Does this count as trauma or am I just being over dramatic? #RareDisease #Adrenoleukodystrophy #PTSD
I often wondered if I have trauma in my life. I have a rare disease I was diagnosed with. When I was a kid. I had an innocent where I got sick and I almost died. Multiple times I got sick and it almost killed me. Years later in my adult years, things are much better. I'm healthy, living life and stable. However sometimes I have flashbacks of when I was in the hospital dying. I still remember bits and pieces of me in that cold hospital room. Some of the despite treatments the doctors did to keep me alive and what have you. It doesn't cause me any distress as I know it's in the past and things are going to be ok. In fact I feel comfort I don't have to go through these again. Despite these flashbacks causing me no distress. Would that still be trauma?