Startup life may be tough, but it does not cause PTSD. PTSD is literally a thing that is medically defined. They may have came away from their startup journey in a bad place and in need of mental care but almost certainly they did not come away from it with PTSD.

It is insulting to those of us who have it when someone says their stress and anxiety are anywhere close to the symptoms we have from PTSD. Just like it's insulting to say you have OCD when you like to have thing colour co-orientated.

You are not a psychiatrist. Stop diagnosing people. An acquaintance of mine did get PTSD from startup life. Yes, medically diagnosed. This being HN, you won’t have trouble finding such people.

Just because some people exaggerate doesn’t mean it can’t happen, and kindly, quit the whiteknighting when you’re doing exactly what you’re accusing others to do.

> Stop diagnosing people.

I pointed out it's very unlikely to get it from a startup and when someone said they had it I asked if it was diagnosed. They went on to say it wasn't.

> quit the whiteknighting

I don't think you know what that means. You're using it wrong.