POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

Post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD) develops after a terrifying ordeal that involved physical harm or threat of physical harm. the person who develops PTSD may have been the one who was harmed, the harm may have happened to a loved one , or the person may have witnessed a harmful event that happened to loved ones or friend.

PTSD was was first brought to public attention in relation to war vetrans,but it can result from a verity of traumatic incidents ,such as mugging, rape, torture, being kidnapped or held captive, child abuse, car accidents, train wrecks, plane crashes bombings, or natural disasters such as floods or earthquakes.

poieple with PTSD may startle easily , become emotionally numb(espesially in relation to people to whom they used to be close),lose interest in things they used to enjoy , have touble have trouble feeling affectionate, be irritable,become more agrressive, or even become violent. they avoid situations that remind them of the original incident,and aniversaries of the incident are often difficult.PTSD symptoms seem to be worse if the event that triggered them was deliberately initiated by another person,as in mugging or kidnapping.

most people with PTSD rpeatedly relive the trauma in their thoughts during the the day and in the nightmareswhen they sleep.these are called flahbacks . flashbacks may consit of images,sounds smells or feelings,and are are often triggered by ordinary occurences,such as door slammingor or a car car backfiring on the street.a person having a flshback may lose touch with reality and believe that the traumatic incident is happening all over again.

certain kinds of psychoterapy usully treat the symptoms PTSD very effectively.