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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My aunt is constantly telling me how her therapist diagnosed her with PTSD because of COVID. She didn’t have COVID, but she was traumatized by having to wear a mask, social distance, etc.

Is that a thing? I want to appreciate that she has a point of view about public health mandates (even if I don’t agree with those views). But it feels like she uses this PTSD diagnosis to constantly garner attention and as an argument why public health and vaccines are bad.

I guess my question is whether you can actually get PTSD from something that feels so, I don’t know, just day to day life? I guess I always thought PTSD was related to more intense life events, but I don’t want to be an insensitive jerk.[/quote]

There is also a diagnosis called Chronic PTSD and this is more like a COVID experience - in that it was ongoing and not one particular incident.  Some people get this from prolonged stress from something.  [/b]Some people are really bad a pivoting and making the best of a bad situation.  Some people have high levels of anxiety.  If someone has high levels of anxiety and has trouble pivoting - it can make problems.[b]

However, it does not mean she has to bring it up and have that be the main topic every time you visit.  What is she doing to help her move beyond it? what does she feel has helped the most?[/quote]

Then that’s a preexisting, underlying generalized anxiety disorder, not “COVID PTSD.”

Either lady is a liar (as who can check with her therapist to validate her claims?) or therapist is a quack.

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