actually - no. the point is that the resulting symptomology is *not* the same, and the treatment is also different too.

the links elysium and orange posted earlier explain the differences in quite some detail. i would encourage you to read it over (again?). i am getting quite frustrated and upset that you keep repeating the same thing over and over - that ptsd and c-ptsd are the same. that is like saying ptsd and social anxiety disorder are the "same" merely because they are both anxiety disorders.

ptsd does not, by any stretch of the imagination, cover my symptomology profile. c-ptsd does. being diagnosed with c-ptsd has led to a better level of care for me, because therapists are aware of the extra issues to address.

like doc john said, this thread (and forum, in general) is for support - not to argue about the validity of a diagnosis with people who identify with it. if you would like to discuss ptsd in another thread, then by all means do so. but this thread is about c-ptsd and it is really invalidating for you to keep coming back insisting there is no difference (or making the difference out to be one of trivial detail, which is wrong in any case anyway).