The experience of PTSD takes a toll on sufferers and many of them become emotionally numb.
Individuals who have other mental health issues are more at risk for developing PTSD.
Adjustment disorders are also differentiated from other reactions to stress such as PTSD by both symptoms and the relative severity of the causative event.
Adjustment disorders can be caused by almost any stressor and manifest a wide variety of symptoms, while PTSD is normally associated with severe stress-causing life events and has a more specific set of symptoms.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)-A disorder that occurs among survivors of extremely stressful or traumatic events, such as a natural disaster, an airplane crash, rape, or military combat.
