PTSD Screening Tool

Feel free to review our confidential and free Trauma Exposure Response questionnaire to determine if you might have symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Screening Tool

This screening tool is designed as a guide to determine if you are having an adverse response to a traumatic event.

‍A high score on this checklist does not necessarily mean you have PTSD. These questions were developed by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky (2009) ‘Trauma Stewardship’ and may help you to identify different areas you are struggling with.

Do I have ptsd?

Do you have intrusions about the event in at least one of the following ways?

  • Feeling helpless and hopeless

  • A sense that one can never do enough

  • Hypervigilance

  • Diminished creativity

  • Inability to embrace complexity

  • Minimizing

  • Chronic exhaustion or physical ailments

  • Inability to listen

  • Dissociative moments

  • Sense of persecution

  • Guilt

  • Fear

  • Anger and Cynicism

  • Inability to empathise or numbing

  • Addictions

  • Grandiosity: an inflated sense of the importance of one’s work

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If you answered YES to any of the above questions, and if your experiences are interfering with your work or home life, you may be suffering from PTSD. However, a licensed psychologist can make a more accurate diagnosis. Talking to a mental health professional and learning new coping strategies can help you to manage your symptoms when triggers or new stressors arise. Consider getting in touch with us for a more complete and thorough evaluation.

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