Post-traumatic embitterment disorder

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Post-traumatic embitterment disorder (PTED) is a pathological response to a single adverse life event perceived by the affected individual as a serious insult, humiliation, or injustice. The predominant emotions are persistent embitterment, anger, and hatred, particularly toward the triggering stressor, often accompanied by intrusive memories of the event and fantasies of revenge. The disorder emerges immediately following the triggering event. Unlike "ordinary" adjustment disorders, which usually subside within six months, PTED typically becomes chronic. The prognosis is generally unfavorable without treatment, as affected individuals may become trapped in a vicious cycle of mutually reinforcing negative emotions and thoughts. In addition to the classic form of PTED triggered by a single event, a 2018 study identified three additional forms of pathological embitterment: non-reactive embitterment, or embitterment-prone personality, where no specific trigger can be identified; secondary...

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