The label doesnt say who you are. all it means is that you go through periods of anxiety, depression, nightmares flashbacks. PTSD doesn't always happen just with sexual abuse. soldiers who have fought in wars and battles have it, people who went throught Katrina have it, people who experience a automobile accident go through it, Same with people who go through fires, hurricanes, earthquakes. Even just having to move from one home to another location and home can cause PTSD. Labels are just ways that professionals know what problems you go through so that you can get the right treatment. Kind of like being a cancer survivor. regardless of if my cancer is in remission or not that label "cancer' is going to remain on my file because it tells all future treatment professionals that I have gone through it so if I have any future problems to keep in mind that was there and that has to be considered for example if I go to another physician with heartburn, stomach problems or anemia problems that new doctor won't pass over something critical and chalk my stomach problem up to eating spicy food without ruling out the possibility that the cancer may have returned. Mental health is the same way should the person seek help for a problem the new professional knows what must be ruled out before calling the problem something different. I know you don't want to be reminded of that night. no one that has been abused wants to remember what happened, But the labels are there not as a reminder but as a tool to help you get the right treatment. hang in there.