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[MCU] Why is Tony Stark more traumatized by the New York incident than being kidnapped by terrorists?

It seems like being kept in a bunker for three months and forced to make weapons for a terrorist organization would have more emotional impact than one fight with aliens and almost falling to death from the sky. Remember, Stark had a similar falling incident in the first movie and he seemed unfazed, so why did he get PTSD from the fight in New York when he's clearly been through worse?
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Possibly due to the fact that he felt like he had some sense of control over the bunker incident. he was actively developing a plan to escape and turn it on his captors. In the Battle of New York, he had already been exposed to extreme stressors (fighting with Captain America, trying to prevent the Helicarrier from crashing, being tossed out a window) with no time to process or deal with them.

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Often times, humans can manage stressors if they have time to process through them. in this instance, Tony simply had too many traumas to manage.