PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)

You have a diagnosis and mild symptoms, but they don't significantly affect your work or social life. You can generally function normally.

Mild symptoms that slightly affect your work or social life. You might need medication to stay functional. Occasional trouble sleeping or mild anxiety.

Noticeable impact on work and social life. Occasional decrease in work efficiency during stressful periods. You might have depressed mood, anxiety, trouble sleeping, or mild memory problems.

Significant reduction in work reliability and productivity. Flattened affect, difficulty understanding complex commands, trouble with memory, impaired judgment, difficulty maintaining relationships. Panic attacks more than once a week.

Serious problems at work and in relationships. Suicidal thoughts, obsessional rituals, speech that's hard to follow, near-continuous panic or depression, inability to maintain effective relationships, impaired impulse control (like unprovoked irritability with periods of violence).

Total occupational and social impairment. You can't work or maintain any meaningful relationships. Symptoms may include: persistent delusions or hallucinations, grossly inappropriate behavior, persistent danger of hurting yourself or others, can't perform basic self-care, disoriented to time or place, severe memory loss.