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post-traumatic stress disorder

post-trau·mat·ic stress dis·or·der


noun 
Definition:
 
condition following trauma: a psychological condition affecting people who have suffered severe emotional trauma as a result of an experience such as combat, crime, or natural disaster, and causing sleep disturbances, flashbacks, anxiety, tiredness, and depression

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