Hi everyone,

Just discovered this sub. I was diagnosed by my therapist today with severe PTSD (probably C-PTSD). We took the PCL together. Tbh, I had suspected that I had PTSD months before I took the test with her. The test was, if anything, just a more quantitative confirmation of it.

I’m quite lucky that my therapist seems very serious about helping me with this, and I have a good connection with her (which is the most important thing). She taught me some DBT basics today, and I imagine we’ll probably try EMDR at some point.

PTSD seems like such an insurmountable barrier, but I’m tired of squashing my feelings down and restricting myself to purely shallow relationships with other people. I’m tired of the constant nightmares and daily triggers. I’m tired of running away. I’m going to fight to heal myself, one day at a time.