Help Guide for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Overview

• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can be
  arising after you have been through a traumatic
  event. A traumatic event is something horrible
  and unfriendly that you see hears about, like
  child sexual or physical abuse, terrorist attack,
  sudden death of a loved one, rape, etc.
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an
  anxiety disorder.

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Sign and Symptoms

• PTSD can cause many symptoms. These symptoms
  define into three category.
• Re-Experiencing symptoms
• Flashbacks- reliving the trauma over and over,
  including physical symptoms ( heart beat or
  sweating).
• Bad Dreams and Frightening thoughts.

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• Avoidance Symptoms
• Stay away from places, events that reminders of
  the experience.
• Losing interest in activity that enjoy in past
• Feel about guilty.
• Feeling depression and worry
• Feeling emotionally numb

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• Hyper arousal Symptoms
• Having difficulty sleeping
• Irritability or outbursts of anger
• Difficulty in concentration
• Feeling Tense
• Physical aches and pains
• Depression and hopelessness
• Guilt, shame and self-blame

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Symptoms of PTSD in Children

• Fear of being separated from parent
• Sleep problems and nightmares
• Irritability and aggression
• Forgetting how or being unable to talk
• Aches and pains with no apparent cause
• Acting out the scary event during playtime
• Older children and teens usually show symptoms
  more like those seen in adults.

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Risk Factor of PTSD

• Family history of PTSD or depression
• History of physical or sexual abuse
• High level of stress in everyday
• Previous traumatic experience in early life
• History of anxiety or other mental illness.
• Getting Hurt
• No Social Support or having little

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Types of Treatment for PTSD

• Trauma- focused cognitive-behavioral therapy
• Family and Friends Support
• Daily Medication
• EMDR (Eye Desensitization and Reprocessing)

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Overcoming Agoraphobia Extreme Anxiety Disorders

• By Tim OLawler

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