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I was wondering if I have some sort of PTSD. As a child, I was constantly bullied both mentally and physically in school. Verbal insults everyday, but also getting beaten on a regular basis. As in, kicked in the groin and chest, hit all over the body, hit in the head, etc. I was kicked in the groin so many times that I was wondering if I would end up infertile. I also have a scar on my arm from when I was 11, and some boy basically rammed me like some sort of WWF move until I fell on the pavement and layers of skin fell off. My arm got scraped to the dermis.
There was also a time during the last year school dance in primary school when I was 12 and had to dance with some girl. I messed up and could not get the slow dance right. She even tried to put my hands on her waist to show me how to dance, but I could not. My classmates then proceded to berate and make fun of me. Up to now I have problems with touch. Whenever I get touched, whether a pat on the back from male acquaintances, arm on shoulder or high-five, I associate these touches with assault. Also, I have big problems with romantic touch, like when I was 14 and some girl in high school tried to lace fingers with me. I pulled away like as if my hand were on a hot stove. Also at high school prom when I was 17, my prom date got really frustrated when I had problems doing slow dance where couples hold each other. |
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No one here can diagnose you. However, from what you described experiencing, yes, you can be suffering from ptsd. You may benefit greatly by seeing a therapist that specializes in ptsd and can help you work on healing from all this abuse.
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I also think you could be suffering from PTSD and that seeing a competent therapist who specialises in PTSD would probably be helpful to you.
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