https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/ptsd-and-trauma/ptsd-diagnosis/m-p/8019#M575 <P>hello.</P> <P>I don't really have much experience with PTSD. I also want to make sure that your post does not get lost in the system.</P> <P>Saying that you are OK when you are not is not just a 'YOU' thing. I have done this myself. I would say that everyone has gone through what I have gone through. And then, when you call it normal... well that maybe true in your life but not for everyone. For me, it was when I talked and listened to others that I found out things were not so normal as I thought. And that it is also OK to get help and speak of your experiences.</P> <P>Listening to you.</P> <P> </P> Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:00:29 GMT smallwolf 2022-02-10T12:00:29Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/ptsd-and-trauma/ptsd-diagnosis/m-p/8018#M574 <P>Hi everyone,</P> <P>About halfway through last year I started seeing a new psychologist (my 3rd in 3 years). Pretty soon after she diagnosed me with PTSD and I was kind of shocked but also not surprised. I remember telling my parents and laughing at myself because it just seemed so strange to me to have PTSD because I never experienced abuse or neglect or anything like that. What I did experience was a very tumultuous childhood and I guess, seeing as the messiness started so early in my life, I grew accustomed to it, so for me its normal. I suppose that lead me to belittle the impact of my experiences, so I've kind of gaslit myself into believing that I'm ok when I'm really not. Like I will be having flashbacks everyday or so (to different extents), but still forcing myself to function until I completely crumble and wonder what happened.</P> <P>Its not until after I was given the PTSD diagnosis that I kind of allowed myself to be a little more broken if that makes sense. I was a little more vulnerable seeing as I was doing trauma work and recounting painful memories. I guess I was wondering what other people have done/changed after getting their diagnosis? Has the diagnosis changed anyones lives in a fundamental way or made you rethink how you see yourself and your behaviours? I don't know anyone that has PTSD (apart from my Grandpa who was in WW2), so as much as I talk to other people about how I am coping, they don't quite get it, especially since I appear as though I'm ok most of the time. </P> <P>G.Nova</P> Thu, 10 Feb 2022 05:06:39 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/ptsd-and-trauma/ptsd-diagnosis/m-p/8018#M574 G_Nova 2022-02-10T05:06:39Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/ptsd-and-trauma/ptsd-diagnosis/m-p/8019#M575 <P>hello.</P> <P>I don't really have much experience with PTSD. I also want to make sure that your post does not get lost in the system.</P> <P>Saying that you are OK when you are not is not just a 'YOU' thing. I have done this myself. I would say that everyone has gone through what I have gone through. And then, when you call it normal... well that maybe true in your life but not for everyone. For me, it was when I talked and listened to others that I found out things were not so normal as I thought. And that it is also OK to get help and speak of your experiences.</P> <P>Listening to you.</P> <P> </P> Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:00:29 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/ptsd-and-trauma/ptsd-diagnosis/m-p/8019#M575 smallwolf 2022-02-10T12:00:29Z