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Old 15-06-2008, 08:05 PM
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this is my first post. Me Im 45. I live on Long Island and I was diagnosed with PTSD in 1989. Im not sure if I have the same backround as many on here as my PTSD was kind of self induced. I do know that I have a lot of problems with rage. I do hold it in but I feel no one understands me. Im constantly fighting with my mom and I need help. I have been so abusive with her and Im ashamed of it. Yet she drives me crazy
My Ptsd is kind of strange in its development and where it happened. I played a lot of Ice hockey in the 80s and we did a lot of drinking and drugging and somehow I got this disorder. I honestly could not adjust to life without Hockey beer and drugs LOL. I know this probably sounds crazy but its true. I have suffered so much depression because of it. I never could stand work and I get these flashbacks of the past where I want to be. I feel like a total freak in regard to this and there is so much more but I figure this would be agood start. Am I crazy or what. I hope this board and people can help me with this problem I have had for 18 years. I have always felt stuck is it possible for me to become unstuck. maybe this is the help i need maybe I need to see a shrink
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I would see a shrink. I seriously doubt that you have PTSD.
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Welcome to the forum. I think it might be worth while seeing another psychiatrist, not only to confirm your diagnosis, after so long, but also to get help with your depression. I'm no expert, but unless there is something you have not mentioned, I'm not sure where the 'trauma' part of your diagnosis comes in? Sorry, I hope you don't mind me being honest, and I do not mean to offend you
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