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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