COVID PTSD

[Anonymous]

I had/have PTSD from Covid. It's largely controlled now as I changed jobs a few months ago and now aren't at risk for being triggered as much. I was the charge nurse on our Covid unit. One night, I had 6 deaths. I've called more family members to tell them their loved ones passed in that year than in my entire career. I have my license number memorized from having to fill out so many death certificates. I can vividly remember sobbing as I gowned up to go into another room of a patient circling the drain after dealing with 3 others in the minutes before.

And yet, I can understand why others may have PTSD. I don't think it's the masks themselves, it's what the masks signified. The scary unknown. The complete change in everyone's lives and routines. The loneliness it caused for some people. The scare tactics of some news channels. The complete divide politically.

Making PTSD your personality is a problem because it signals that they aren't really trying to deal with it. You can acknowledge how she feels without swelling on it. Change the subject. Don't respond to her.

[Anonymous]

It's a thing. I have PTSD from covid I lost family members from it that didn't take it seriously. I am poorly and have immune disfunction and autoimmune diseases and no one really called or checked in on me or even seem to care about me during this time. I realized just how alone I am in this world and so isolated. I was both shocked and hurt when people were ok saying "only" the old and sick were dying so "let them who cares?" This changes people forever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had/have PTSD from Covid. It's largely controlled now as I changed jobs a few months ago and now aren't at risk for being triggered as much. I was the charge nurse on our Covid unit. One night, I had 6 deaths. I've called more family members to tell them their loved ones passed in that year than in my entire career. I have my license number memorized from having to fill out so many death certificates. I can vividly remember sobbing as I gowned up to go into another room of a patient circling the drain after dealing with 3 others in the minutes before.

And yet, I can understand why others may have PTSD. I don't think it's the masks themselves, it's what the masks signified. The scary unknown. The complete change in everyone's lives and routines. The loneliness it caused for some people. The scare tactics of some news channels. The complete divide politically.

Making PTSD your personality is a problem because it signals that they aren't really trying to deal with it. You can acknowledge how she feels without swelling on it. Change the subject. Don't respond to her.

This is a legit reason to have PTSD when you are on the font lines and dealing with death. Wearing a mask is not PTSD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a thing. I have PTSD from covid I lost family members from it that didn't take it seriously. I am poorly and have immune disfunction and autoimmune diseases and no one really called or checked in on me or even seem to care about me during this time. I realized just how alone I am in this world and so isolated. I was both shocked and hurt when people were ok saying "only" the old and sick were dying so "let them who cares?" This changes people forever.

I wouldn't call it PTSD but I still take precautions as my health issues have gotten worse and much more serious and a virus or cold is not something I just shake off in a few days. Its sad people will not stay home sick and take basic precautions to stop the spread.

[Anonymous]

Psychologist here. It is a "thing" but it is not real or legitimate. There are actual diagnostic criteria for PTSD and there is a consensus for their understanding.

If being alive during the COVID pandemic counts as "exposure to actual or threatened death," then being alive *at all* could also count, because the mortality rate of human beings is 100%, so we are surrounded by death.

Trauma is and was meant to convey that these were acute events that the patient failed to process, and so therefore needed to reprocess. Violence and catastrophe represent the norm.

Therapists have latched on to PTSD as a Dx because it is seen as a boost to their credibility. It is one of the very, very few diagnosable mental disorders for which there can be a demonstrated etiology; that is, a set of causes.

It makes a therapist feel like they are practicing evidence-based therapy because they identify a cause and then a disorder. "Look, ma, I'm a real doctor."

Alas, it is now so overused that almost *everything* is seen through the trauma lens. Therapists even speak of "little t" trauma and "big t" trauma and that the "little t" trauma adds up (like I didn't get invited to a birthday party, or I got stood up for prom) and results in PTSD.

Don't fall for it. In general, if you weren't shot, stabbed, r*ped, etc. (or witness to such) you shouldn't be looking at PTSD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had/have PTSD from Covid. It's largely controlled now as I changed jobs a few months ago and now aren't at risk for being triggered as much. I was the charge nurse on our Covid unit. One night, I had 6 deaths. I've called more family members to tell them their loved ones passed in that year than in my entire career. I have my license number memorized from having to fill out so many death certificates. I can vividly remember sobbing as I gowned up to go into another room of a patient circling the drain after dealing with 3 others in the minutes before.

