WHAT IS POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)?
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a severe anxiety disorder that
can develop after exposure to any actual or perceived traumatic event. The traumatic
event is something horrible and scary that you see happening to you, or to someone
else. This event may involve the threat of death to you or to someone else, or the
threat of physical, sexual or psychological harm, that overwhelms your ability to
cope. You may feel afraid or feel that you have no control over what is happening.
Anyone who has gone through, or perceived, a life-threatening event can develop
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
These events can include:
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Combat or military exposure.
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Child abuse (physically, emotionally or sexually)
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Sexual or physical assault
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Serious accidents
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Natural disasters
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Terrorist attacks
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First Responders
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After the event, you may feel scared, confused, or angry. If these
feelings don't go away or they get worse, you may have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD). These symptoms may disrupt your life, making it hard to continue with your
daily activities.
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PTSD DOESN’T JUST AFFECT THE SUFFERER:
It also affects the family, friends and coworkers of the sufferer.
Reuniting mind, body and spirit of someone suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD) is important, but providing a strong support group at home is a
major step in healing.
This can be hard to do if the support group at home suffers indirectly from the
effects of the loved one’s Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Our approach is to build strength into the support group. By treating, educating
and training the support group, we increase their understanding, and capability
of dealing with their loved one’s Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as well
as their own.
Reuniting mind, body and spirit goes for the support group as well as the direct
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) sufferer.
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