Re what questions people ask: I have told very few people. Part of the issue is that when you say PTSD people immediately want to know about the trauma, what is it, and, to an extent I feel judge whether it merits the reaction. I don't want to talk about what happened to me, or at least not in this sort of off the cuff way. It's distressing and may put me out for the rest of the day and, I don't disagree that many people have experienced things worse than me. I don't like how I'm reacting, nor necessarily feel that it is warranted, but it is involuntary and is happening anyways.

My one piece of advice if someone tells you they are dealing with PTSD is, for goodness sake, don't then ask them to describe what traumatic incidents happened to them. They'll share when and if they are ready. You don't normally ask someone to tell you about the most traumatic things that have happened in their lives, having this condition isn't an exemption to that.