Unpacking Your Anxiety PTSD Worksheet

This will depend on the person engaging with it. Some patients can articulate themselves quicker than others, so they can finish answering the worksheet within ten minutes. But don’t be surprised if others take longer. They will write about their PTSD-related anxiety, and that’s already tough enough to discuss through conversation. Give your patient the time and space they need to accomplish it.

If we’re basing this on the instructions, then no. It asks people to write their answers based on the prompts/guide questions as descriptively as possible. Whatever difficulty they encounter will likely be based on their thinking about their trauma and their memories, feelings, and behavior related to it.

Healthcare professionals need to make their patients feel that they’re in a safe and non-judgmental place, and they should establish enough rapport and trust with patients that they’re willing to share things about themselves. So, give them the support they need to finish the worksheet.

You can use this worksheet in conjunction with the following exercises:

• Unpacking Your Anger
• Unpacking Your Boredom
• Unpacking Your Disappointment
• Unpacking Your Empathy
• Unpacking Your Gratitude
• Unpacking Your Pride

We have more worksheets with similar titles to get a more nuanced perspective on your patient’s PTSD.