Most people associate CPTSD with war veterans or victims and/or survivors of extremely traumatic situations; but few people realize that PTSD (and sometimes CPTSD) is still an often occurrence in individuals who have never experienced a "traumatic event." Typically, when a child experiences a traumatic event- and because they are a child- they do not realize the impact of the experience until much later on in life after the negative Symptoms have already presented themselves.
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Most people associate CPTSD with war veterans or victims and/or survivors of extremely traumatic situations; but few people realize that PTSD (and sometimes CPTSD) is still an often occurrence in individuals who have never experienced a "traumatic event." Typically, when a child experiences a traumatic event- and because they are a child- they do not realize the impact of the experience until much later on in life after the negative Symptoms have already presented themselves