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Can post traumatic stress disorder symptoms show years after the event that caused them?
Question : Can post traumatic stress disorder symptoms show years after the event that caused them?
I am working on a story, however I was wondering do people sometimes show symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder months or years after what ever caused it happened? In this time can they be completely fine?
Example, they see something that reminds them of what happened and it just crashes them into a depression? Thanks a lot. 
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Answer by cg93
Yes it comes back and haunts you and you feel a little down when you go to sleep.
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#3 written by Chels 1 year ago
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Yes….. I was severely abused as a child starting when I was 5….. I still have flashbacks and I am 45 now. I have always had flashbacks though – and I have DID so it’s a little different than PTSD (though technically I have that too)… Some people repress memories and do not even remember the event for years (or ever).. they can have flashbacks after recovering the memories or they can even have flashbacks without even remembering the event…. a child that was raped but supresses the event, may not remember it but may still become severely depressed or emotional when faced with anything that could connect with the event. PTSD is not necessarily just flashbacks… PTSD can also be a complete lack of emotion concerning an event…. the emotions are just too painful so the mind turns them off completely…. women can talk about a rape in perfect detail and not feel a single emotions about it…. this doesn’t usually hold forever and eventually breaks down but this would be an easy way to explain why someone would seem to be fine abotu something for a long time then fall apart about it.