PTSD is the short form of post-traumatic stress disorder. After a very frightening or violent event — war, a crash, an attack, a disaster — some people keep living it in their minds: bad dreams, sudden fear, feeling on guard, staying away from anything that brings it back.

PTSD PTSD is是 the short form ofpost-traumatic stress disorder（創傷後壓力症候群）的縮寫 post-traumatic stress disorder。 After a very frightening or violent event在經歷過很可怕或很暴力的事件之後 war, a crash, an attack, a disaster戰爭、車禍、攻擊、災難 some people有些人 keep living it in their minds會一直在腦子裡重複經歷那件事 : bad dreams做惡夢 sudden fear突然感到害怕 feeling on guard一直處於警戒狀態 staying away from anything that brings it back避開任何會讓自己想起那件事的東西。

It is a real illness with a name, not ‘just being weak’ and not the same as a hard, stressful week.

It這 is a real illness with a name是一個有正式名稱的真實疾病 not 'just being weak'不是「意志力不夠」 and not the same as也不等於只是 a hard, stressful week過了辛苦、壓力大的一週而已。

In English the letters are what people say, even in many clinics. It is not the same as being psychotic, though a very bad spell can look confusing from the outside.

In English在英文裡 the letters大家就直接唸這幾個字母 are what people say even in many clinics連很多診所裡也是這樣講。 It它 is not the same as being psychotic跟 psychotic（精神病發作）不是同一回事 though though不過 a very bad spell發作很嚴重的時候 can look confusing from the outside從外面看可能會讓人搞混。

The trouble starts after a deep shock and can last a long time without help.

The trouble這個困擾是 starts after a deep shock在受到很深的打擊之後開始的 and and 如果 can last a long time可能會持續很長一段時間 without help沒有得到協助。