are you saying that complex post traumatic stress disorder is different in some ways from PTSD or are you saying that the cause is different but it has the same characteristics as ptsd , or do both apply?

If the best chance of recovery for ptsd is to be treated as soon as possible, than complex post traumatic stress disorder by definition has a low chance of recovery?

I have thought about this in the past, never having heard of c-ptsd, that the definition of the cause of ptsd was very narrow and that people can become traumatized over time without having one specific life threatening incident.

I would imagine that this cause or type of ptsd is not accepted by the whole medical community at this time.