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Significant changes in your mood and way of thinking is one of the core symptoms of PTSD. It includes having intensely negative feelings toward yourself, others, or the world in general as a result of your traumatic experience. It’s normal for people who have experienced a traumatic event to go through an emotional process of grieving the experience and a mental process of making sense of how it happened.
With PTSD, however, these changes in your mood and beliefs are so severe that they have a long-term and significant impact on major aspects of your life. The severity of your score in this section suggests how much of an impact these changes in your mood or beliefs are having on your daily life (i.e. your ability to work, take care of yourself and your family. and handle day-to-day tasks). These changes in mood and beliefs are the element of PTSD that often have the most significant impact on our relationships, the choices we make in how to live our lives after trauma, and how isolated we feel.
Some people who have experienced a traumatic event do not develop PTSD, while others may develop different types of trauma-related symptoms. Some people may process through their traumatic experience in a way that allows them to maintain a sense of self-worth, hope, and value in their life and the lives of others with the support of those around them.
If you believe you are experiencing trauma symptoms and scored lower than expected on this portion of the PTSD test, it’s recommended to discuss your symptoms with a mental health professional. Our therapists are trained in diagnosing trauma-related symptoms, providing trauma therapy designed for your specific symptoms, and supporting you every step of the way. Contact us today for a free consultation, to discuss your symptoms, and take the first step toward a brighter future.
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Mennin, D. S., Fresco, D. M., & Heimberg, R. G. (1998, November) Determining subtype of social phobia in session: Validation using a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. Poster presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington DC.
