Posted by garnet71 on May 7, 2009, at 19:16:17
In reply to Feeling crazy... whats wrong with me?, posted by yellowbird01 on May 6, 2009, at 22:37:05
I should describe how I felt with PTSD for you--this is what it's like: it's sort of like a depressional anxiety - it's not like depression and it's not like anxiety. Well for me-It sort of felt like the depression manifests as an anxiety - but it feels totally different from general anxiety disorder. The anxiety symptoms are "full of" depression, so to speak; whereas regular anxiety symptoms alone don't feel as if they "contain" depression in them.
I think i'm not making much sense here...it brings with it a sense of feeling "crazy" and a strong sense that you have lost the person you used to be. Not so much as in a depression-related sense of hopelessness, but an anxiety related hopelessness--that's probably the only way I can describe the difference in symptoms...but it's like you are a completely different person.
Without combat stress, violence, etc, therapists are more likely to diagnose it as depression; a misdiagnosis of PTSD is bad. A sharp, experienced therapist will know the difference and treat accordingly.
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