Hi Julie,

Welcome to the forum. My only suggestion would be that you must seek professional diagnosis in order to actually know whether you have PTSD or not. Having symptoms alone does not negate having PTSD, as there is a little more to it than that. You can have all the symptoms of PTSD, but not have PTSD. PTSD is a chemical imbalance that takes place within the brain, once done, is incurable. Trauma specialists know the right questions to ask, and they can pick a person with their responses and actions in person, whether they have PTSD, or simply are experiencing traumatic stress by itself. Either one is not to be dismissed, trust me on that, but you must seek counselling and professional advice instead of attempting to self diagnose yourself, ie. go looking for something that is wrong, when in fact the problem could be much different in nature.