Are you suffering from PTSD?

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is the development of symptoms following expossure to a tramatic life event, either in your past or recently.  Take this assessment to find out if you are suffering from PTSD.

Question 1: Have you been exposed to a traumatic event?
          Yes
          Maybe, I'm not sure.
          I think so, need to figure it out.
          No

Question 2: Have you experienced, witnessed or been confronted with events that involved actual dealth or threatned death or serious injury to yourself or others?
          Yes, that is exactly what I went through.
          No, I went through something different.
          I might have gone through that experience.
          No, that does not sound like anything I have gone through.

Question 3: In your event, did you experience intense fear, helplessness or horror?
          No, I did not experience a traumatic event.
          I possibly could have experienced these feelings.
          I think that I experienced these feelings.
          I know that I experienced these feelings.

Question 4: Are you having recurrent and intrusive memories of your experience?
          All the time and it effects my daily routine.
          I have thoughts, but I can control them.
          I sometimes have these negative thoughts.
          Nope, never. I am living in the present.

Question 5: Do you have nightmares about the event?
          No, I have pleasant happy dreams.
          I have nightmares, but not about the event.
          Sometimes I have nightmares about the event.
          I always have nightmares about the event.

Question 6: Do you feel or act as if the event is recurring ?
          Yes, I relive the event all the time.
          I sometimes relive the event.
          I rarely relive the event.
          I never relive the event.

Question 7: Do you have a trigger that puts you back into the event?
          No, what is a trigger?
          Rarely
          Sometimes
          Yes, all the time.

Question 8: Do you avoid situations/events because it reminds you of your past event?
          Yes, I am scared to go to many events because it might trigger a memory.
          I avoid some events that seem scary to me.
          I rarely avoid events.
          I am a social butterfly and always at events.

Question 9: Do you avoid thoughts, feelings or conversations associated with the trauma?
          No, I can talk about it anytime I want.
          I can usually ta Ilk about it, but rarely I can not.
          I can sometimes talk about it but not all the time.
          I avoid it, I can never talk about it.

Question 10: Do you have difficulties remembering the trauma?
          I cannot remember anything from the trauma.
          I can remember bits and pieces.
          I recall most of the trauma.
          I can remember the whole thing.

Question 11: Do you feel detached or estranged from others?
          Yes, since the event I have pulled away from others.
          I have always felt distant from others.
          I sometimes feel distant from others.
          I never feel distant from others.

Question 12: Has your personality changed since the event such as difficulty falling or staying asleep, irritability or outburts of anger or any other personality changes?
          Yes, this describes me since the event.
          I feel a little different.
          I have always felt this way.
          Nope, personality is the same.

Question 13: Have you had these symptoms for more than a month?
          I do not know why I took this, none of this applies to me.
          I have been feeling different for a long time.
          I have had these symptoms for more than a month.

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