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PTSD - What it is.

PTSD is a condition that results after a traumatic event where symptoms persist for over a month.  The DSM-V recognizes four symptom clusters:
  • intrusive memories
    • flashbacks, distressing memories, emotional distress around reminders of traumatic event(s)
  • avoidance
    • avoiding thoughts, conversations, place, activities, and people that are associated to traumatic event(s)
  • negative changes in mood and thoughts
    • negative thoughts, hopelessness, forgetting important details of traumatic event(s), difficulty maintaining close relationships. feeling detached from close relationships, lack of interest in previously enjoyed activities, difficulty experiencing positivity, emotional numbing
  • changes in physical and emotional responses
    • ​easily startled, hypervigilant or on-guard, self-destructive behaviors (excessive drinking, fast driving, etc.), difficulty sleeping, difficulty concentrating, hyperarousal, hypoarousal, overwhelming guilt or shame

5/4/2020
"What's it like living with PTSD?"
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