r/diagnosedPTSD is a subreddit with 2k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses ptsd, mental health, anxiety, trauma, and treatment.
This is a community for people with diagnosed PTSD/CPTSD as well as their loved ones.
If someone would like to share their experience anonymously, they can contact the mods and we will shadow post your story.
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Popular Themes in r/diagnosedPTSD
#1
Advice Requests
: "What has you psychiatrist prescribed you for your PTSD?"
20 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Nightmares "
14 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Researchers have trained a machine learning model to identify people with post-traumatic stress disorder with 80 per cent accuracy by analyzing text data. The model could one day serve as an accessible and inexpensive screening tool to support health professionals in detecting and diagnosing PTSD"
1 post
#4
News
: "A medical cannabis PTSD study found that "total sleep score, subjective sleep quality, and sleep duration significantly improved" and "total PTSD symptom score and its subdomains (intrusiveness, avoidance, and alertness) showed improvement""
1 post
Popular Topics in r/diagnosedPTSD
#1
Ptsd
: "Ptsd and CPtsd symptoms"
75 posts
#2
Mental Health
: "Accidently making me feel bad for having bad Mental Health"
37 posts
#3
Anxiety
: "How do I react with logic rather than immediately/irrationally with emotion due to my Anxiety & trauma"
26 posts
#4
Trauma
: "Life after Trauma"
25 posts
#5
Treatment
: "Pilot study shows first molecular links behind successful PTSD Treatment"
24 posts
#6
Diagnosed
: "Newly Diagnosed"
24 posts
#7
Stress
: "Saw someone else with PTSD have a flashback and it’s sent me into a spiral, does anyone know how to get out of it? "
24 posts
#8
Medication
: "Medication Change + Family Planning"
20 posts
#9
Recovery
: "What being a victim of SA and having PTSD taught me – from someone who’s in Recovery"
11 posts
#10
Flashbacks
: "Difficult day. Flashbacks and trouble getting out of thoughts of what happened. "
8 posts
Flair Used in r/diagnosedPTSD
#1
Disscussion Question
: "Thousand yard stare"
36 posts
#2
Looking for Advice - Personal
: "How do you navigate PTSD & chronic fatigue?"
22 posts
#3
Personal Story (Upsetting)
: "It's heartbreaking 💔"
19 posts
#4
Venting - Advice Welcome
: "When people who should or normally answer their phone but don't. . ."
16 posts
#5
Information Resource
: "Australia officially recognises psilocybin and MDMA as medicines for use in treating depression and PTSD"
15 posts
#6
Personal Story (Casual)
: "Room tour "
13 posts
#7
Looking For Advice - Medical Refferals
: "Sleepless nights "
12 posts
#8
Science Education
: "A medical cannabis PTSD study found that "total sleep score, subjective sleep quality, and sleep duration significantly improved" and "total PTSD symptom score and its subdomains (intrusiveness, avoidance, and alertness) showed improvement""
12 posts
#9
Research
: "Seeking Participants for a Research Study on Attention & Trauma"
11 posts
#10
General Information
: "What has you psychiatrist prescribed you for your PTSD?"
8 posts
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+251 members(16.7%)
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Last updated: May 31, 2026