PTSD Self-Assessment
Living with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can be overwhelming, but recognizing the signs is an essential first step toward healing. This PTSD self-assessment is designed to help you identify symptoms that may be affecting your day-to-day life. PTSD often develops after a traumatic event, such as a serious accident, assault, natural disaster, or prolonged exposure to highly stressful situations.
Common symptoms of PTSD include intrusive memories, nightmares, flashbacks, avoiding reminders of the trauma, heightened anxiety, and emotional numbness. By answering the questions in this assessment, you can gain insight into how PTSD may be impacting you.
Please note, this self-assessment is not a diagnostic tool. Only a licensed mental health professional can provide an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment plan for PTSD.
If you find yourself identifying with several symptoms, or if you feel concerned about your mental health, it’s important to reach out for professional support. You don’t have to face this alone. Contact DJ Burr, a licensed therapist specializing in trauma, to schedule an appointment. DJ can help you explore your symptoms further and guide you on a path to recovery.
Your mental well-being matters, and the first step is just a conversation away. Reach out to DJ Burr today to start your healing journey.
Self-Reflection: Assessing the Impact of Trauma
Assessing your mental health is a critical step towards understanding and addressing the potential impact of trauma on your well-being. This self-assessment is provided to offer insight into the possible presence of trauma-related symptoms, allowing you to better understand your feelings and experiences.
Please read through the following questions and reflect on your personal responses.
Important Disclaimer
This self-assessment is intended for educational and informational purposes only. It is not a diagnostic tool and should not be used to self-diagnose any condition. If you are concerned about your mental health, please schedule an appointment online with a qualified mental health professional.
Questions for Self-Reflection
Take a moment to honestly reflect on the following questions. If you answer “Yes” to several of these, it may be beneficial to discuss your experiences with a mental health professional.
1. Have you experienced a traumatic event?
2. Do you have repeated, disturbing, and unwanted memories of the traumatic event?
3. Do you have recurrent nightmares about the traumatic event?
4. Do you have flashbacks or feel like you are reliving the traumatic event?
5. Do you avoid thoughts, feelings, or conversations about the traumatic event?
6. Do you avoid activities, places, or people that remind you of the traumatic event?
7. Do you feel fear, horror, anger, guilt, or shame, related to the traumatic event?
8. Do you feel numb or detached from other people?
9. Do you have trouble feeling happiness, love, or satisfaction?
10. Do you feel constantly on guard or on edge?
Check yourself
Feel constantly on guard or on edge?
Have trouble feeling happiness, love, or satisfaction?
Feel numb or detached from other people?
Feel fear, horror, anger, guilt, or shame, related to the traumatic event?
Avoid activities, places, or people that remind you of the traumatic event?
Avoid thoughts, feelings, or conversations about the traumatic event?
Have flashbacks or feel like you are reliving the traumatic event?
Have recurrent nightmares about the traumatic event?
Have repeated, disturbing, and unwanted memories of the traumatic event?
Experienced a traumatic event?