Many times I have explained that my daughter may have ptsd and many have replied that we should see professionals, which I agree but is it worth it. I feel like she won't be diagnosed because its not that bad but also overlaps with her autism diagnosis.
She has had a very traumatising life especially since Year 7, so it's been 6 years. I have realised that she is not herself anymore and the little problems she has seem like the end of the world. The main problem here is school. She did want to leave but is back in full time and is happier there, only problem is the staff and how they deal with her. The past few weeks, her reactions and behaviour have become more severe and challenging but that's also because of how they deal with it but then the past comes into play. I saw this myself when I had to go to school to get her, she was saying how no school cares or helps and just give up on me so quickly and how one little thing she does she gets sent home or I get called. She no longer trusts the staff, except 2 or 3 which must be horrible for her.
The thing that upsets me the most with the school is when she first joined, staff would help and give her the staff she likes and trusts to talk to and to help her settle in but as soon as she settled in, all this help and stuff stopped and I feel like all her hard work has just gone to waste so no longer sees the point in trust and meeting new people, which doesn't help her socially.
This is why I feel like a diagnosis would help so we can understand this behaviour better and for the school to actually do something but we probably won't get ones because I've been looking online about how to get one and she just doesn't meet the criteria, same with ADHD.