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POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
In simple words, PTSD makes one feel stressed and afraid after the danger is over. It affects your life and the people around you.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder that develops in some people who have experienced a shocking, scary, or dangerous event. It is natural to feel afraid during and after a traumatic situation.
Fear is a part of the body’s “fight-or-flight” response, which helps us avoid or respond to potential danger. People may experience a range of reactions after trauma, and most people recover from initial symptoms over time. Those who continue to experience problems may be diagnosed with PTSD.
Living through or seeing something that’s upsetting and dangerous can cause PTSD. This can include:
- Being a victim of or seeing violence
- The death or serious illness of a loved one
- War or combat Car accidents and plane crashes
- Hurricanes, tornadoes, and fires Violent crimes, like robbery or shooting.
Many other things can cause PTSD. Talk to your doctor/therapist if you are troubled by something that happened to you or someone you care about.
PTSD happens at different times for different people. Signs & symptoms of PTSD may initiate soon after a frightening event and then continue thereafter. Other people may develop new or severe signs & symptoms, sometimes months or even years later.
Symptoms of PTSD usually begin within 3 months of the traumatic event, but they sometimes emerge later. To meet the criteria for PTSD, a person must have symptoms for longer than 1 month, and the symptoms must be severe enough to interfere with aspects of daily life, such as relationships or work. The symptoms also must be unrelated to medication, substance use, or other illness.
There are various symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Some of them are as follows:
- Bad dreams
- Flashbacks, or feeling like the scary event is happening again
- Scary thoughts you can’t control
- Staying away from places and things that remind you of what happened
- Feeling worried, guilty, or sad Feeling alone
- Trouble sleeping Feeling on edge Angry outbursts
- Thoughts of hurting yourself or others.
To be diagnosed with PTSD, an adult must have all of the following for at least 1 month:
- At least one re-experiencing symptom
- At least one avoidance symptom
- At least two arousal and reactivity symptoms
- At least two cognition and mood symptoms
A mental health professional who has experience in treating people with trauma can help you. Treatment may include “talk” therapy, medication, or both.
Treatment might take as little as 6 to 12 weeks for some people or longer for others, which might depend on various factors. Treatment is not the same for everyone. What works for someone might not work for someone else.
Therapy has three main goals:
- Improve symptoms
- Teach skills to deal in a healthy way
- Restore self-esteem
Most PTSD therapies fall under the umbrella of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The idea is to change the thought patterns that are disturbing your life. This might happen through talking about your trauma or concentrating on where your fears come from.
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