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Originally Posted by Rick  It appears that a lynch pin to the diagnosis of PTSD here is that you suffered a traumatizing event which continues to haunt you (reliving experience, flashbacks, dreams etc.). If such an event occurred to me, I am not reliving it in flashbacks, dreams etc. and, as noted, I can't emotionally identify it.
So I don't know what to say. I feel a bit like someone who went to the support group, was warmly received (and thank you for that), but then slowly came to understand that he may have wandered in to the wrong session! :redface: |
Welcome Rick! It took me a long time to recognize flashbacks. I had no idea I had them until my second month of intenstive counelling! Flashbacks come in all forms: emotional, visual, audio. etc. I never knew that before. I was also unable to identify my emotions with anything. I didn't recognize half the symptoms, as I was shut down entirely. We all go through this differently and react in our own way. Not everyone get's flashbacks or recurring nightmares, some get them later, some earlier, some never. Yet, as Anthony said, PTSD is PTSD. You did not wander into the wrong session! As you learn more about PTSD and begin to work on healing from your trauma and managing your PTSD you will learn more and more. Have no fear, you are in the right place.
Bec