Time, before, and after time: Temporal self and social appraisals in posttraumatic stress disorder

► PTSD and trauma exposed non-PTSD individuals differ in appraisals of self over time. ► Individuals with PTSD appraise their current self less favorably than their pre-trauma self. ► Individuals without PTSD appraised their current self better than their pre-trauma self. ► Individuals without PTSD appraised their anticipated future self better than their current self. ► Individuals with and without PTSD differed in their appraisal of other trauma-exposed individuals.