PTSD survivor
Healed from horror
Someone who has experienced post-traumatic stress disorder and continues to live with or manage its effects.
The term emphasizes resilience and ongoing struggle rather than victimhood: As a PTSD survivor, she advocates for better mental health resources for veterans.
Some prefer "survivor" to "sufferer" because it acknowledges agency in coping with trauma's aftermath.
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- trauma responsePsychological wound's behavioral aftermath
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- healingRestoration of health
- healing journeyGradual return to wholeness
nightmares · panic attack · fight or flight · recovery · resilience · inner strength · therapy · triggers · hypervigilance · veteran · combat · abuse · strength · warrior · dissociation · emotional triggers · anxiety · courage
PTSD survivortraumatizer
One who causes lasting psychological damage
perpetrator · abuser · victimizer · torturer · tormentor
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