Could my depression and anxiety be symptoms of PTSD?

I was in a bicycle accident a year ago that resulted in multiple skull fractures and brain bleeds.
The entire day after the accident before I found out that I had skull fractures, I felt very physically and emotionally sick and stayed in my bed all day.

Now whenever I’m in a situation where I feel powerless and I feel like things are out of control, I spend all my time in my bed feeling the same way I did the day after the accident.

Could this be a symptom of PTSD?

My therapist recently brought up the possibility of PTSD from the accident–I’m going to discuss this with her next week but I’m just curious for now.
Also, I do not have flashbacks of the accident, but I also cannot actually remember any of the accident.

PTSD has symptoms of flashbacks and nightmares of the incident that caused/triggered it. Brain injuries often cause "retrograde amnesia", which has its own problems, but you cannot remember the accident.

Brain injury can, in itself, cause depression. Especially if it was in the left side of the brain. You may be "missing" some of the things that you used to be able to do, and you "should" still be able to do.

If that’s the case, you’ve got to learn to cope. YOu may be able to use therapy, or cognitive approaches. A head injury support group, and hearing how other people have learned to cope, could be quite helpful. That’s even with the issue of no two brain injuries are alike.

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