops up -seemingly from nowhere- at random times when I'm otherwise doing well. It's otherwise a fairly good meter of how well/badly I'm doing. The shorter my perceived future is? The hotter my other symptoms are running, or will be, soon. Meanwhile the more I can look ahead (or even look forward!), the more stable and well managed I am. Even if I'm having a bout of other symptoms, as long as I can still look both directions in time? Past & future? Then I'm generally okay.

If people start asking me about specifics? Marriage, family, jobs,,etc.? Then I just sound depressed. It's not depression when I can't see myself doing these things in the future. I can't see a future, period. Not that I can't get depressed about specifics. But it's a helluva lot easier not to when... Oh. Everything is off the map at present. Well. Carry on.

 

[desiderata310]

It's one of those things that get better as I do, although it still crops up -seemingly from nowhere- at random times when I'm otherwise doing well. It's otherwise a fairly good meter of how well/badly I'm doing. The shorter my perceived future is? The hotter my other symptoms are running, or will be, soon

Actually, I think this is pretty accurate for me as well.
It's one of the reasons I keep entering races. It's an anchor in the future and it's a gauge. If I've lost all interest in the process of prepping for a race, then I'm bad. Really bad. I don't usually see it by that point but my therapist does.

 

[seedling]

It works for me too. It was one of the things on the symptom list when I was diagnosed that I really "got." Made sense to me.

I'm in my anniversary week and my time sense is whacked out again. I can't seem to keep up to time somehow. It stretches all over the place.

 

[scout86]

They did??????

I actually didn't know this was "a thing" until I started therapy. I suppose because I haven't got a point of comparison.

Not long ago, it dawned on me that this is why the "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" question in a job interview always left me totally confused. (Staring at interviewer. 5 years????? I'm going to "be" in 5 years???? And you think I might know WHERE and doing WHAT? That's not POSSIBLE!) They could just as well have asked the question in Sanskrit. LOL I mentioned this revelation to my T and he burst out laughing. :mad: Said he could see where I might have had trouble coming up with an answer for that. :arghh;

 

[Recovery4Me]

Dead Link Removed

For those whom are interested - PTSD changes are shown pages 5 through 9 (top part) until the end of Criterion G

 

[Lucycat]

Thanks for that link. It states that 'foreshortened future' has moved from Criterion C in DSMIV to Criterion D in DSM-5
So it is still there - just in a different place.

 

[Ronin]

According to some other source they merely renamed it as 'negative expectations of future' and placed else, as said.

 

[renee5g]

I wish I could say where I'll be next week, can't imagine next year.Never thought I would be here.

 

[Fadeaway]

When I was a teenager I always joked that I would never make it to my 21st birthday. I still struggle with this. It is a heck of a lot more than just negative expectations, it's more like looking into a tunnel that is completely dark. What's on the other side? I can't say. Do I fear the possibility of what is in the darkness? Oh yes! What's at the end of the tunnel is still a mystery though. The tunnel could be very short, or it could go on forever, I just don't know.

 

[dnp]

As a teenager I also told people I would die before I was 30. To my great surprise, I lived past 30 and have just been at a total loss since then. Like, what am I still doing here?