Just Jane:

Focus on your symptoms and your responses to various situations. It's not necessary to find "a cause" right now. The whole reason you are pursueing the appointment is your symptoms and how they are affecting your life. Start there, figure out how you can best manage them and learn about how they affect you. Finding the cause ultimately allows you to break a pattern that "may" be in your life. Let me explain, I was sexually abused as a child - I blocked it out for 30 years - As an adult I married a very abusive person who physically and emotionally abused me. When we seperated it was after his third affair. As a consequence I was clinically depressed, anorexic, .... this is when the PTSD started. I repeated the pattern of earlier abuse because I thought it was a "normal" pattern. One, I didn't even know it was abuse; and two, I didn't realize my mental health was a result of that abuse.

This is why I say - treat the symptoms and look for patterns in your life. Do it with a professional. THIS DOES NOT MEAN YOU MAY HAVE SOME DARK HIDDEN SECRET ! You may be right, there is nothing. Just follow the path and go with the flow. Try not to be defensive, but open minded. Listen, evaluate, and then choose your actions.

Cindy