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Originally Posted by Teacake
PTSD is less traumatic than personality disorders like borderline personality or narcissistic personality disorder which are traumatic injuries to very young children who had weak attachments to caregivers and then failed to develop normally because of trauma.
I think schizophrenia with frightening hallucinations would be worse trauma than PTSD. When I trigger I startle and remember feel hurt and anguish...normal adult responses to terrible things. Bad as It is its probably better than someone who sees demons licking their chops and coming to drag him to eternal bell to be eaten alive forever.
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As for the diagnostic criteria of PDs, there is no pre-requisite of having experienced trauma...trauma can play a role as well as growing up in an unhealthy environment but those are not requirements for the diagnoses whereas with PTSD there 'has' to be a trauma.
Childhood trauma can certainly cause PTSD...I do not think the fact they develop say PTSD instead of a PD would be an indication their trauma is 'less'. Children who get PTSD don't develop normally either which maybe could result in co-morbid PD as well as the PTSD.
Also good for you, I think when flashback stuff of the traumatic thing that caused my crap have me on the ground shaking uncontrollably because my mind is convinced impending doom is near its pretty frightning. I mean if your PTSD only causes you normal adult reactions to situations not sure what your diagnoses is for...because mine causes me some pretty nasty symptoms even helps me not be able to sleep, you don't need schizophrenia to hear or see weird things...or feel like you're on the verge of complete insanity.
I don't know to me PTSD is up there with the conditions people see as more 'severe' based on what it's caused me...but then I get more than getting startled, feeling hurt and anguish and then that's it. But don't think it is a competition mental illness and mental conditions really can suck a lot...PTSD is not fluffy compared to PDs or other conditions.