Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) Introduction: Stress is defined as “the brain's response to any demand.” Almost any kind of change, whether it’s positive or negative or real or imaginary can cause stress. Animals have stress, which can be bad or good. Stress can save your life. But there is a kind of stress, called “chronic stress,” where the stress continues even after the cause of the stress is gone. The strongest kind of chronic stress is “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.” It is usually called “PTSD.” In PTSD, stress never stops.
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People first recognized PTSD in soldiers coming back from wars. In World War I, it was called “shell shock.” In World War II is was called “battle fatigue.” Now it is called PTSD. It can come from many violent incidents in your life, like a war. It can also come from one …show more content…
There are also places or in your brain that help with stress and fear. The amygdala helps you to learn fear of something. It also helps in learning not to fear something. Another part of the brain, the prefrontal cortex holds memories and slows down your first reactions to fear. Once you have the genes and brain areas for PTSD, you need to have strong mental or physical damage, or a bad environment, to make a person have PTSD. In addition a your personality or your mind can make you sensitive to PTSD. A weak social environment, plus a lack of people to support you, can also make you vulnerable. Signs and Symptoms of PTSD: There are many symptoms of PTSD. These symptoms are in three categories: can be grouped into three categories: (A) re-experiencing symptoms, (B) avoidance symptoms; and (C) hyperarousal