Friday, August 14, 2015
Living With Sever PTSD: Living With PTSD Continued
Living With Sever PTSD: Living With PTSD Continued: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is Hard to Live With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is something that is hard to live with, b...
Living With Sever PTSD: Living With PTSD Continued
Living With Sever PTSD: Living With PTSD Continued: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is Hard to Live With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is something that is hard to live with, b...
Living With PTSD Continued
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is Hard to
Live With
Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder is something that is hard to live with, because a person is replaying
a traumatic event that happened in their life. This is a play back of the event
that a person has to live with on a daily bases, whether it is something they
want to remember or not. The family of the person living with this disorder
will have a hard time as well, because the person looks good on the outside but
has the issues on the inside. When the person does not talk about it the family
seem to forget that anything is wrong with the person. The person fighting PTSD
can be shunned by his /her peers, because people do not understand what is
going on with the person.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a
real disorder due to a person seeing a traumatic event, being in a war,
hurricane, seeing a dangerous event, or a rape victim. Post- Traumatic Stress
Disorder can come at any age even children get it too. What happens is that a
person will become really stressed and afraid from the event, the person will
show signs of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The time frame that a person will
show symptoms of PTSD really depends on the person. Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder can occur at any age and time after a tragedy. The person can show
signs right after the frightening event and then continue or other people can
develop new symptoms or more sever signs months to years later.
When the person is shunned they do
not understand why this has happened but will be hurt and feel alone. This
person is suffering with feelings of helplessness and will get depressed.
People around this person do not really understand what their loved one is
really going through. People with PTSD do not know how to tell their loved ones
that they have these feelings of helplessness and hurt feeling, they just know
something is going on with them. The family and friends shun them, which can
make the matters worse because this is the time that a person with Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder really needs their family and friends.
A person with PTSD will feel overwhelmed with
feelings of depression and anger because they relive the traumatic event over
and over, the person will have flashbacks and this person does not know how to
deal with this traumatic event and relieve the stress that they feel. They will
start to have scary thoughts they can not control, feelings of guilt, sadness
or worry, trouble sleeping, bursts of anger, feeling on edge or thoughts of
hurting yourself or others (National Institute of Mental Health).
The person living with this post
traumatic stress disorder and will need to get help be a psychologist because
there is a behavioral therapy that can be done with the person that is
suffering from this horrible disorder. This will get the person to understand
what is really happening to them and how to deal with the situation.
This is not a human error because it
has happened by something that was a tragedy or an accident. In some cases yes,
this could be, because of a human error; for example, when someone gets hurt
from a gunshot, killed unexpectedly in front of you and the person feels
helpless, a rape victim or you have been in a war and seen several different things
going on in life.
When all these tragedies happen
there is nothing that we can do different to get them to stop because they are
accidents and you are just a person in the spot at the wrong time. A person
that had PTSD will relive this accident over and over in their life until the
person gets help. This person will hide the traumatic event from the ones that
they love if this has happened in the past and before the loved ones, because
they do not want to talk about it for the fact it brings the feelings back. The
person will try to deal with getting rid of the stress or depressing and the
replay on their own, but it will get worse if they go untreated.
Treatment is figuring out what
triggers the PTSD and how to calm a person with it. There are many ways to
treat PTSD after finding the trigger. The treatment can take six-months to a
year or longer depending on the person. The treatment is talk therapy,
medication or both (National Institute of Mental Health). We need to find out how
can we shut off the replay of the traumatic event in this person’s mind and
help them find that equal balance. The doctors can also prescribe
antidepressants to help with a relief in this position. Treatment will also be
with the person’s family to help them understand what is really going on and
how to help the loved one relax and live a normal life.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a
disorder that people are just starting to hear about but not really
understanding that the person looks normal, acts normal, but will act out
strangely or angry at different times over something that triggers this
disorder to pop out. People are in need of getting help with PTSD, so that they
can live a normal life that they dreamed to live. Family and friends need to
get help for someone they think might have PTSD so that they can all live a
full life. If you feel that your family member had Bipolar disorder get them
checked out it could be PTSD.
Work Cited:
Mayo
Clinic Staff. “Post Traumatic Stress Disorder”, www.mayoclinic.com. Mayo Clinic 8 April 2011, web 5 May 2013
National
Institute of Mental Health. “Post Traumatic Stress Disorder”. www.nimh.nih.gov. National
Institute of Mental Health. Web. 8 May 2013
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Living With Sever PTSD: Dealing With PTSD In Everyday Life
Living With Sever PTSD: Dealing With PTSD In Everyday Life: Dealing With PTSD in Everyday Life PTSD is defined as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and is a psychological disorder that ...
Dealing With PTSD In Everyday Life
Dealing With PTSD in Everyday Life
PTSD is defined as Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder and is a psychological disorder that has gone unnoticed for
years and is now becoming quite common. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder will
start with Acute Stress Disorder (ASD), this will happen two to four weeks
after the traumatic event. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder has been called
several different things from Shell Shock to Battle Fatigue. This disorder has
several different key points and can come out at anytime. A person with PTSD
has had something traumatic in his/her life happen to have something trigger
it. The Military has been diagnosing the soldiers who have been in war. Doctors
are finding that this is not only effecting military personal but also others
that have been traumatized in their life.
