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PTSD Test

Use this PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) test to help determine if you have the symptoms of PTSD and whether you should seek a diagnosis or treatment for PTSD from a qualified doctor or mental health professional.

Instructions: If you suspect that you might suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, complete the following PTSD self-test by clicking the "yes or "no" boxes next to each question. Click the "score" button at the bottom for an interpretation of the results.


1 )Have you experienced or been exposed to a traumatic event?
 Yes
No

2 )During the traumatic event, did you experience or witness serious injury or death, or the threat of injury or death?
 Yes
No

3 )During the traumatic event did you feel intense fear, helplessness, and/or horror?
 Yes
No

4 )Do you regularly experience intrusive thoughts or images about the traumatic event?
 Yes
No

5 )Do you sometimes feel like you are re-living the event or that it is happening all over again?
 Yes
No

6 )Do you have recurrent nightmares or distressing dreams about the traumatic event?
 Yes
No

7 )Do you feel intense distress when something reminds you of the traumatic event, whether it's something you think about or something in you see?
 Yes
No

8 )Do you try to avoid thoughts, feelings, or conversations that remind you of the traumatic event?
 Yes
No

9 )Do you try to avoid activities, people, or places that remind you of the traumatic event?
 Yes
No

10 )Are you unable to remember something important about the traumatic event?
 Yes
No

11 )Since the trauma took place, do you feel less interested in activities or hobbies that you once enjoyed?
 Yes
No

12 )Since the trauma took place, do you feel distant from other people or have difficulty trusting them?
 Yes
No

13 )Since the trauma took place, do you have difficulty experiencing or showing emotions?
 Yes
No

14 )Do you feel that your future will not be "normal" -- that you won't have a career, marriage, children, or a normal life span?
 Yes
No

15 )Since the traumatic event, have you had difficulty falling or staying asleep?
 Yes
No

16 )Have you felt irritable or have you had outbursts of anger?
 Yes
No

17 )Have you had difficulty concentrating, since the trauma?
 Yes
No

18 )Do you feel guilty because others died or were hurt during the traumatic event but you survived it?
 Yes
No

19 )Do you often feel jumpy or startle easily?
 Yes
No

20 )Do you often feel hypervigilant, that is, are you constantly feeling and acting ready for any kind of threat?
 Yes
No

21 )Have you been experiencing symptoms for more than one month?
 Yes
No

22 )Do your symptoms interfere with normal routines, work or school, or social activities?
 Yes
No

   

 

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