psychological disorder in which a person experiences lasting stress or fear from a traumatic event that happened to them or that they witnessed.
While it’s natural for a person to experience anxiety from trauma, this fear would typically subside after a short period. When it doesn’t, it’s considered chronic and then is classified as a disorder.One of the biggest problems with PTSD is that scientists haven’t been able to identify who will develop PTSD and who won’t.
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