Dr. Matthew Freidman of the National
Center for PTSD states that PTSD is a disorder that hits people whom have seen
or been in a tragedy. The Tragedy can be anything from Abuse, Natural Disaster,
Terrorism, and Violence. Mary McNulty written for the Gayle Virtual Reference
Library has written that PTSD will hit
several people in life from Children to Adults it is not partial to anyone. There
are a lot of different trigger points that can make this Disorder show up.
PTSD is a sickness that has its ups
and downs but can affect lives of family members if person goes untreated. The
families want to help the person with PTSD but the affected person needs to be
the one that will make the final decision to go to a doctor to get help. The family
can feel helpless at times, because they cannot make a person get help even
when they need to. The person with PTSD can be very hard to deal with or live
with but if you understand what is going on you might be able to speak the your
loved one and get them help.
PTSD the psychological side and how
it affects people. There are children that will see a traumatic event whether
it was seeing there parent dead or something like child abuse that will bring
out this anger and psychological point in the children’s life. Children are to
be sheltered from the stuff that really happens in the world but see it happen
without understanding. When the child grows to an adult they start to have
night sweats and anger that will come at any point and time. When a person has
been in the war and military they tend to see a lot and have to make a lot of
decisions. The person has to kill someone and see his/her friend or neighbor die
and get blown up. This can make a person go into shock and then he/she will
start to dream about these horrible sights.
PTSD symptoms can start within three
months of the traumatic event, but can go away within 6 months. PTSD does not
develop until years after the initial trauma occurred (McNulty). Stress, depression, anxiety and substance
abuse just some of the symptoms that a person with PTSD (Military.com). The stress of something can bring this
horrible disorder to rear its ugly head. People around the person can see this
but the person that has it will not know what is happening. This sometimes does
not help to keep friends that do not understand. There are several symptoms for
PTSD that will allow this ugly disorder to appear without a warning.
PTSD can be triggered with sights, sounds
and smells to make the ugly monster deep inside come out of hiding. When a
person is seen as someone normal and then this monster comes out, this could be
a scary sight. That is when people tend to run and stay away from this person,
because all you see is anger. Psychologist can help a person clear up this
monster.
PTSD will not occur until years
after the trauma has occurred (McNulty).
What people do not realize is that this person is reliving this event or events
over and over again in their mind with flashbacks too. When having these
flashbacks the person will feel that this event is real and happening now. This
can cause quite a lot of mental issues for a person to go through daily,
hourly, or minute bases, when they are just trying to forget about it and move
forward with their life. This will put anger into that person daily.
PTSD could have hit one of your
loved ones. This is something that you as a person should look back and think
of what has happened in someone’s life before you judge on what type of person
they are. If you look back into a person that has been suffering with PTSD but
not addressed that they have it, you might see that they have a problem and it
is not something that can be faulted on them. People tend to pass judgment on
others without knowing their life or what has happened in it. PTSD can be
treated and should be treated to help the person stop suffering with this
disorder. Treatment for PTSD is getting cognitive- behavior therapy; group
therapy and exposure therapy are showing promises (McNulty). The family should go to therapy with the person suffering form
PTSD because they will understand what is really going on and how to help them
cope with the post tramatic stress disorder. The Doctor can prescribe antidepressant,
because these will help you feel less sad and worried (United States of the Department of Veterns
Affair). The person with PTSD can chose
to have individual therapy and family therapy on different days (United States of the Department of Veterns
Affair). Treatment can last for about 3 to 6 months depending on the counselor
and how they feel you are doing with treatment
(United States of the Department of Veterns Affair).
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder does
not just affect any one person but will affect the whole family if not helped.
This disorder has ruined several people’s lives. If you have any signs of PSTD
treatment is needed. There are not really any treatments for this disorder
right now, but the doctors will teach you how to use relaxation techniques.
Yoga and dance therapy help patients work with the physical as well as the
emotional tensions that either promote anxiety or are created by the anxiety (McNulty).
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder can affect a
person that has had a traumatic event and should be in cognitive therapy to
start the process before it gets worse. The family should go to counseling and
make sure they understand what Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder is and how they
can help their loved one cope with this horrible disorder.
Work Cited:
McNulty, Mary. “Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder.” http//:go.galegroup.com, The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine. ED.
Laurie J. Fundukian. 3rd ed. Vol 3 Detroit:
Gale, 2009 1782-1787 GaleVirtual
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US Department of Affairs. “Trauma
and PTSD.” www.ptsd.va.gov, The National Center for PTSD. N.P. Web. 21 April
2013.
Zoroya, Gregg. “Psychologist: Nave
Faces Crisis.” USA Today 17 Jan. 2007: 10A. Opposing
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