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About post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Hildagard Swanzy by Hildagard Swanzy
July 26, 2020
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A patient’s guide to PTSD 

Know the basics on signs and symptoms, treatment.

Overview

Post traumatic stress disorder is a mental illness that develops after a person is exposed to traumatic event, such as sexual assault, traffic collisions, child abuse or other threats on a person’s life.
People with PSTD feel a heightened sense of danger. Their natural fight-or-flight response is altered, causing them to feel stressed or fearful, even when they are safe.

Symptoms of PSTD

PSTD symptoms are generally grouped into four types; intrusive memories, avoidance, negative changes in thinking and mood and changes in physical and emotional reactions.

Intrusive memories 

symptoms include :

  • flashbacks
  • recurrent, unwanted distressing memories of the traumatic event
  • nightmares about the traumatic event
  • severe emotional distress
Avoidance 
  • trying to avoid thinking or talking about the traumatic event
  • Avoid places, activities or people that remind you of traumatic event
Negative changes in thinking and mood 
  • hopelessness about the future
  • difficulty maintaining close relationship
  • feeling detached from family and friends
  • difficulty experiencing positive emotions
  • feeling emotionally numb
Changes in physical and emotional reactions 
  • always being on guard for danger
  • trouble sleeping
  • trouble concentrating
  • overwhelming guilt
  • being easily startled
  • self destructive behaviors such as drinking too much or driving too much

Treatment of PSTD

Treatment involves therapy and medications.
• Cognitive behavioral therapy or talk therapy this encourages one to process the traumatic event and change the negative thinking patterns linked to it.

• medication – anti depressants, anti-anxiety drugs and sleep aids help symptoms of depression and anxiety.

 

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  1. Enoch Koranteng says:
    4 years ago

    I know in tort law that PTSD requires a stressor. Now you made me understand that there must be an alteration in the natural fight-or-flight response; and the effect is a heightened sense of danger. Many thanks for the education.

    Can you kindly share some details on the natural fight-or-flight response?
    Thank you .

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    • Hildagard Tetteh says:
      4 years ago

      The natural fight- or – flight response is termed as hyperarousal or the acute stress response. It’s a reaction ( a physiological reaction as such ) that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event, attack or threat. The response is triggered by the release of hormones that prepare the body to either stay and deal deal with a threat or to run away to safety.

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