Biological/genetic
Studies show that people that have experience rape, combat soldiers, concentration camp survivors, and other survivors of severe stressful situations, have abnormal activity of the hormone cortisol and the neurotransmitter/hormone norepinephrine in the urine, blood, and saliva
In the beginning of his military career, he was involved in a crash that had him hospitalized for six months. He was part of thirty missions in whom he was the sole survivor in three of those missions. He has also witnessed his colleagues killed in action. While escaping death he becomes a POW in a German camp, where he endured traumatic situations, which involved men in uniform and vicious dogs. He has been forced to kill men in hand-to-hand combat. This seventy-one-year-old man has had vivid memories that appeared realistic. He drove his car office a cliff to escape the bombs being dropped. He speaks to his fellow army men that he lost during combat. He had to place mattresses on the floor, due to falling out of bed because of his nightmares are so realistic. …show more content…
When he was seven years old, his friend and he slid off the roof, his friend broke his fall and it caused his friend his life. When he was a teenager he witnesses first-hand the devastation and suffering caused by the strategic bombing of England’s industrial cities. He dealt with his anger, grieving and trauma (post-traumatic stress disorder), by volunteering for active military services.
Social support
If a person experiences trauma and has a weak social and family support system they are more likely to develop acute or posttraumatic stress
Studies show that people that have experience rape, combat soldiers, concentration camp survivors, and other survivors of severe stressful situations, have abnormal activity of the hormone cortisol and the neurotransmitter/hormone norepinephrine in the urine, blood, and saliva
In the beginning of his military career, he was involved in a crash that had him hospitalized for six months. He was part of thirty missions in whom he was the sole survivor in three of those missions. He has also witnessed his colleagues killed in action. While escaping death he becomes a POW in a German camp, where he endured traumatic situations, which involved men in uniform and vicious dogs. He has been forced to kill men in hand-to-hand combat. This seventy-one-year-old man has had vivid memories that appeared realistic. He drove his car office a cliff to escape the bombs being dropped. He speaks to his fellow army men that he lost during combat. He had to place mattresses on the floor, due to falling out of bed because of his nightmares are so realistic. …show more content…
When he was seven years old, his friend and he slid off the roof, his friend broke his fall and it caused his friend his life. When he was a teenager he witnesses first-hand the devastation and suffering caused by the strategic bombing of England’s industrial cities. He dealt with his anger, grieving and trauma (post-traumatic stress disorder), by volunteering for active military services.
Social support
If a person experiences trauma and has a weak social and family support system they are more likely to develop acute or posttraumatic stress