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by to1y 1341 days ago
>That's a bit like asking "why is pain after an injury a 'disorder'"?

It isn't. If anything that supports OPs point

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Disorder doesn't mean an unexpected outcome. It's a disruption in the norm for the system. The stable state for a human body is not constant pain.
I should have said (and I believe explained in the rest of the comment) that it's a bit like asking "why is pain after an injury a 'disorder'" of a person suffering from chronic pain. PTSD is a disorder beacause it is a chronic version of a completely normal accute reaction.