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[lgbtq-community]

How to Get Diagnosed with PTSD

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects an estimated eight million adults annually in the United States. It's a serious condition that can cause intense fear and strong emotional responses to specific triggers. PTSD typically affects people after they experience a terrifying or dangerous event.

For example, many combat veterans develop PTSD after coming home from duty. People can also get PTSD after going through traumatic events like car accidents, shootings, etc. Even those who know someone close who's experienced something traumatic can exhibit PTSD symptoms.

It's a debilitating condition that can make living life normally feel impossible. Fortunately, there are many ways to treat it. But before you can seek treatment, you need to get a diagnosis.

The Diagnostic Process

Health care providers consider many facets of your mental health and behavior to diagnose PTSD. Generally, an individual must exhibit PTSD symptoms for over a month to meet the criteria. Those symptoms must also be severe enough to interfere with work, relationships and daily life.

PTSD often develops about three months post-trauma. However, everyone is different. This condition can also pave the way to other issues like substance abuse, depression and more. Getting a proper diagnosis is critical to begin treatment.

What are the Symptoms of PTSD?

For a provider to diagnose an individual with PTSD, they must exhibit symptoms for at least a month. Qualifying symptoms fall into four distinct categories.

The first category includes re-experiencing symptoms. That can include having flashbacks, recurring nightmares, troubling thoughts and more.

The second category of symptoms revolves around avoidance. That means that PTSD forces you to avoid people, places and events that remind you of the trauma you experienced. You may also avoid any emotions related to it.

Next includes arousal or reactive symptoms. Examples include being easily startled, having trouble concentrating on your work, exhibiting angry outbursts, engaging in reckless behavior, etc.

Finally, the last category covers overall mood and cognition. Symptoms in this category include losing interest in things you used to love, feelings of social isolation, ongoing negative emotions, trouble remembering the trauma's key details and more.

Read a similar article about counseling for mental health recovery here at this page.

[skelliethorn]

"Captain Nemo" is such a middle aged College Professor's username. This is what I imagine him to look like when he was typing this:

This man took a break from grading papers just to have an emotional affair with several men over snuff and feet. But at least he's not a pedo.

[disableism]

When you think you’re having nice convo with someone on social media & suddenly they act like you’ve said most terrible worst thing & that you are most terrible worst person & you’re afraid random person thinks you are most terrible worst person & you start to think you are most terrible worst person bc #ChronicAnxiety yay

[rozetheeuwu]

Over analyzing my favorite Reborn character's theme team.

Cal Whitaker is my favorite character and I am going to ABSOLUTELY overthink all of this but I want to share my thoughts about his team Burning Pride . I KNOW I'm thinking TOO deep about it, but I don't care because I love him.

(I talked about this on discord so I'm copying and pasting most of it to here) Also didn't check for any spelling/grammar errors.

Spoilers to his character ending:

Okay let's start with the obvious one.

You fight the gay man on a Rainbow Field with his team called Burning Pride.

NOW onto the deeper stuff.

The first time we ever battle Cal is on the Rainbow field (unless you randomize everything)

When we meet him he's hot heated and the worst version of himself. In this fight we fight when he's become the better version of himself, even if he still has ways to go it's clear that he is on his way to finally heal. Not just the relation with himself but also his friends and brother.

Now for the Team:

Magmotar:

He has his Magmotar, what we can assume is the pokemon he had with him for the longest time. Out of all his story related battles Magmotar was always the one that was with him (Also his Charmeleon/Charizard, but Magmotar was the only fully evolved and is his ace). Despite having changed, his ace is still by his side. It was by his side through Cal's entire development.

Medicham:

He has mega Medicham, the pokemon of his teacher who has helped him get to where he is now.

Volcarona:

He has has Volcarona, I'd like to think it represents his friendship with Shelly, his best friend. Despite him having changed so much as a person he still holds her close to his heart.

Entei:

Alright let's start with Entei. Entei is one of the legendary beasts, which are also referred to as the legendary dogs, now out of those three Entei is the most dog like. In his first story related battle he had a Houndoom which is seem as like a very evil pokemon, in his second related story battle and the following after that he has Arcanine which is seen as a loyal companion. I already mentioned how that is a reference from how his personality changed from hot headed to the person we know now.

