Yer, its nothing that you posted or anything bec, in that I didn't fault anything you have posted, more that this is something I have been watching on this board over months now, and seeing that some sufferers believe that one is worst than the other, when in actual fact, the three different labels have completely different meanings to what most think they do, ie. as mentioned above from you and me.

• Acute - symptoms more than one month, less than three months.
• Chronic - symptoms more than three months.
• Complex - chronic + another disorder related to symptoms, ie. panic disorder, GAD, major depressive disorder, etc.

I think it was more my thought process, in that I have said it once or twice before what the differences are by the medical terminologies, but haven't really posted anything hard about it, just sort of passing conversation.

Complex PTSD is only a footnote within the DSM for physicians to use if the sufferer has already been diagnosed with multiple disorders, thus the word "complex" then jumps out immediately as saying, "I have multiple disorders, not just one!"

I guess it sometimes annoys me that some physicians love to go label crazy with people, in that they forget that the sheer labels they apply, also generally cause distress to a sufferer, and make that healing process just a bit harder because the sufferer thinks they have something worse than others who heal from PTSD.

I love that you raised this and that you have posted substantial documentation for people to read about it. Thank you very much bec...