And yet, I can understand why others may have PTSD. I don't think it's the masks themselves, it's what the masks signified. The scary unknown. The complete change in everyone's lives and routines. The loneliness it caused for some people. The scare tactics of some news channels. The complete divide politically.

Making PTSD your personality is a problem because it signals that they aren't really trying to deal with it. You can acknowledge how she feels without swelling on it. Change the subject. Don't respond to her.

This is a legit reason to have PTSD when you are on the font lines and dealing with death. Wearing a mask is not PTSD.

My point was it's not just wearing the mask. It's everything that went along with it or what the mask signified. I get why people struggle with that time period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Psychologist here. It is a "thing" but it is not real or legitimate. There are actual diagnostic criteria for PTSD and there is a consensus for their understanding.

If being alive during the COVID pandemic counts as "exposure to actual or threatened death," then being alive *at all* could also count, because the mortality rate of human beings is 100%, so we are surrounded by death.

Trauma is and was meant to convey that these were acute events that the patient failed to process, and so therefore needed to reprocess. Violence and catastrophe represent the norm.

Therapists have latched on to PTSD as a Dx because it is seen as a boost to their credibility. It is one of the very, very few diagnosable mental disorders for which there can be a demonstrated etiology; that is, a set of causes.

It makes a therapist feel like they are practicing evidence-based therapy because they identify a cause and then a disorder. "Look, ma, I'm a real doctor."

Alas, it is now so overused that almost *everything* is seen through the trauma lens. Therapists even speak of "little t" trauma and "big t" trauma and that the "little t" trauma adds up (like I didn't get invited to a birthday party, or I got stood up for prom) and results in PTSD.

Don't fall for it. In general, if you weren't shot, stabbed, r*ped, etc. (or witness to such) you shouldn't be looking at PTSD.

You're not a very good psychologist if you believe PTSD can only be caused by what you referenced.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Psychologist here. It is a "thing" but it is not real or legitimate. There are actual diagnostic criteria for PTSD and there is a consensus for their understanding.

If being alive during the COVID pandemic counts as "exposure to actual or threatened death," then being alive *at all* could also count, because the mortality rate of human beings is 100%, so we are surrounded by death.

Trauma is and was meant to convey that these were acute events that the patient failed to process, and so therefore needed to reprocess. Violence and catastrophe represent the norm.

Therapists have latched on to PTSD as a Dx because it is seen as a boost to their credibility. It is one of the very, very few diagnosable mental disorders for which there can be a demonstrated etiology; that is, a set of causes.

It makes a therapist feel like they are practicing evidence-based therapy because they identify a cause and then a disorder. "Look, ma, I'm a real doctor."

Alas, it is now so overused that almost *everything* is seen through the trauma lens. Therapists even speak of "little t" trauma and "big t" trauma and that the "little t" trauma adds up (like I didn't get invited to a birthday party, or I got stood up for prom) and results in PTSD.

Don't fall for it. In general, if you weren't shot, stabbed, r*ped, etc. (or witness to such) you shouldn't be looking at PTSD.

You're not a very good psychologist if you believe PTSD can only be caused by what you referenced.

etc. means "and further, similar things". Yes, legitimate mental health professionals do believe this. But if you go to cheap therapists from diploma mill "counseling" schools, you will get the PTSD dx you are looking for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had/have PTSD from Covid. It's largely controlled now as I changed jobs a few months ago and now aren't at risk for being triggered as much. I was the charge nurse on our Covid unit. One night, I had 6 deaths. I've called more family members to tell them their loved ones passed in that year than in my entire career. I have my license number memorized from having to fill out so many death certificates. I can vividly remember sobbing as I gowned up to go into another room of a patient circling the drain after dealing with 3 others in the minutes before.

And yet, I can understand why others may have PTSD. I don't think it's the masks themselves, it's what the masks signified. The scary unknown. The complete change in everyone's lives and routines. The loneliness it caused for some people. The scare tactics of some news channels. The complete divide politically.

