"I'm also not sure that any disorder, post-traumatic or otherwise, can be deemed even relatively prestigious, or any more so than any other affliction. I personally find it more condemning; it saddles me with people's inclinations to want me to quantify my trauma, to justify my condition, which for me is exhausting and in most situations quite beside the point." quote from vonmoxie

I feel the same way vonmoxie. There is nothing "prestigeous" about PTSD or complex PTSD over any other challenge.

There is a big difference between GAD and PTSD too. While they are both anxiety disorders, one can experience GAD without having a major trauma or traumas. Some guy who has a big job may have a problem with his temper, maybe never learned how to control it, but that is very different from the anger that takes place with PTSD. People who struggle with PTSD are not manipulative, they don't "lie" either, infact they "hate" lies and manipulative people.

There was a desire from those in the field of psychiatry to have a separate category for "complex PTSD", however, it was decided that the symptoms are the same so kept it as just PTSD.

Here is another link:
http://bpd.about.com/od/relatedcondi...mplex-PTSD.htm