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= Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: =

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD) is an emotional illness that develops as a result of a terribly frightening, life-threatening, or a highly unsafe experience. People who suffer from PTSD tend to re-experince their tragic event(s) in some way. Those who do re-experience their tragic event suffer from avoidance. They avoid people, places, and other objects that remind them of that event and become sensitive to everyday life experiences. Anyone from elders to little kids can suffer from this disorder, it is just not soliders. PTSD was not given its name until 1980, but it is has likely to have been around since humans have endured trauma. For more information on PTSD go to: __ [|National Center for PTSD] __

**Symptoms of PTSD:**
Some symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder are: If these symptoms occur for less than one month the patient may only have acute stress disorder, but if they last more than three months the patient may be diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder.
 * flashbacks
 * nightmares of the tragic event
 * avoidance to the point of phobias of people and places
 * trouble sleeping
 * lack of intrest in activities they once enjoyed
 * emotional deadness

** Treatments for PTSD: **

 * Behavior Therapy
 * Family Therapy
 * Support Groups
 * Medication

Other Names for PTSD:
** Here are stories of people with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ** [|Veterans of the Vietnam War]
 * combat fatigue
 * gross stress reaction
 * post-Vietnam syndrome
 * battle fatigue
 * shell shock

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