Making PTSD your personality is a problem because it signals that they aren't really trying to deal with it. You can acknowledge how she feels without swelling on it. Change the subject. Don't respond to her.

This is a legit reason to have PTSD when you are on the font lines and dealing with death. Wearing a mask is not PTSD.

My point was it's not just wearing the mask. It's everything that went along with it or what the mask signified. I get why people struggle with that time period.

I don't get it. I still have to live my life like that. I've accepted it and deal with it. I generally have to stay at least 6 feet away from non-family to prevent infections, colds, flu, mask indoors, and be very careful on top of 3 hour long treatments a day. Now that sucks buts its not PTSD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Psychologist here. It is a "thing" but it is not real or legitimate. There are actual diagnostic criteria for PTSD and there is a consensus for their understanding.

If being alive during the COVID pandemic counts as "exposure to actual or threatened death," then being alive *at all* could also count, because the mortality rate of human beings is 100%, so we are surrounded by death.

Trauma is and was meant to convey that these were acute events that the patient failed to process, and so therefore needed to reprocess. Violence and catastrophe represent the norm.

Therapists have latched on to PTSD as a Dx because it is seen as a boost to their credibility. It is one of the very, very few diagnosable mental disorders for which there can be a demonstrated etiology; that is, a set of causes.

It makes a therapist feel like they are practicing evidence-based therapy because they identify a cause and then a disorder. "Look, ma, I'm a real doctor."

Alas, it is now so overused that almost *everything* is seen through the trauma lens. Therapists even speak of "little t" trauma and "big t" trauma and that the "little t" trauma adds up (like I didn't get invited to a birthday party, or I got stood up for prom) and results in PTSD.

Don't fall for it. In general, if you weren't shot, stabbed, r*ped, etc. (or witness to such) you shouldn't be looking at PTSD.

You're not a very good psychologist if you believe PTSD can only be caused by what you referenced.

etc. means "and further, similar things". Yes, legitimate mental health professionals do believe this. But if you go to cheap therapists from diploma mill "counseling" schools, you will get the PTSD dx you are looking for.

For enough money, there are plenty of "professionals" who will do or say what you need them to regardless of who it hurts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Psychologist here. It is a "thing" but it is not real or legitimate. There are actual diagnostic criteria for PTSD and there is a consensus for their understanding.

If being alive during the COVID pandemic counts as "exposure to actual or threatened death," then being alive *at all* could also count, because the mortality rate of human beings is 100%, so we are surrounded by death.

Trauma is and was meant to convey that these were acute events that the patient failed to process, and so therefore needed to reprocess. Violence and catastrophe represent the norm.

Therapists have latched on to PTSD as a Dx because it is seen as a boost to their credibility. It is one of the very, very few diagnosable mental disorders for which there can be a demonstrated etiology; that is, a set of causes.

It makes a therapist feel like they are practicing evidence-based therapy because they identify a cause and then a disorder. "Look, ma, I'm a real doctor."

Alas, it is now so overused that almost *everything* is seen through the trauma lens. Therapists even speak of "little t" trauma and "big t" trauma and that the "little t" trauma adds up (like I didn't get invited to a birthday party, or I got stood up for prom) and results in PTSD.

Don't fall for it. In general, if you weren't shot, stabbed, r*ped, etc. (or witness to such) you shouldn't be looking at PTSD.

You're not a very good psychologist if you believe PTSD can only be caused by what you referenced.

etc. means "and further, similar things". Yes, legitimate mental health professionals do believe this. But if you go to cheap therapists from diploma mill "counseling" schools, you will get the PTSD dx you are looking for.

For enough money, there are plenty of "professionals" who will do or say what you need them to regardless of who it hurts.

Exactly. Nowhere is this more true than with therapists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Alas, it is now so overused that almost *everything* is seen through the trauma lens. Therapists even speak of "little t" trauma and "big t" trauma and that the "little t" trauma adds up (like I didn't get invited to a birthday party, or I got stood up for prom) and results in PTSD.

