An event that involves actual or threatened death or serious injury to self or others and creates intense feelings of fear, helplessness, or horror is defined by the DSM-IV-TR as involving

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The DSM-IV-TR defines a traumatic event as involving actual or threatened death or serious injury to self or others and creating intense feelings of fear, helplessness, or horror. Therefore, traumatic stress is the most appropriate term to describe the psychological response to such an event. Numbness and stress are not specific enough to describe the experience of a traumatic event, and eustress refers to a positive form of stress, which is not applicable in this context.

An Event That Involves Actual or Threatened Death or Serious