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I will never forget the first time my trauma therapist told me I had CPTSD. I had been in denial for a very long time. I knew I had trauma in my life. I denied it was PTSD. I somehow imagined PTSD was only for soldiers who had been hunkered down in gunfire away from their families. I felt like PTSD was something you could only have if you sacrificed your life for something greater than yourself such as the military and first responders do. I was just a “wife.” How could I hav