What Should I Do I Think I Have Ptsd

Help, I think I have PTSD, but I am not sure. I am only 17, what should I do?

I want to sell you something. I want to sell you going to your school counselor or look for free clinics to be seen by a therapist/doctor. I urge you to sit in a room and talk with a trained therapist/doctor to find out what's going onDon’t diagnose your problem. Don’t go on someone’s website to read about something you might not have. You haven’t been trained on what to look for when a person is in pain. Your question shows you’ve copied exact symptoms from a textbook. You MAY have PTSD or something else. You may need medications, I did. It took smart people two years to tell me I have PTSD. Not once did someone say go to a website or read a book. I had to be specific about what happened to me. I had to re-think my reasoning why I felt how I did about my past. I learned to live in the moment, I learned how not to give more power to my past than it already had.You’re starting your adult life. Start life now. Don’t self-diagnose anything. There is a beautiful world waiting for you. You can be anything you want. You’ll fall in love. You will discover joy you never thought possible.Don’t leave pain to a website or a book. Let experts guide you into the sunshine.

How do I tell my mom I have PTSD?

My guess is that that you have self-diagnosed your PTSD. I'm not saying it's not possible, but you are 14 and you are HER child. She, likely, will not be able to accept your self-diagnosis. You might do better with a professional's opinion.You might request a talk with a psychologist, or masters level therapist, telling her you have thoughts you are not comfortable with, and you wish to have them sorted out. The resulting evaluation will be from someone who is NOT her child and is not 14. She MAY be more inclined to listen to the mental health professional...at the same time, YOU may need to be willing to accept the evaluation of the PhD, PsyD, or Masters level therapist, that you may not have PTSD.

How does it feel to have PTSD?

Note: I have very mild PSTD.I’m standing in the kitchen of my house, happily humming to myself. My brother, who is an incredibly loving, and gentle individual, decides to do what older brothers do best (bother their younger sisters), so he comes up behind me and whaps me (very lightly) with a spoon.I go from happy humming to screaming and hyperventilating in less than a second. This is called being “triggered.” My specific trauma involves being hit repeatedly from behind. Little bits of memories, let’s called them shrapnel, start pinging through my mind. Images. Sensations. Sounds. Extremely sharp and painful, and, unless I can calm myself, these shrapnel memories will become embedded in my mind, and this whole “spoon whapping” incident might become a triggering memory in and of itself.My brother, who understands PTSD better than anyone I know, realizes what has happened. He also knows exactly what I need, and wraps me in a firm hug. I squeeze his arms as hard as I can. This is a technique called “grounding.” Steady pressure (like a hug), and something firm I can hold onto helps me stay in the moment rather than return to the actual event.My breathing calms. I can refocus. I will feel jumpy for a while afterwards, and I can expect to be “triggered” multiple times throughout the day as the first incident has brought memories to the surface, therefore causing me to 10x more sensitive to potential triggers.That is PSTD as I know it. Everyone’s PTSD is different, as our traumas are different. Like I said before, this is a very mild case.