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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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.[/quote]

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

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.[/quote]

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