PTSD Self-Assessment
Living with post-traumatic stress disorder can feel like the past is still running your present. Flashbacks that hijack an ordinary moment. Sleep that never quite restores you. A body that stays braced for something that already happened.
This self-assessment isn't a diagnosis. It's a tool to help you put language to what you've been carrying. PTSD usually develops after a traumatic event, whether that's a specific incident like an accident, assault, or disaster, or prolonged exposure to unsafe situations over time. Many of the adults I work with are dealing with complex PTSD, which develops from ongoing childhood trauma rather than a single event.
Common symptoms include intrusive memories, nightmares, flashbacks, avoiding anything that reminds you of what happened, hypervigilance, anxiety, emotional numbness, and difficulty feeling connected to yourself or the people around you.
Answering the questions below can give you a clearer picture of how trauma may be showing up in your life right now. Only a licensed mental health professional can give you a formal diagnosis and build a treatment plan with you. If several of these symptoms sound familiar, or if you've been sitting with concern about your mental health for a while, that's worth taking seriously.
I'm DJ Burr, LMHC, LPC, a licensed therapist specializing in trauma and EMDR. I work with adults in Washington, Oregon, Georgia, Vermont, Virginia, and South Carolina, and I know from clinical work and my own recovery that healing is possible. If you're ready to talk, reach out.
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?
PTSD Self-Assessment
Living with post-traumatic stress disorder can feel like the past is still running your present. Flashbacks that hijack an ordinary moment. Sleep that never quite restores you. A body that stays braced for something that already happened.
This self-assessment isn't a diagnosis. It's a tool to help you put language to what you've been carrying. PTSD usually develops after a traumatic event, whether that's a specific incident like an accident, assault, or disaster, or prolonged exposure to unsafe situations over time. Many of the adults I work with are dealing with complex PTSD, which develops from ongoing childhood trauma rather than a single event.
Common symptoms include intrusive memories, nightmares, flashbacks, avoiding anything that reminds you of what happened, hypervigilance, anxiety, emotional numbness, and difficulty feeling connected to yourself or the people around you.
Answering the questions below can give you a clearer picture of how trauma may be showing up in your life right now. Only a licensed mental health professional can give you a formal diagnosis and build a treatment plan with you. If several of these symptoms sound familiar, or if you've been sitting with concern about your mental health for a while, that's worth taking seriously.
I'm DJ Burr, LMHC, LPC, a licensed therapist specializing in trauma and EMDR. I work with adults in Washington, Oregon, Georgia, Vermont, Virginia, and South Carolina, and I know from clinical work and my own recovery that healing is possible. If you're ready to talk, reach out.
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?