How can people with PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, heal their minds?

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PTSD stands for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder , which is a mental illness when faced with a severely traumatic event. Resulting in severe stress, whether it is shock, sadness from the loss that happened to yourself or others, torture from physical abuse of แทงบอล UFABET ราคาดีที่สุด ไม่มีขั้นต่ำ yourself and those close to you, such as seeing others die in front of your eyes, being locked up, raped, robbed, murdered, or being involved in a serious incident or accident, such as riots, wars, fires, earthquakes, floods, etc.

These memories are so traumatic that they cause problems in working, socializing, and daily life.

Symptoms of PTSD

Symptoms of PTSD are roughly divided into two stages:

  1. The grieving period is the period of immediate suffering after the event has ended. It is a sudden stress that can lead to neurosis.
  2. The second stage may occur after the incident has passed for a while. Symptoms may occur for 1 month or may last for years. Symptoms that may occur include:
  • Frequent recurring hallucinations
  • It causes alertness, caution, panic that the same thing might happen again, causing anger, agitation, restlessness, insomnia, difficulty concentrating, and stress.
  • Avoid hearing stories that are similar to violent events, such as crimes or disasters in the media or talking about related stories from people around you.
  • You start to feel negative about yourself, blame yourself, see your own worth, feel unhappy no matter what you do, don’t want to do things that you used to do and were happy, to the point where you don’t want to live anymore and may even lead to suicide.

PTSD risk group

  1. I was physically and mentally abused by others when I was a child.
  2. Having trouble socializing, not having friends or family to be by your side or to help you.
  3. Always relying on others, unable to help yourself
  4. Already have mental illness, such as depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety.
  5. Inexperienced or having trouble adapting to new things
  6. Women are more likely to develop PTSD than men.

Treatment of PTSD Patients

First, you and those around you must closely observe the symptoms of those who have experienced these serious events. If you find yourself or those people have problems that cause difficulty in living or that begin to have obvious negative effects on your health , such as losing your appetite to the point of losing weight, looking haggard, pale, and not taking care of yourself as before, you should consult a psychiatrist as soon as possible to assess your symptoms and receive proper treatment. Treatment may include psychological therapy, confronting your fears and overcoming them, practicing stress relief by yourself, participating in group therapy, sharing your experiences with others, and possibly receiving medication to relieve the stress that has arisen.