Complex trauma either exists, or it doesn’t. Choose one.
(It actually exists, sadly, but some people are too busy licking boots, kissing ass, or looking out for themselves to even hear that.)
We survivors don’t get to pick and choose when it exists. We barely get any say at all. (Which is a central part of the problem.) But doctors get to, apparently.
As far as clinical documentation goes, complex trauma isn’t “real.” It is often ignored, hidden, and punished. But it is almost never heard. It’s just written under something else (like Depression, Borderline, or something.) Complex trauma is treated with stand-ins, instead of what it actually is. Like a poor body double, if you will, who doesn’t even do the job well.