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Anyone who has witnessed a traumatic event or natural disaster can develop it. For example, people who were involved in 9/11, who saw the disaster, and who lost relatives or friends could have been diagnosed with PTSD (Board, A.D.A.M. Editorial). People who have had a history trauma have an increased risk of getting PTSD after a recent traumatic event. Post-traumatic stress disorder can affect people of any age, gender or culture. Children may be more vulnerable to PTSD than adults who have experienced the same stress or trauma (Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand). Veterans aren't the only people who can get PTSD from what they do on the job. Police officers, Medics, Firefighters, Doctors and Nurses can also develop it from what they deal with on the job. As you can see anyone at any age is at risk for developing PTSD and they don't have to witness a war type situation to get
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The rewind technique allows people to get rid of unwanted memories of the event, such as the nightmares, the flashbacks and the dreams. This technique has been reported to be very effective for specific traumas of finite duration in adults, usually within three to four treatment sessions (Schiraldi, Glenn R.). It is good for people with PTSD to confront rather than avoid traumatic memories, so they realize that the memories are no longer frightening. When children face distressing setbacks, they bounce back when embraced with love, faith, hope, and a sense of purpose. A treatment called desensitization helps reduce symptoms by encouraging the person to remember the traumatic event and express their feelings about it. Over time, memories of the event should become less frightening (Board, A.D.A.M. Editorial). Medicines that act on the nervous system can help reduce anxiety and other symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Antidepressants, including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) can be effective in treating Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (Board, A.D.A.M. Editorial). Just talking about what happened for as little as five minutes a day or twice a week can help that person overcome their fear or the event which can result in getting rid of PTSD. A way counselors or psychiatrists get their patients with PTSD to understand feelings is to make a daily thought record. This can take about fifteen minutes a day or it can be done an hour or two before that person goes to bed. What the person writes down in the daily thought record is the event, impact of the event, intensity of event, their responses and thoughts of the event. Then they rate the responses from 1 to 10 and the intensity of the event from 1 to 10. (Board, A.D.A.M. Editorial). Declaring safety to the person is the first priority in treatment and no other therapeutic work can be done without it.
The rewind technique allows people to get rid of unwanted memories of the event, such as the nightmares, the flashbacks and the dreams. This technique has been reported to be very effective for specific traumas of finite duration in adults, usually within three to four treatment sessions (Schiraldi, Glenn R.). It is good for people with PTSD to confront rather than avoid traumatic memories, so they realize that the memories are no longer frightening. When children face distressing setbacks, they bounce back when embraced with love, faith, hope, and a sense of purpose. A treatment called desensitization helps reduce symptoms by encouraging the person to remember the traumatic event and express their feelings about it. Over time, memories of the event should become less frightening (Board, A.D.A.M. Editorial). Medicines that act on the nervous system can help reduce anxiety and other symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Antidepressants, including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) can be effective in treating Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (Board, A.D.A.M. Editorial). Just talking about what happened for as little as five minutes a day or twice a week can help that person overcome their fear or the event which can result in getting rid of PTSD. A way counselors or psychiatrists get their patients with PTSD to understand feelings is to make a daily thought record. This can take about fifteen minutes a day or it can be done an hour or two before that person goes to bed. What the person writes down in the daily thought record is the event, impact of the event, intensity of event, their responses and thoughts of the event. Then they rate the responses from 1 to 10 and the intensity of the event from 1 to 10. (Board, A.D.A.M. Editorial). Declaring safety to the person is the first priority in treatment and no other therapeutic work can be done without it.