posttraumatic embitterment disorder

A form of post-traumatic embitterment disorder — A chronic maladaptive response to a severe manifestation of a usual life occurrence shattering a core belief leading to intrusion and on the flip-side disregard for one’s own condition.

Meanings

nounposttraumatic embitterment disorder (countable and uncountable, plural posttraumatic embitterment disorders)

plural posttraumatic embitterment disorders

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of post-traumatic embitterment disorder.
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