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Originally Posted by Amyjay
I see what you mean, Carmina, acute stress disorder is more like the immediate after effects of an incident of trauma, something that may become PTSD later on if not treated, whereas complex PTSD is like PTSD+ all the compounded affects of trauma on the developing personality. So quite different altogether.
I wonder what your T meant, Kiya. It would be interesting to hear what they say.
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Yeah the whole point of CPTSD as opposed to just PTSD is it's not necessarily related to a discrete event or events but rather a systematic pattern of abuse, neglect, trauma over many years and often going back to early childhood before conscious memories can be retained and processed.