Somewhere around June 2003, one of my supervisors gave me a dirty look. I ended up in the emergency room as a result of the panic attack I had. Once again, my mind just kind of froze and blacked out, and I just could not process anything. Afterwards, my neurologist ran every test he could think of. He also had me do an MRI. I'm sure he still has this, but I never really asked him about this. It reminds me of a sentence in your post,
"One theory posits that everyone carries an ongoing stress burden that accumulates throughout life. Once a certain threshold is reached, either through one or two very traumatic events or through chronic, high levels of stress, adults and children can begin to exhibit PTSD symptoms such as re-experience (including flashbacks, intrusive thoughts or nightmares), avoidance and emotional numbing, and physiological hyperarousal (such as an elevated resting heart rate). These behavioral symptoms make PTSD difficult to differentiate from other conditions such as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder."
This used to happen quite often, even from someone just giving me a wrong kind of look. Maybe there is a thresh-hold of some type. AT the second treatment center I was in, I did all of the psych testing, and somehow they finally diagnosed that. I had told previous psychiatrists and counselors, but they either did not believe me, or they were unfamiliar with this.
Dr Roerich, and everyone else, PLEASE believe me. I'm sure you can tell an honest account when you see it. Someone once said, that the truth has a certain ring to it. That statement is true.
This type of "blacking out" has not occurred, within the past 3 years.
I work as a clinical pharmacist in a call center. My current supervisor is a jerk, and I have had several confrontations with him, another one is pending. I can stand my ground, like you wouldn't believe, and if someone gives me dirty look, I can just give them one right back.