Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ( Ptsd ) - 1519 Words

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder It is common for individuals who have gone through a traumatic experience to feel many types of emotions, to include distress, fear, helplessness, guilt, shame or anger. The individual may begin to feel better after just a few days or weeks, but sometimes these feelings don’t go away. If the symptoms last for more than a month, they may be experiencing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD and should seek professional help. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, once known as shell shock or battle fatigue syndrome is a serious condition that occurs when someone goes through something extremely stressful and traumatic. Some common traumas are military combat, natural disasters, significant accidents, or physical†¦show more content†¦If it does not go away by then, the individual may be categorized as a chronic sufferer of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Recovery from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a gradual and ongoing process with symptoms that seldom disappear complet ely. Often the main focus of treatment is to assist the victim with learning coping strategies that can be enhanced through individual experience. There are four main categories used to diagnose individuals with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms. People with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder will relive, avoid, have negative moods, and have an increase in arousal. When people relive the traumatic event they will have flashbacks of things that occurred. Sometimes these happen as nightmares or hallucinations. Sometimes certain dates may make it worse. The person being effected with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder will avoid people and places. The isolation from friends and family can lead to feeling detached. They may even lose interest in things they once enjoyed. The victim may start having excessive emotions. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder can make you feel like you can’t relate to others, have loss of sleep, and outbreaks in anger. Children do not react the same way to trauma as adults. They normally have extreme reactions. Children who are 6 years old and younger start wetting the bed after they’ve learned to use the