As I noted about a decade ago when I first tackled âhighfalutin,â the origin of the word is uncertain. The reader who sent in that question in 1999 had heard that âhighfalutinâ originally denoted a fine grade of flour used to make a superior sort of bread.
Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is characterized by symptoms that include intense fear, helplessness, and/or horror that a person experiences following an exposure to a traumatic event. The traumatic event can include an actual or threatened death or a threat to oneâs or another personâs physical integrity.
Consultation with Medical Advisory should be considered. 1  Experiencing a severe stressor * before the clinical onset, or clinical worsening, of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. * 2  A severe stressor is a direct personal experience of an event that involves actual or threatened death or serious injury, or other threat to one's physical integrity; or ...efinition. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is characterized by the onset of psychiatric symptoms after exposure to a traumatic event.