Sense of current threat
ID: sense-of-current-threat
The experience that danger is present now, even when a reminder refers to a past event. The cognitive model of PTSD links this to appraisals and trauma-memory properties rather than simply the historical severity of the event.[ref]
A cognitive model of posttraumatic stress disorder by Anke Ehlers and David M. Clark. Behaviour Research and Therapy 38, 319–345; current threat, trauma-memory properties and maintaining strategies
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