Oh my, I'm sure that what you went through was very, very nerve-wracking. And to be living with this for so long, I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't end up with an anxiety disorder.

My understanding is that PTSD results when someone has felt their life was under threat, or they have experienced a sexual violation (such as rape).

But I've learned recently there is something called "vicarious traumatization" that happens when someone witnesses other people under threat or being the victims of violence. It's apparently common with people who work in trauma medicine, or do some kind of job in which they have to witness scenes of violence every day.

I'm not a T, but I would think that watching your husband struggle daily with such a debilitating condition, particularly when he won't take precautions and put his life continually at risk, might cause "vicarious traumatization" which might lead to PTSD. (Anxiety from past trauma isn't necessarily full-blown PTSD.)

Whatever your Dx, I'm glad you have a T that understands the effects of living for so long in a hyper vigilant state, even though you were not the one under threat. Not all of them are this insightful.

--Ceara1010