PTSD is in the DSM V as a diagnosis for mental health. Many people wonder whether or not it's possible for someone who experience's betrayal to develop PTSD. In this episode, Tyler Patrick LMFT, walks through the official requirements of PTSD within the DSM V and asks a few questions to help you identify if you may qualify. 

00:00 Does Infidelity Cause PTSD?

00:12 The Wandering Therapist Sessions

01:14 First, What is PTSD really?

01:51 Is It Traumatic?

02:41 Witnessing Events

02:59 Learning The Event Happened To Someone We're Close To

03:12 Intrusion Symptoms

03:19 Intrusive Distressing Memories Of The Events

03:48 Recurring Distressive Dreams

03:54 Dissociative Reactions

04:01 Intentional Prolonged Psychological Distress At Exposure To Internal Cues

04:16 Marked Physiological Reactions That Symbolize A Resemblant Aspect Of the Traumatic Event

04:46 Persistence Avoidance Of The Stimuli That Causes The Distress

05:17 Negative Alterations in Cognitions and Mood Associated with the traumatic event

06:32 Marked alterations in arousal and reactivity associated with the traumatic event(s), beginning or worsening after the traumatic event(s) occurred

08:04 PTSD From Betrayal Is A Real Thing

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