Does it feel like the same destructive things keep happening, that you date the same people, leave jobs for the same reason? We learn early how to make decisions, deal with things and even as we mature and get more sophisticated, sometimes old habits get stuck. What about when it’s a general feeling of unease? The first criteria of PTSD is some sort of experience of an event that is in some way life or personhood threatening. Sounds nice and all encompasing, doesn’t it? Something like that probably covers a lot.
Yes and no. There are a number of things that can lead to people not identifying themselves as trauma survivors.
Yes and no. There are a number of things that can lead to people not identifying themselves as trauma survivors.