PTSD Checklist – Civilian Version (PCL-C) as adapted for Death Anxiety Resilience

Having upsetting thoughts or images about the life-threatening event that came into your head when you didn't want them to

Having bad dreams or nightmares about the life-threatening event

Reliving the life-threatening event, acting or feeling as if it was happening again

Feeling emotionally upset when you were reminded of the life-threatening event (for example, feeling scared, angry, sad, guilty, etc.)

Experiencing physical reactions when you were reminded of the life-threatening event (for example, breaking out in a sweat, heart beating fast)

Trying not to think about, talk about, or have feelings about the life-threatening event

Trying to avoid activities, people, or places that remind you of the life-threatening event

Not being able to remember an important part of the life-threatening event

Having much less interest or participating much less often in important activities

Feeling distant or cut off from people around you

Feeling emotionally numb (for example, being unable to cry or unable to have loving feelings)

Feeling as if your future plans or hopes will not come true (for example, you will not have a career, marriage, children, or a long life)

Having trouble falling or staying asleep

Feeling irritable or having fits of anger

Having trouble concentrating (for example, drifting in and out of conversations, losing track of a story on television, forgetting what you read)

Being overly alert (for example, checking to see who is around you, being uncomfortable with your back to a door, etc.)

Being jumpy or easily startled (for example, when someone walks up behind you)