PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Derealization, Depersonalization
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Not employed but recently hired to do freelance work. Had been depressed for last 3 months. Started after she ended at 5 week extramarital affair. Flashbacks to 10 years in the past. Also she felt like the past was occurring all over again. Affair ended the exact same time of the year she had been raped. Raped repeatedly over 5 week period by close friend of the family. Cindy"s family adopted the boy that raped her and liked him. She had a brother and sister relationship named mark. Smoke marijuana and did not want to quit. Happy childhood home was safe, kids came to her house. Father is vietnam veteran that has ptsd emotionally shut off. Mother: self help fanatic self help books. Older brother who was best friends with the boy that raped her since rape, he does not interact with him. Mother stopped abuse had never really told her mom that she had been raped.
