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PTSD

PTSD
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 PTSD (jokingly: a strong aversion or flashback)
  2. 2 to be triggered (informal Chinese internet usage)
  3. 3 post-traumatic stress disorder

Examples

一听到那首歌我就PTSD。
Yì tīngdào nà shǒu gē wǒ jiù PTSD.
Hearing that song instantly triggers me / gives me PTSD.
被那个老板骂过的人都对开会PTSD了。
Bèi nàge lǎobǎn mà guò de rén dōu duì kāihuì PTSD le.
Anyone who's been yelled at by that boss has developed PTSD around meetings.

Tips

culture
On Chinese internet slang PTSD has been semantically softened — it's used the way English speakers use 'triggered' or 'I'm scarred'. Around 2019 it spread from gaming and idol fandom forums into mainstream Weibo / Bilibili usage. Saying 我对X PTSD了 means 'I've developed an aversion / flashback to X.'
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Internet slang. Pronounced letter-by-letter (P-T-S-D) in Mandarin. Inappropriate in clinical or serious mental-health contexts; in those use the full Chinese term 创伤后应激障碍 (chuāngshāng hòu yìngjī zhàng'ài).