What is PTSD?
A horrific event can cause post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a mental health disease that can be brought on by experiencing it or seeing it. Flashbacks, nightmares, excruciating anxiety, and uncontrollable thoughts about the incident are just a few possible symptoms.
Causes of PTSD
Events of the following kinds can result in PTSD:
Major mishaps
Abuse of any kind, including physical or sexual assault, domestic or child abuse
Work-related trauma exposure, including distant exposure
Major health issues, such being hospitalized to a hospital's intensive care unit
Experiences related to delivery, such as losing a baby
Losing a loved one
War and conflict
Symptoms of PTSD
The main symptoms of PTSD are:
Reliving the traumatic incident through upsetting, unwelcome memories, intense nightmares, and/or flashbacks are the core symptoms of PTSD. When the traumatic experience is brought to mind, this might also entail feeling extremely distressed or having strong physical reactions like heart palpitations or being unable to breathe.
Avoiding anything or anybody that triggers recollections of the traumatic experience, including activities, locations, people, ideas, or feelings.
Negative emotions and thoughts, such as fear, rage, guilt, or frequently feeling flat or numb. A person may feel cut off from friends and family, accuse himself or others of what transpired during or after the traumatic experience, or lose interest in day-to-day activities.
Risk Factors of PTSD
Some factors that increase risk for PTSD include:
Going through traumatic or risky events
Suffering harm
Viewing a dead body or another person being wounded
Traumatized childhood
Having a terrible, hopeless, or terrifying feeling
After the occurrence, having little to no social support
Who's at Risk
After experiencing a traumatic occurrence, you may be more likely to experience sadness or anxiety, or you may not get as much support from family or friends.
PTSD might also be influenced by genetics. For instance, it is believed that having a parent with a mental health issue increases your risk of getting the illness.
Therapy/Treatment
What Are the PTSD Treatments?
Therapy.
Counseling for cognitive processing.
Lengthened Exposure Therapy.
Reprocessing and Eye Movement Desensitization.
Training in stress immunotherapy.
Medications.
What kind of PTSD doctor do you go to?
Psychiatrists and psychologists are two examples of the many various kinds of therapy professionals who can diagnose and treat PTSD.
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