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Originally Posted by Acer  If a person reacts so strongly to triggers, has suffered repeated and prolonged traumas, has anger issues (what other people would consider anger, I don't even know it), it is hard to deny what I would call PTSD, but it seems everything centers around war vets and one time traumas in adults. |
I've thought a lot about this because my traumas don't fit one of the major criteria... "life-threatening." I never faced actual physical death, but it sure felt like I'd died emotionally for awhile. But the rest of the criteria fit! If there is one thing I've learned lately though its that the criteria don't necessarily make the diagnosis. If they did we could just give everyone a copy of the DSM-IV and medical schools could throw out a year's worth of diagnosis classes! I think it is a lot like Anthony's Diagnosis Guide says...
"This form is a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Diagnosis tool, however;
this tool by no means constitutes a diagnosis of PostTraumatic Stress Disorder. This form acts as a
guide only in which you may use to discuss with your psychiatrist or physician."
We create criteria to give us some sort of organization, but human beings never really fit into that scheme. I know my job would be a LOT easier if all patients came in with textbook cases of their illnesses... but most of them don't!
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