I have a friend who definitely has PTSD and he was describing all the ways it severely impacted his life. All I could think is "Wow, that's so extreme... far worse than what I experience"

But I wonder... could I have mild ptsd? Is that even a thing?

I went through some stuff and I can't even talk about it, but last time I tried I freaked out and was having flashbacks and a mega panic attack. I was on the floor... it was bad.

And sometimes I see something, like last time it was a drawing on pinterest of something unrelated that just really reminded me of details... and I won't be able to think of anything else for several days but what happened to me and it'll really truly torture me.

But the rest of the time, I'm fine. Like I think about it pretty regularly, and obviously its upsetting, but I'm not avoiding anything or being hypervigilant and I almost never have panic attacks from it. I do have nightmares sometimes that'll mess me up for a day or two, but its uncommon.

This just doesn't sound disabling enough to be PTSD from the horror my friend describes going through.

But its not nothing.. I still go through this.

So, what is this?