Are the symptoms going to be the same? I’ve been recently diagnosed with PTSD, but in the past I was told I had cptsd from another psychiatrist.


I don’t relate to a lot of the regular ptsd symptoms that I look up online. I feel like a lot of the ptsd symptoms are a result of a very intense traumatic situation. That’s where I think mine is different. 

My trauma was long term and repeated. An everyday thing. It also happened when I was a toddler until I was 5. I’m 24 now, so it’s happened over 20 years ago. I don’t experience flashbacks, or repeated nightmares. I think the childhood trauma just caused my brain and personality to grow up different from others. 

That’s why I even question if I actually do have PTSD. Because I think childhood trauma affects a person very differently than trauma that has happened as an adult. What are your thoughts on this?