Entei is also known as the volcano pokemon. Which is a reference to his first trainer class 'Volcanic Cal'.

He went from a dog pokemon that is described as evil to a dog pokemon that is seen as a loyal companion to a legendary (dog) pokemon who embodies the passion of magma/is said when it roars that a volcano erupts.

What does this mean?

I think it's supposed to represent that his fire has been rekindled hotter than ever, but instead of anger and revenge his flame is that embodies passion, friendship and loyalty. Rather than the volcano erupting when he's angry though, it's passion, friendship, ect.

Delphox:

Now Delphox, this one is a bit trickier but I think I can stretch far enough for this.

On the Ashen beach field psychic types moves are boosted. Apophyll Academy is set on the Ashen Beach field. The Academy helped him come to terms with his emotions and helped him calm and focus on his mind.

Delphox is fire type which represents his fire type specialty and it's psychic type which represents him coming to peace with his mind.

Now there aren't many fire/psychic types, Victini is also one, but I think Delphox fits this team because before e17 he had an entire team of starters on his team up battle on Pyrous mountain and I think it's supposed to be a callback to that.

Victini:

This one is also a bit of a stretch, but hear me out.

Victini is the Victory Pokemon, it is said that its trainer always wins. But rather than winning battles against other trainers I think Victini is supposed to represent the inner battle that Cal had with himself.

As long as he keeps learning he'll become the better version of himself, in that way he has 'won' against his troubled past self.

One of Victini's pokedex entries says When it shares the infinite energy it creates, that being's entire body will be overflowing with power. I'd like to think this is a nod to his character ending where Victoria asks him to be the leader for the outing we see in the ending. Just like how Kiki shared her wisdom with Cal, Cal will share that wisdom with everyone there. And that will be passed on as well, creating an infinite 'energy'.

I'm AWFUL at putting my thoughts into words so I hope this all made sense

I just love Cal so much it's unreal.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk.

Signed, your resident Cal stan <3

[electrosquash]

Mmmmh i think we're looking at forums with nostalgia goggles

[whentherewerebicycles]

i swear to god i do more work in three hours in this job than i did in ten months at the other job lolllll. but i can’t even be too resentful towards old job because 1) i’m out of it and never have to think of it again YIPPEE and 2) the timing of that job (specifically my lead escalating shit to Unbearable Misery Levels) enabled me to be in exactly the right place & right time to apply for this job.

[purrlstar]

guys i just learned about commonplace journaling!! now none of you are safe from my plagirism

[why-worry-do-it-later]

How do people leave comments on stuff. I leave 1 nice comment and im ready to die

[bardicious]

I think it's also important people know they can think like a judgmental twat, but not act like a judgmental twat.

[surpriserose]

Good morning everypony

[ghoss]

Constantly telling myself I should make an rp guild because the big existing ones are Very Intimidating. But if I'M the guild owner it will intimidate me less (knows this is foolish and I will inevitably still be intimidated)

[destroyscythe-heck]

So much of like internet spiritual communities is this. Like it’s more normal to end up falling into a conspiracy theory black hole if you participate in them than not. Whoever is out there bless the fluffy bunnies and dabblers, they still have the self preservation instincts to know when you absolutely get the fuck out. Instead of just getting sucked into a game of Yes And where you end up storming the capital on January 6th

Like it’s still fine and can even be pretty cool to have your own more spiritual side, but you still need to be aware of all the other people in those spaces who want to take advantage of you for like money and power. If you’re gonna open your third eye you gotta keep one regular eye open.

[daybreak-avenue]

Bird Of Passage

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Boy leaves in autumn.

Gone winter, spring, and summer,

He's back the next fall.

[jadeyharls]

((This summer professional development course I am having to take is not making me eager to go back and get my masters degree. I have been reminded how much I hate writing prompt assignments where you have to reply to the other people in the course. 😭))

[depresseddepot]

finished how not to die alone by richard roper and I have Thoughts but all of them put me on the verge of tears

[yourbleedingh3art]

Me telling u what I think is not me arguing with u :3 If ur upset be upfront about it