Question by Bella C <3 v3.0: Could this be a really mild form of PTSD, or something else?
I have a very very severe phobia of witnessing knee dislocations (I know, sounds random) and I always just thought of it as a fear. But I was reading up on Phobias, and the website I was on said that if a phobia is routed in a past event, it is likely PTSD.
When I was 13 years old, I was involved in an accident, and my left knee dislocated. It was extremely painful, the most painful thing I’ve ever experienced, but most of all I was horrified by how it looked. I could see where each part of my knee had moved, and for whatever reason it really grossed me out. I have a picture of it in my head, Its like its ingrained in my memory.
This injury happened about a half dozen times in 2 years, and I haven’t had a problem since. But Now I have a very very severe fear of it, but its not so much for me. I’m afraid that if will happen to someone else and I will see it. But saying “I’m afraid” doesnt really explain it. It has changed my life. I can’t watch any sports because I’m so afraid I’ll see it. I don’t even like to see people in shorts, because all I can think about is their knees dislocating. I think about it ALL the time, it consumes me. I see someones knee and I just immediately see in my head my knee when it was out, and I start to panic.
Do you think this could be a mild form of PTSD? i know that what happened to me wasn’t really a “trauma,” but the diagnoses seems to fit. Thanks in advance.
Samantha: Yeah, I’m a pretty sensitive person, and I think that even know what happened to me wasn’t that bad in comparison to what other people suffer, it was a real traumatic thing for myself…
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Answer by Samantha
Yes. It is most likely a form of ptsd. the experience to you was traumatic and life changing, therefore, in my ppinion it is a form of ptsd, rather than a phobia. a phobia is usually classified as a fear of something that causes no real danger to you.
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