Painfully Shy: Do You Have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?

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Self-Assessment Quiz:

Do You Have Post-traumatic Stress Disorder?

1.	Yes	No	Have you been exposed to a traumatic event in which both of the following statements are true?
a.	Yes	No	you experienced or witnessed an event that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, to yourself or to others
b.	Yes	No	your response was one of fear, helplessness, or horror
2.	Yes	No	Are you "re-experiencing" the traumatic event in one or more of the following ways?
a.	Yes	No	recurrent and intrusive recollections of the event, which may include thoughts or images
b.	Yes	No	recurrent and distressing dreams about the event
c.	Yes	No	feeling as if the event is recurring "flashbacks"
d.	Yes	No	intense distress when confronted with reminders of the event
3.	Yes	No	Are you avoiding things associated with the traumatic event?
a.	Yes	No	efforts to avoid thoughts or feelings associated with the trauma
b.	Yes	No	efforts to avoid people, activities, places associated with the trauma
c.	Yes	No	inability to remember certain aspects of the trauma
4.	Yes	No	Do you feel "jumpy" or irritable? Are you having trouble sleeping?
5.	Yes	No	Are you having problems concentrating?

If you answered yes to each of the above questions, and if the symptoms have lasted a month or more following the trauma, and these symptoms are adversely affecting your functioning, you may have post-traumatic stress disorder.

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