A recipe metaphorically describes the ingredients and process that can result in a woman developing PTSD, including starting with a happy woman and subjecting her to trauma over 3 years through war exposure, which is then combined with emotional distress, depression, loneliness, and anger to create the final product of a woman with PTSD.

1. Recipe for a woman with PTSD
Ingredients:
1 happy woman
1 cup of bravery
1 gallon of emotional distress
½ cup of depression
3 teaspoons of loneliness
1 determined spirit
1 stick of anger
A tablespoon of anxiety
Directions:
1) First take a happy woman filled with a future and ambition and pour her into a
large bowl
2) Add one cup of bravery
3) Mix contents together then pour into a large pan
4) Stick the pan into the war and have her cook for 3 years in 100 degree Middle
Eastern weather
5) After 3 years, take out and let the pan cool off
6) Take a gallon of emotional distress and pour into a smaller bowl
7) Add ½ cup of depression into the bowl
8) Add 3 teaspoons of loneliness
9) Crack 1 determined spirit and add to the mixture
10) Add 1 stick of anger and stir the mixture until it thickens
1) Take the contents in the small bowl and slowly pour over the pan
2) Take a knife and slowly spread over the surface
3) Take a tablespoon of anxiety and sprinkle it over to get your final product