Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition triggered by any traumatic event in a person’s life. When people who have been through a traumatic incident fail to cope with it and show signs of intense distress when they come across things that remind them of the event, they are considered to be suffering from PTSD. The symptoms may persist for years and interfere with daily functioning.

Signs and Symptoms

Initial symptoms of PTSD show up within the first three months of the traumatic experience. Though the tenure and severity of the illness vary, people do recover within the first six months. The main PTSD symptoms are:

Patients relive the terrifying event by experiencing nightmares, flashbacks, and hallucinations. When certain things remind them of this event, they are highly distressed.

To get away from being reminded of the traumatic experience, the individual may avoid certain places, people, or situations reminiscent of the same. This makes them detach themselves from family and friends and lose interest in pet activities.

Here, the patient displays extreme emotions; has difficulty showing affection; cannot sleep; has fits of anger, and lacks concentration. He also experiences escalated blood pressure and heart rate, fast breathing, nausea, muscular tension, and diarrhea.

The patient suffers from feelings of blame and estrangement and has dark memories of the traumatic incident.

Little children diagnosed with PTSD might develop toilet training skills, language skills, and motor skills much later than their peers.

Causes of PTSD

About one in three people who face severe trauma develop PTSD. The causes leading to this disorder include:

Domestic or childhood abuse

Serious accidents

Witnessing traumatic events either at work or remotely

Sexual or physical assault

Serious health issues

Losing babies in childbirth

War

Physical torture

Types of PTSD

PTSD can be broadly categorized into three types:

Complex PTSD:
Complex PTSD is an anxiety condition affecting war veterans, car accident victims, or those who suffered abuse or violence.

Delayed Expression:
Delayed Expression is the delayed onset of symptoms—six months or more—after the traumatic incident occurred.

Dissociative:
This includes the symptoms depersonalization and derealization. Here, one is detached from one’s thoughts, body, and environment and sees themselves as outsiders.

Treatment

PTSD is best treated with a combination of psychological therapies and medicine. They may take time to treat—perhaps even years.

Psychological Therapies

There are three main types of psychological therapies that give the best treatment results:

This type of therapy offers coping strategies.

With EMDR, the symptoms of PSTD reduce. The patient recalls the incident in great detail while making eye movements by following the finger of the psychotherapist.

With PE therapy, the patient is given the courage to face anything reminding him of his trauma. Breathing techniques help get rid of anxiety



Medicine

PTSD patients are generally given antidepressants.

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