= Sense of current threat
The experience that danger is present now, even when a reminder refers to a past event. The cognitive model of <Post-traumatic stress disorder>[PTSD] links this to <Cognitive appraisal>[appraisals] and trauma-memory properties rather than simply the historical severity of the event.<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]{ref}
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