“…People with PTSD experience intrusive thoughts, hyperactivity, avoidance, and persistent negative alterations in cognition and mood (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) . The most frequent co-morbidities of the PTSD are insomnia, anxiety, memory problems, depression, addiction to specific substances, and eating disorders (Birmes et al ., 2005;Simoneau & Guay, 2008;Dégeilh et al ., 2013;Daudin & Rondier, 2014) . We investigated the role of adult age trauma awareness and preparedness on risk for PTSD among civilian and military people from civil warravaged areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo .…”