Brendon Heier
Ms. Thompson
Junior English 2nd Hour
28 February 2017
You feel on edge. Nightmares keep coming back. Sudden noises make you jump. You’re staying at home more and more. Could you have posttraumatic stress disorder? Military veterans and individuals with PTSD are at higher risk for aggressive behavior and suicide. They also have a higher chance of having trouble with their families. Veterans with PTSD have been found to purchase more firearms and to engage in potentially dangerous firearm related behaviors. One solution for PTSD is to provide more types of cognitive behavioral therapy. Another way is to make it easier to get and more medications needed for people with PTSD to access. In order to alleviate the number of American …show more content…
Families of the person that have PTSD have to go through a lot. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs states “Families of Veterans with PTSD experience more physical and verbal aggression”. Such families also have more instances of family violence. Violence is committed not just by the males in the family. One research study looked at male Vietnam Veterans and their female partners. The study compared partners of Veterans with PTSD to partners of those without PTSD. Females committed more family violence than their male Veteran partners with PTSD.The person's partner they are with can have just as hard of a time. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs states “PTSD can affect the mental health and life satisfaction of a Veteran's partner”. Partners often say they have a hard time coping with their partner's PTSD symptoms. Partners feel stress because their own needs are not being met. They also go through physical and emotional violence. One explanation of partners' problems is secondary traumatization. People with PTSD have a higher chance to do some kind of dangerous behaviors with firearms. Adrienne J. states “Veterans with PTSD also demonstrate higher levels of anger,hostility, and aggression than those without PTSD, which may lead to dangerous acts with firearms”. Veterans with PTSD are purchasing firearms and could do some serious damage to their loved ones or people around them …show more content…
And also medication needs to be easier for them to get. That cognitive therapy can change a lot for Veterans with PTSD Frank Lawlis states “It helps you understand that the traumatic event you lived through was not your fault”. In cognitive therapy, your therapist helps you understand and change how you can think about your trauma and its aftermath. And your goal is to understand certain thoughts about your trauma and replace them with good ones and be able to cope with feelings you are having. Another very important therapy called exposure therapy helps with your memories Frank Lawlis expresses “In exposure therapy your goal is to have less fear about your memories”. Exposure therapy is based on the idea people learn to fear thoughts,feelings, and situations that remind them of the past events. So by talking about your trauma to a therapist, you’ll learn to control your thoughts and feelings and that you’ll learn not to be afraid of your memories. The best therapy for Veterans with PTSD is family therapy. It helps the whole family not just the person. Frank Lawlis expresses “PTSD affects the whole family not just the individual”. Your kids or your partner may not understand why you get angry sometimes, or why you're under so much stress. They may feel scared, guilty, or even angry about your condition. So sitting down with a therapist with your whole family so they can understand what
Ms. Thompson
Junior English 2nd Hour
28 February 2017
You feel on edge. Nightmares keep coming back. Sudden noises make you jump. You’re staying at home more and more. Could you have posttraumatic stress disorder? Military veterans and individuals with PTSD are at higher risk for aggressive behavior and suicide. They also have a higher chance of having trouble with their families. Veterans with PTSD have been found to purchase more firearms and to engage in potentially dangerous firearm related behaviors. One solution for PTSD is to provide more types of cognitive behavioral therapy. Another way is to make it easier to get and more medications needed for people with PTSD to access. In order to alleviate the number of American …show more content…
Families of the person that have PTSD have to go through a lot. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs states “Families of Veterans with PTSD experience more physical and verbal aggression”. Such families also have more instances of family violence. Violence is committed not just by the males in the family. One research study looked at male Vietnam Veterans and their female partners. The study compared partners of Veterans with PTSD to partners of those without PTSD. Females committed more family violence than their male Veteran partners with PTSD.The person's partner they are with can have just as hard of a time. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs states “PTSD can affect the mental health and life satisfaction of a Veteran's partner”. Partners often say they have a hard time coping with their partner's PTSD symptoms. Partners feel stress because their own needs are not being met. They also go through physical and emotional violence. One explanation of partners' problems is secondary traumatization. People with PTSD have a higher chance to do some kind of dangerous behaviors with firearms. Adrienne J. states “Veterans with PTSD also demonstrate higher levels of anger,hostility, and aggression than those without PTSD, which may lead to dangerous acts with firearms”. Veterans with PTSD are purchasing firearms and could do some serious damage to their loved ones or people around them …show more content…
And also medication needs to be easier for them to get. That cognitive therapy can change a lot for Veterans with PTSD Frank Lawlis states “It helps you understand that the traumatic event you lived through was not your fault”. In cognitive therapy, your therapist helps you understand and change how you can think about your trauma and its aftermath. And your goal is to understand certain thoughts about your trauma and replace them with good ones and be able to cope with feelings you are having. Another very important therapy called exposure therapy helps with your memories Frank Lawlis expresses “In exposure therapy your goal is to have less fear about your memories”. Exposure therapy is based on the idea people learn to fear thoughts,feelings, and situations that remind them of the past events. So by talking about your trauma to a therapist, you’ll learn to control your thoughts and feelings and that you’ll learn not to be afraid of your memories. The best therapy for Veterans with PTSD is family therapy. It helps the whole family not just the person. Frank Lawlis expresses “PTSD affects the whole family not just the individual”. Your kids or your partner may not understand why you get angry sometimes, or why you're under so much stress. They may feel scared, guilty, or even angry about your condition. So sitting down with a therapist with your whole family so they can understand what