Hmmm.....PTSD is a very real condition, but self-diagnosis is tricky.....according to the DSM IV, there has tobe present a very real threat of death or severe physical harm to yourself or someone very close to you:
A person must have experienced a traumatic event where both of the following occurred:
- The person experienced, witnessed, or was confronted with an event where there was the threat of or actual death or serious injury. The event may also have involved a threat to the person's physical well-being or the physical well-being of another person.
- The person responded to the event with strong feelings of fear, helplessness, or horror.
My JW daddy scared the bee-livin'-Jay-sus out of us on a regular basis - but he never pulled a gun or a knife - just edgy stuff. We were traumatized, but that doesn't qualify as PTSD.