post-traumatic embitterment disorder

== English == === Alternative forms === PTED (initialism) posttraumatic embitterment disorder, post traumatic embitterment disorder === Etymology === Coined by German psychologist and psychiatrist Michael Linden in 2003 (→DOI) together with its German equivalent posttraumatische Verbitterungsstörung. === Pronunciation === === Noun === post-traumatic embitterment disorder (countable and uncountable, plural post-traumatic embitterment disorders) (psychology) A chronic maladaptive response to a severe manifestation of a usual life occurrence shattering a core belief leading to intrusion and on the flip-side disregard for one’s own condition. ==== Translations ====