Hi there, I’m going to open up about something that was a little traumatic for me, that I have opened up about before so I might miss a few details 

I witnessed a gang related drug deal murder when I was 11 years old, I went to middle school in a general dangerous neighborhood and I hung out with some people who weren’t involved in the most civil things. Now I didn’t directly see it, but I was waiting outside a house for my friend when I heard a gunshot and a man walked out with blood on his shoes and a gun in his pocket. My friend at the time wasn’t the one who got killed. 

This event along with others has prevented me from going back to that neighborhood ever. I have a friend who lives near the area and whenever we walk around the place all I can think about is that event, all the past issues with the school, and other personal things. I get flushed with severe anxiety whenever I’m there. So bad that I want to cry and run away from there. Mostly fear, since the area is dangerous.

However I don’t have flashbacks or common panic attacks, nothing of that sort but the anxiety I have, would it still count as ptsd or just anxiety? Thank you