Well this is how. It occurs quick and goes quick. Or if it doesn’t go it will become PTSD, by definition.

You might also ask from what I’ve said, “Well, these things are fairly normal. Why psychiatrise a normal reaction?” And there would be something in that. Part of an answer to that criticism though is the third criterion. That is, its only a disorder if it causes distress that is particularly difficult for the sufferer and/or it causes impairment in functioning. Again lots of psychiatric disorders have this “only if it really hurts” criterion to differentiate them from normal.

ASD is only a fairly new disorder, but it was invented (invented is the right word) because it seemed dumb to wait around four weeks when people were obviously suffering and likely to continue to suffer. remember that much of the driving force for all classification systems (especially DSM) is America and in America, if you haven’t got a diagnosis you can’t get a rebate for your treatment.

The other disorder I just want to mention is ...