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Help Guide for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Learn how to fight with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Panic Disorder and what are the symptoms or signs and causes.

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Help Guide for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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  1. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder http://www.extremeanxietydisorders.com

  2. 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. http://www.extremeanxietydisorders.com

  3. 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. http://www.extremeanxietydisorders.com

  4. 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 http://www.extremeanxietydisorders.com

  5. 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 http://www.extremeanxietydisorders.com

  6. 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. http://www.extremeanxietydisorders.com

  7. 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 http://www.extremeanxietydisorders.com

  8. Types of Treatment for PTSD • Trauma- focused cognitive-behavioral therapy • Family and Friends Support • Daily Medication • EMDR (Eye Desensitization and Reprocessing) http://www.extremeanxietydisorders.com

  9. Overcoming Agoraphobia & Extreme Anxiety Disorders By Tim O’Lawler http://www.extremeanxietydisorders.com

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