Based on this everybody would have PTSD. It's called living a life! I agree, we cannot latch to PTSD diagnosis for everything. My kid got cut from his sports team during COVID, without being able to participate anywhere else as everything was shut down: did it suck? Yes!!! Did he have the same reactions like someone who has seen war? No!!! Wearing a mask and having to sit at home is not really comparable to actual atrocities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had/have PTSD from Covid. It's largely controlled now as I changed jobs a few months ago and now aren't at risk for being triggered as much. I was the charge nurse on our Covid unit. One night, I had 6 deaths. I've called more family members to tell them their loved ones passed in that year than in my entire career. I have my license number memorized from having to fill out so many death certificates. I can vividly remember sobbing as I gowned up to go into another room of a patient circling the drain after dealing with 3 others in the minutes before.

And yet, I can understand why others may have PTSD. I don't think it's the masks themselves, it's what the masks signified. The scary unknown. The complete change in everyone's lives and routines. The loneliness it caused for some people. The scare tactics of some news channels. The complete divide politically.

Making PTSD your personality is a problem because it signals that they aren't really trying to deal with it. You can acknowledge how she feels without swelling on it. Change the subject. Don't respond to her.

Thank you for working in that role. I can't imagine how hard it was. I agree that what the masks signify is what is important.

I think there was collective trauma from COVID that we as a society still haven't dealt with fully. I had a parent hospitalized with COVID who no one could visit or say goodbye to. It was incredibly stressful on top of the kids suddenly at home and being a full time parent and full time worker. And then being out and about, remember we thought you could get it from groceries or passing on the sidewalk or at a highway rest stop.

If it's just the mask, then that's maybe confusing, but if it's the whole time, I totally get it. I recently needed to mask up to visit a hospital and it did bring back many feelings. Would I call it PTSD? No. But there is some trauma there I believe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had/have PTSD from Covid. It's largely controlled now as I changed jobs a few months ago and now aren't at risk for being triggered as much. I was the charge nurse on our Covid unit. One night, I had 6 deaths. I've called more family members to tell them their loved ones passed in that year than in my entire career. I have my license number memorized from having to fill out so many death certificates. I can vividly remember sobbing as I gowned up to go into another room of a patient circling the drain after dealing with 3 others in the minutes before.

And yet, I can understand why others may have PTSD. I don't think it's the masks themselves, it's what the masks signified. The scary unknown. The complete change in everyone's lives and routines. The loneliness it caused for some people. The scare tactics of some news channels. The complete divide politically.

Making PTSD your personality is a problem because it signals that they aren't really trying to deal with it. You can acknowledge how she feels without swelling on it. Change the subject. Don't respond to her.

I'm the psychologist prior poster pointing out that almost nobody has PTSD from COVID. I think you are one of the exceptions and you do indeed sound like you have or had legitimate PTSD from those traumatic experiences. Thank you for what you did and I'm glad you are in a less trigger job now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Psychologist here. It is a "thing" but it is not real or legitimate. There are actual diagnostic criteria for PTSD and there is a consensus for their understanding.

If being alive during the COVID pandemic counts as "exposure to actual or threatened death," then being alive *at all* could also count, because the mortality rate of human beings is 100%, so we are surrounded by death.

Trauma is and was meant to convey that these were acute events that the patient failed to process, and so therefore needed to reprocess. Violence and catastrophe represent the norm.

Therapists have latched on to PTSD as a Dx because it is seen as a boost to their credibility. It is one of the very, very few diagnosable mental disorders for which there can be a demonstrated etiology; that is, a set of causes.

It makes a therapist feel like they are practicing evidence-based therapy because they identify a cause and then a disorder. "Look, ma, I'm a real doctor."

Alas, it is now so overused that almost *everything* is seen through the trauma lens. Therapists even speak of "little t" trauma and "big t" trauma and that the "little t" trauma adds up (like I didn't get invited to a birthday party, or I got stood up for prom) and results in PTSD.

Don't fall for it. In general, if you weren't shot, stabbed, r*ped, etc. (or witness to such) you shouldn't be looking at PTSD.

Wow, who let the psychologist day drink?

If you're not a troll you're a terrible psychologist.