While doing my reading for stress management I came across the section on PTSD. I realized that many of the symptoms described in the book were things I had experienced. I tried to put it out of my mind until and a questionnaire from the book made me realize I have every single symptom relating to PTSD.

Many of the symptoms for PTSD are similar to that of PCS. Has anyone ever been diagnosed with PTSD after having multiple or very severe concussions?

I thought I was just being stupid by not being able to get over the past but then I thought I might not even have control on getting over it because of the possibility that I have PTSD. Has anyone else found problems with this?

The symptoms have been around since my first concussion but they have become increasingly worse the last few months. I couldn't figure out why until I realized what had happened five months ago. My sister's boyfriend, who I was also very close with, had an unexplained accident at work and fell directly onto his head. A day and a half after arriving at the hospital he was pronounce brain dead.

I keep suppressing the event and pretending it has no effect on me since it was five months ago. I had an awakening how deeply I was still feeling the emotions when a guest speaker came to my class and talked about how her daughter had been killed in a car accident and pronounced brain dead.

I held it together during the speech but when I got back to my dorm I completely broke down. Even just typing this is hard because it brings up all those memories of the events. I can likely look forward to some bad dreams tonight.

I know that the return of the symptoms was triggered by that accident because I have felt different since it happened. I can no longer empathize with people, even in some of the saddest or happiest emotional situation they tell me about I feel nothing. I am more serious than I used to be and I sometimes find it hard to be around people when they are happy and in a joking mood.

I just wanted to get this question out to everyone to see if they have had these problems or been diagnosed with PTSD after their injury. Any answers would be a major help, thanks.

-Soccer 14