(January 28, 2019 at 3:41 pm)Cathooloo Wrote:(January 28, 2019 at 1:58 pm)Der/die AtheistIn Wrote: PTSD stands for posttraumatic stress disorder, which is caused by a trauma.
Google "Complex PTSD". It does not take a major trauma to manifest PTSD. I can be from a pervasive pattern of psychological or emotional abuse, amongst other things.
Good point. While many in the public often think of PTSD as solely being seeing violence, be it war or crime, it can also be from verbal/emotional abuse too.