Serious question: is it normal to get ptsd without physical damage?

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I just wanna know if my therapist is a scamming liar or not. Other people on venting website say to me that therapists are brainwashing people and I should self-care myself.

I don't understand my therapist still, after months that we spoke. How the fuck do I get PTSD from shit on the internet? All PTSD victims has been in wars, car accidents, kidnapped, sexually assaulted, etc. And here is me, who thought I was tough enough to take the harassment, gets this same shitty diagnosis as others who have been in much worse situations.

I just feel goddamn guilty.

(I did make that "is it normal to have multiple personalities?" post but I should've asked this question)

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  • litelander8
    3 years ago

    You don’t get PTSD from the internet. At all. If I remember that post properly, I think everyone was just being nice.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      3 years ago

      Thanks for the answer.

      Do you meant the replies were being nice on my older post or something about my story?

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  • controversy
    3 years ago

    Fire ur therapist, he is wrong.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      3 years ago

      Thanks, she is already gone from my life months ago.

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  • bigbudchonga
    3 years ago

    I voted normal because you can get PTSD from non-physical stuff, but your therapist sounds like a quack. Seriously? From the internet... s/he sounds fucking awful.

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  • McSorley
    3 years ago

    You can get PTSD from any traumatic experience, it's not exclusive to wars and catastrophic events.

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  • Tommythecaty
    3 years ago

    Hmmm I saw a clip once of Jordan Peterson saying that one can even give ptsd to themselves through committing actions that they thought they’d be incapable of. So it is probably quite possible.

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  • Ellenna
    3 years ago

    Maybe you're being brainwashed into believing all therapist brainwash their patients? Some do, good ones don't.

    And of course trauma isn't always caused by something physical:
    some people have PSTD from witnessing traumatic events which didn't physically harm them.

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  • RoseIsabella
    3 years ago

    What were you looking at online that supposedly traumatized you?

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  • FromTheSouthWeirdMan
    3 years ago

    Yes, in my heroin days I wrecked alot of cars. And I experienced waking up from a quick nod and at a decent rate of speed with a car directly infront of me with it at a dead stop at a redlight or whatever, and I knew in that instance that I fucked up and theres no way to stop the car in time. I never really got hurt. But to this day when I'm riding with someone and I look up and theres a car slowing down or stopped infront of me im like "LOOK OUT!!!"

    i def have something like PTSD from kt

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      3 years ago

      Damn, I feel sorry. I think my question was a bit confusing. When I am being cyberbullied, I am in no risk of physical harm. It is only my feelings get hurt emotionally. For you, you were in a great risk of a car accident so you probably do have PTSD from it but get a diagnosis from a medical professional if it is affecting how you live everyday.

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