Is it ptsd if you have broken up with your girlfriend but yet you keep dreaming about her?

[Anonymous]

Like it’s like nothing is wrong in the dream we are still together and everything is happy but then reality hits when I wake up

[Anonymous]

No. I don’t think so.

When I feel like I finally got over our break up, I keep having dreams about my ex every now and then, but we are never happy, I go to visit him in this dream and see him with his new girlfriend, I feel rejected, hurt and betrayed all over again.

I sometimes really think life would be much more easier has love not existed, as much as it can make you happy at some point, it can make you suffer the other time.

I don’t want to have those dreams anymore and I just woke up to one. I should go to sleep again and dream about something else.

[Opinion Owner]

Never imagined life would be so complicated. Always believed we would get old together.

I feel angry at my subconscious for keeping this dream and reminding me of something that I have been trying so hard to keep in the past.

[Opinion Owner]

Slept two more hours and all is good now.

[Anonymous]

oh boy... you have NO idea what ptsd is or feels like. that is not ptsd. think of having panic attacks over and over and over and over again. any small thing triggering you... all you had was a dream. that "reality" is just you being sad it's over.

[Asker]

It triggers anxiety upon awakening

[Opinion Owner]

still not ptsd...

[Opinion Owner]

you really need to look up the symptoms of ptsd. nothing you are describing here is ptsd.

[OlderAndWiser]

PTSD is a clearly defined psychiatric diagnosis with specific diagnostic criteria. Being upset about a break up is not PTSD, even if you are REALLY sad!

[razelove]

No, that is an insult to PTSD. Go take a trip to Sudan or something, you'll forget all about your ex, and discover the joys of what real PTSD can be.

[blahdimirputin]

It's not ptsd. Ptsd would mean you also have sudden panic or anxiety attacks when you get exposed to a trigger.

If you're seeing her in your dream, it only means you've been thinking a lot about her. Usually the things we think about end up showing in our dreams.

[Asker]

It triggers anxiety upon awakening

[blahdimirputin]

Still not ptsd. You're probably just hit with reality that she's not around anymore. That is anxiety inducing.

[CrimsonAngel09]

Definitely not PTSD.

Yes I read your responses to others. Not anxiety either, I should know all about that.

[slatyb]

No, it isn't. That's pretty normal. You'll get over it.

[MementoMori777]

No it just means you aren't over her

[In_Trance]

No...