How trauma=PTSD makes people with PTSD feel

With the trauma awareness trend in the US, paradoxically it can also cause people with PTSD be more buried and swept under the rug. It used to be something only soldiers get, but now is increasingly going to the other extreme, where it's considered progressive for PTSD to be seen as ubiquitous. It's re-defined as things like anxiety, panic, rumination, dissociation, phobias, strong emotional reactions to triggers, depression.. sometimes calling them "emotional flashbacks" to allow it to be given the PTSD or CPTSD moniker. Effectively being a validation of mental illness instead of a specific disorder.

But most common mental disorders are associated or linked at their core with some kind of trauma, especially in childhood. They're very serious disorders, and the diagnosis should be seen as validating, but didn't get associated by the trend with trauma like PTSD/CPTSD did. Attachment disorder (emotional neglect or trauma from caregivers as a child) is another that can be extremely painful and debilitating, and is certainly linked to mental illnesses, yet it's not often talked about in relation to it. Instead was re-defined as CPTSD, often with symptoms of anxiety or depression. And someone with PTSD/CPTSD can have those disorders comorbid as well, adding to the confusion.

A major effect of course is making it more difficult to get qualified treatment, which arguably is the most damaging result of it. Practitioners are listing PTSD/CPTSD in their qualifications when in actuality they aren't qualified. But the emotional impact is not being seen by anyone, understood or helped. That affects many people significantly, just making an already severe condition worse. I asked AI about how it might affect someone with PTSD emotionally and got this response. It was interesting because it's unusually empathetic and accurate..

"Feeling unheard and unrepresented. The trend of equating trauma with PTSD could make someone with PTSD feel that their specific struggle is not being recognized or given the attention it deserves."