What is it? PTSD, drepression, OR anxiety?

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hi there,

i got rejected by girls i loved several times in my life, and was having many years anxieties that the girl i love would get together with someone else. there was a development that the person i had a crush on, could be seen less and less over time, over years, and my fear grew more and more that she will get another boyfriend, and i felt more and more bad because of my lack of social skills. The fear increesed and then after many years she got a boyfriend, not me.

i keep thinking at the meeting and what i said when i met her the last time before she had the boyfriend, and to the meeting when i finally found out. I always think of the things i said and how i behaved and what i did wrong and why i did it wrong, and how it is related to my AS. Besides those thinkings, i keep myself busy by surfing the web and getting input e.g. from wrongplanet, then i drink alot of tea (4-5 cups a day) each day, keep masturbating, and i often eat alot though i am not hungry. I dont look at pictures of her, or dont look at people who are kissing or who are pregnant, if i see a picture of her by accident then i put it away fastly, i also try to avoid friends who are also her friends. It seems as the last ten years are senseless, and there is something in my life which is destroyed and cant be repaired any more.

Its more than half a year ago, but when i remember the situations i still start crying at home, not as much as before but still happens. I stay awake til midnight, so that i am so sleepy that i must sleep at once. I go to work, but mostly i can only work 2 hours instead of 8.

I always thought of this behavior that it is a social anxiety and a depression. But now i read something about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), that a person is to stressed with one or several events (complex PTSD).

I would like to know what it is, because maybe then i also find better ways to cope with it. So is this now depression, anxiety, or (complex-)post-traumatic stress disorder?

best wishes,
anton

Well, if it is PTSD, or something similar to it, your best bet is to get yourself a therapist. They may be able to work with you on the things that you struggle with and figure out what can be done.

Here, I looked this up online and it gives some overview of the treatment of PTSD:
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/pages/treatment-ptsd.asp

Take a look at it and see if anything sounds like it'd work.

Good luck! I hope you figure out what's wrong and start feeling better soon.

So you weren't satisfied with the responses you got in the other thread, huh?

Perhaps you need to consult a professional.