PTSD

PTSD also known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. What is it? and How do you get it? PTSD is a disabling condition. This conditions leaves scares that can not be seen. PTSD is classified as a mental health condition and a disability. You see this type of condition in all kinds of people. Someone may suffer from PTSD after a car accident, a sexual assault. This disability is found in Veterans returning home from combat tours. This is caused by the Veteran being under a substantial amount of stress, seeing a buddy get killed, being in a direct attack and having to fight for their life. This condition affects a different percentage depending on when the veteran was deployed over seas. In the OEF OIF Iraq war the stats show that 11- 12 out of every 100 vets have PTSD. In the Golf war about 12 out of every 100 vets returned with PTSD. In Vietnam 15 out of every 100 vets returning home suffer from PTSD. The Veterans Hospital is a place to start if you feel yourself as a veteran is suffering from PTSD. Life threatening exposure is not the only reason that people in the military suffer from PTSD among the military 23 in every 100 women experience sexual assault and 55 out of 100 women as well as 38 out of 100 men have experienced sexual harassment. Someone with this mental disability suffer from things such as anger out bursts, depression, anxiety, being with drawn from every day life. This disability also causes people to suffer from sleep deprivation, chronic pain, and hypervigilance. PTSD has caused people to commit suicide. PTSD can be found in Children as well this some of the symptoms are avoidance of a place or situation that causes anyone with this disorder to be stressed. Sleep disturbance is another symptom of PTSD due to nigh mares. A person with PTSD can have very vivid flash backs of the traumatic event. These flash backs can happen out of nowhere and at any time. Flash backs can be very debilitating. Please remember no one fights this disability alone please seek help.

Just One Face Of  PTSD