Creating Waves of Awareness 1. The person experienced, witnessed
or was confronted with an event that involved actual or
threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical
integrity of others. 2. The person's response involved intense
fear, helplessness or horror. Note: In children, this may be
expressed instead by disorganized or agitated behavior. B. The
traumatic event is persistently re-experienced in one (or more)
of the following ways: 1. Recurrent and intrusive distressing
recollections of the event, including images, thoughts or
perceptions. Note: In young children, repetitive play may occur
in which themes or aspects of the trauma are expressed.
2.Recurrent distressing dreams of the event. Note: In children,
there may be frightening dreams without recognizable content. 3.
Acting or feeling as if the traumatic event were recurring
(includes a sense of reliving the experience, illusions,
hallucinations and dissociative flashback episodes, including
those that occur on awakening or when int