PTSD is a "disorder", not a "trauma". It is caused by trauma. Hence it is a traumatic disorder.
As for me, I don't know. I have had a history of mild depression. On my 32nd birthday, I fell out not with one, but several important people. At the end of the night, I was pacing between my 3rd floor windows trying to figure out if I had a clear path to my death (there are bushes at the bottom). This carried on for several hours, and I was in a fog for a good week or so.
My mother, a social worker, seems to think I have some version of PTSD that builds over many traumas, not just a single terrible moment. So....I lean toward my having a mental illness of some sort, but I'm not sure.
Interesting thread by the OP. I'm just not sure.
As for me, I don't know. I have had a history of mild depression. On my 32nd birthday, I fell out not with one, but several important people. At the end of the night, I was pacing between my 3rd floor windows trying to figure out if I had a clear path to my death (there are bushes at the bottom). This carried on for several hours, and I was in a fog for a good week or so.
My mother, a social worker, seems to think I have some version of PTSD that builds over many traumas, not just a single terrible moment. So....I lean toward my having a mental illness of some sort, but I'm not sure.
Interesting thread by the OP. I'm just not sure.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
