Ptsd Effect On Family

The way someone copes with their mental illness determines the outcome for theirs and their family’s life. Post-traumatic stress disorder, also known as PTSD, can come in many different types. This specific sickness can not only affect the person going through the trauma but also the family members in some positive r negative ways. There can be several divers ways on how to recover from PTSD. Different types of PTSD can occur in any situation to any person who has gone through a trauma. The first sort is normal stress response; this occurs when a person has been exposed to a discrete traumatic event in adulthood. They experience intense negative memories, emotional numbing, and the feeling of unreality. This type of response achieves complete …show more content…
Post-traumatic stress disorder can sometimes make someone difficult to deal with and can cause more distress on family members. Because this sickness causes problems with feelings in a person’s mind and body, it is linked with lower satisfaction in parenting which can develop behavior problems in children. Having negative feelings towards a loved one’s traumatic event may change the way you see them due to the loss of their traits you once loved. Also, anger and guilt may make you feel responsible for your loved one’s happiness when you can’t make a difference. This can also lead to the most common effect on family members which is depression, you might lose hope that your family may never be the same again. However, the worst of all is health problems. Bad habits can become worse when trying to cope with PTSD symptoms or you can develop other health problems when you’re continuously …show more content…
Stage one is the emergency stage. This stage arrives during the trauma or when faced with a trigger that reminds a person of the event. During this stage, everything will be intense, anxiety levels will be high, and will last as long as he or she believes they are in danger. The second stage is the numbing stage. This phase will force someone to do whatever it takes to protect themselves by denying their emotions. Without proper recovery programs, many people are not able to move beyond this stage. Stage can be the most destructive stage known as the intrusive and repetitive stage. In this stage a person is usually experiencing nightmares and flashbacks of their trauma. This also may finally be the stage where a person is willing to confront their problem which leads us to stage four, the transition stage. This is where the patient begins to move into acceptance and understanding and healing start to occur. The last stage is the integration stage, where you begin to successfully work through your recovery program and begin to apply new coping skills into your daily