Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can occur in people who experienced a fearful event or who lived with daily trauma. The condition may occur in veterans after their return to civilian life. If symptoms occur for more than three months without improvement than getting outside help is recommended.
The following short video illustrates the most common symptoms that may occur with PTSD: [upworthy.com]
Common symptoms include:
- 1) re-experiencing the traumatic events as unwanted memories or nightmares;
- 2) avoidance of reminders of the trauma;
- 3) feeling worse about yourself or the world; and
- 4) hyper-arousal, feeling constantly on alert or experiencing sudden rushes of anger or irritability after being startled or hearing a loud noise. [upworthy.com]
Services for veterans and their families coping with PTSD are available at the Veteran’s Affairs website and the site also has self help resources and referral information available for the general public: [ptsd.va.gov] [PTSD treatment can help]
A previous post about talking to children about traumatic events that includes a list of resources about EMDR, a type of therapy that may be helpful for PTSD treatment. [link]
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