Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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Mar 1, 2022
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BY Panisara Aursak, Cheraim Amnuaykarn, Neeranuch Junyawattananont, Natnapin Chalermpongpakorn, Jidapa pakdeechote, Jesnaronk Jesadanont

Edited by Tanyatorn Thienpaitoon

What is PTSD?

PTSD, Post-traumatic disorder, happened to people who have been through extremely difficult situations such as fatal accidents, sexual violence or immediately lost someone important. The symptoms often occur rapidly after a shocking situation and continue developing in negative ways.

In general, People with PTSD become more vulnerable, often dream of frightening events in the past. They may have problems with sleeping that can affect their physical health and emotional health.

What are the signs of PTSD?

This uneasiness issue has many signs such as:

Re-living the awful accident through troubling, undesirable recollections, vivid bad dreams, or potentially flashbacks. These symptoms can be extremely annoying. Also, it could lead to serious responses such as heart palpitations, inability to inhale when the traumatic events are brought up.
Avoiding the badge of the terrible accident, including works out, places, people, contemplations, or feelings that bring back memories of the injury.
Critical contemplations and opinions like fear, shock, culpability, or feeling level or numb a huge load of the time. An individual could blame themselves or others for what happened during or after the appalling mishap, feel cut-off from friends and family, or lose interest in ordinary activities.
Fondling wound. This could mean experiencing difficulty dozing or focusing, feeling irate or bad-tempered, facing challenges, being handily alarmed, and continually watching for risk.
It is typical for individuals with PTSD to encounter other psychological wellness issues, feeling misery or uneasiness. Certain individuals might foster a propensity for involving liquor or medications as an approach to adapting.

What are the effects?

Mental health

Mental health has a direct impact on people with PTSD. The emotions are distress with negative thoughts, feeling hopeless, and difficulty approaching positive emotions. People with PTSD may lose memory, including not remembering important aspects of the traumatic event. They may forget the trauma, have flashbacks or nightmares, feel numb or detached from themselves. The worst-case may attempt to suicide

Physical health

There are a lot of effects that happen to the body, such as rapid heartbeat, headaches, and back pain. Long-term symptoms include chronic pain, stroke, high blood pressure, and heart disease. The body has these conditions from being sick as the body prepares to fight something dangerous. For example, the body has a faster heart rate.

Social daily life

PTSD can affect a patient's daily life in lots of ways, work, relationships, health, and other activities. The patient will have a lower efficiency with daily routine, especially the activities that relate to the situation which cause the PTSD. These conditions can also lead to other mental health issues like depression, anxiety disorder, or a specific phobia. As a result, it could lead to self-harming behavior with drugs or physical ways. People might confuse PTSD with normal anxiety or stress. PTSD patients won't be able to control themself from this behavior that impacts their daily life.

In severe cases, the patient might have suicidal thoughts or attempts. If you meet people who attempt suicide, ask for help immediately or consult their close ones. You can also seek help from a psychiatrist or Mental Health Hotline 1323.

Treatment for PTSD

There are three main ways to treat PTSD, including

1. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT

This allows the patient to adjust their thinking and behavior to make them understand the distorted thoughts by doing activities to improve the behavior.

2. Exposure Therapy

The target is to make the patient be able to cope with their fear by taking the patient into the situation that the patient fears.

3. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing or EMDR

This treatment uses the technique of eye movement and confrontational psychotherapy. This treatment makes the patient forget their fear and their memories.

References

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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