Can A Long Term Illness Lead To Ptsd

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Does anyone know if a long term illness could lead to PTSD. For example someone who has suffered with cancer for many years , Could they be left with PTSD after they recovered from cancer?

 

[Lady of Longbourn]

[DLMURL]https://www.myptsd.com/c/wiki/posttraumatic-stress-disorder/#diagnostic-features[/DLMURL]

Criterion A outlines events that are considered traumatic enough for a PTSD diagnosis, which include but not limited to, war as a combatant or civilian, threatened or actual physical assault (robbery, mugging, physical attack, childhood physical abuse), threatened or actual sexual violation (forced sexual penetration, alcohol / drug-facilitated sexual penetration, abusive sexual contact, noncontact sexual abuse, sexual trafficking), being kidnapped, taken hostage, terrorist attack, torture, prisoner of war, natural or man-made disasters, medical (waking during surgery, anaphylactic shock) and severe motor vehicle accidents.

Whilst every conceivable type of trauma is impossible to list, the DSM clearly outlines a pervasive pattern of extreme violence or abnormal event not considered normal within life. Normal death, life threatening illness, debilitating medical illness, relationship breakdowns and other stressors considered part of normal life, are not necessarily considered a traumatic event by definition for PTSD.These lesser events are covered under other diagnoses, such as Adjustment Disorders, where a single stressor is responsible.