PTSD Trauma Debate

The cluster centers on debates about whether the experiences described in an article constitute legitimate trauma or PTSD, including discussions on the subjectivity of trauma, CPTSD, post-traumatic growth, and personal anecdotes.

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j4yav Jun 10, 2021 View on HN

I have something like PTSD from a similar situation.

z3t4 Mar 20, 2019 View on HN

He say "post traumatic stress", not PTSD. It's possible to have psychologically issues from seemingly innocuous experiences.

StavrosK Feb 12, 2019 View on HN

Not enough to have PTSD from it, why?

queuebert Jan 25, 2022 View on HN

This is causing a type of PTSD.

sweezyjeezy Mar 3, 2023 View on HN

I'd be more sympathetic to the author here. You don't know what they experienced, and you don't get a choice on how these things are going to impact you. People can get PTSD from relatively minor accidents or disturbing experiences.I had a fairly traumatic experience like the author's, it was relentlessly terrifying, and some of the things I saw were like precision bomb attacks on my ego that I couldn't just shake off by saying "well that wasn't real".

viburnum Feb 10, 2024 View on HN

Here’s a good article on the subjecthttps://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trauma-bessel-van-de...

rsanaie May 18, 2022 View on HN

I'm getting PTSD reading this article

sdenton4 Feb 26, 2024 View on HN

Counterpoint: Trauma is trauma. The brain doesn't care about relative measures to other situations - it responds to your own experience.https://youtu.be/JBvc7Ny4iUk?si=A-k0KSnNQbT7rB-L

dasil003 Oct 12, 2011 View on HN

Unfair to whom? It'd say it's more like PTSD.

mslip May 5, 2021 View on HN

Something that isn’t PTSD inducing would be better lol