PTSD.
The term Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is one that we have grown accustomed to hearing over the last decade. Anyone who has been a victim of a life-threatening or otherwise traumatic experience can suffer from PTSD. From victims of war to domestic violence, verbal abuse to being raped, many forms of incident can leave a person suffering from the damaging psychological effects of PTSD. It’s a common problem, and one that can affect us in many ways that we might never have assumed
Most of the time, symptoms flare up almost immediately and will need some form of treatment. Other times, though, the incident can include some of these common symptoms in general:
- A constant return to the trauma and an inability to stop replaying the problem over in your head. Even when you want to shut down for the night, the effects of the incident replay in your mind.
- You may also suffer from flashbacks and nightmares to the event, making it hard for you to escape the event or to avoid finding reminders in the event in many normal tasks.
- Constant alertness and an inability to drop your guard and find any kind of inner safety. You will be easy to irritate and to anger, and you will find it hard to deal with negative issues in your life.
- Physical issues such as nausea, rapid breathing, tension in the muscles and an increased heart rate are commonplace in those who are suffering from the effects of PTSD, too.
- A desire to hide from the issue and to try and avoid any kind of reminder of the incident at any stage in your life.
- Emotional numbness and an inability to find any kind of meaningful attachment, even in activities that once made you feel energised and excited overall.
PTSD.
The term Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is one that we have grown accustomed to hearing over the last decade. Anyone who has been a victim of a life-threatening or otherwise traumatic experience can suffer from PTSD. From victims of war to domestic violence, verbal abuse to being raped, many forms of incident can leave a person suffering from the damaging psychological effects of PTSD. It’s a common problem, and one that can affect us in many ways that we might never have assumed.
Most of the time, symptoms flare up almost immediately and will need some form of treatment. Other times, though, the incident can include some of these common symptoms in general:
Common problems with PTSD
One of the most common problems that you will likely face when you suffer from PTSD is an inability to regulate and manage your emotions to a healthy and safe level. This often becomes a major problem later on in life, and will likely go some way to making it hard for you to manage your emotions; what you once showed empathy with, you may no longer be able to.
You might also struggle to manage your emotions properly, making it harder to be in functional relationships. You can find it hard to get close with someone else, and may feel a constant disconnect with someone who you would normally be very close with. This might make it hard for you to form positive relationships, and it can mean that you have a negative sense of self.
When you feel negative about yourself, it’s often very hard to come out of the other side with a positive frame of mind. If you would like to try and do so then we recommend that you look at the popular means of treatment. A failure to treat a sense of negative self-image will make it hard for you to ever return to a sense of personal fulfilment.
Dealing with PTSD.
Feeling ‘better’ from PTSD is a long-term program, usually involves counselling, treatment and support. Psychotherapy is a common choice to help you talk about the issues at hand and try to face and re-live the problem head on. You have many options, most of which are centred around trying to get you to change your general understanding of these thoughts and help you to manage your response to the actions that you feel are dictated by your PTSD.
Many people find that forms of therapy, including cognitive behavioural therapy, eye movement reprocessing, psychodynamic therapy, cognitive processing and exposure therapy that you can tap into the right methods of personal progress. Everyone is different though, and you will find that the solution for you may be entirely different to the solution for someone else.
The best thing that you can do for PTSD is appreciate that a solution does exist. If you turn to dealing with PTSD as a long-term plan, then you should look to appreciate that options do exist for genuine change and self-improvement as time goes on.
That being said, the first issue has to be accepting that you need help overcoming the problems you face. Once you do this, it becomes much easier to believe in a more optimistic outcome down the line.
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