Essay On Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Have you been through some traumatic event in your life and sometimes continue to dwell on the event? If you do this could be the cause of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This effects many thousands of people throughout the United States and the world. People who have greater risks for PTSD are first responders and Military personnel. According to the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, for every ten men, six of them will experience one incident in their life and for every 10 women, five will experience some sort if trauma as well. Women are more likely to develop PTSD than men. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, Post-Traumatic Stress disorder, “is a disorder that develops in some people who have seen or lived through a shocking, scary, or dangerous event”. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder has been in illness for decades. Soldiers from the Civil War, World War I and World War II had PTSD, however it was not known as an illness at that time. It wasn’t until around the 1980’s when the American …show more content…
Research has also proven that PTSD also has to do with a genetics. The diagnoses for PTSD can be tricky because there is no specific test that a lab can do in order to determine if you have it or not. The diagnoses is solely on the person who has PTSD to see a professional mental health doctor or physician to evaluate the person. PTSD is caused by a person being exposed to a traumatic event or situation. During such event is normal to feel afraid and you react with a “fight or flight”. The reaction itself is done for you to protect yourself from harm’s way. After the event most people recover from the symptoms on their own. However, those who continue to have issues coping with the incident might be diagnosed with PTSD. Most people who have PTSD experience stressfulness and or frightened, even when there is no danger to them what so