PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD is an anxiety disorder that develops after a terrifying, traumatic event. It is a severe and ongoing emotional reaction to an ordeal wich physical or pyschological harm, injury or death was threatened or occurred to the patient or someone else. We are here for the PTSD sufferer, spouse, family and friends. If you are involved in PTSD in anyway, please help yourself by participating in this forum.