A traumatic experience is defined as the initial act that involves a threats or acts of injury, physical and psychological harm that may entice grave fear, helplessness, or horror in an individual. There are a wide variety of psychological issues that a victim may endure which stems from them being trafficked for an extensive period of time. Trafficked victims may suffer from an array of mental health issues stemming from brutal physical and emotional mistreatment by their trafficker or by other contributing party’s traffickers. Victims may develop numerous mental health issues that would limit them from being a normal contributor within society or from having a normal life if they are one of the lucky few to escape such lifestyle. In addition,
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Such issues may include guilty feeling, posttraumatic stress disorder “PTSD”, depression and forms of substance abuse problems to help cope with the trauma that they have suffered, trafficked victims may often require psychological care as part of their medical treatment (Aspe.hhs.gov, 2017). Furthermore, the severe psychological trauma that trafficked victims endure tends to limit their ability to adjust back to society once they have escaped from such lifestyle, victims may feel a sense of uncleanliness, anxiety, or go through the stages of victim blaming along with trust …show more content…
Subsequently, trafficked victims will most likely develop feelings of depression as well as other horrid symptoms such as nightmares, flashbacks, problems sleeping, which can be symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, some victims may also experience the lack of hope and aspiration for the future (Zimmerman & Pocock, 2013). In today’s society PTSD plays a big role in an individual’s traumatic experience, this type of disorder affects an individual’s cognitive system which develops forms of recurrence of a person’s traumatic experience. According to (Domoney, Howard, Abas, Broadbent, & Oram, 2015) exploited individual’s that suffer from PTSD can experience certain triggering sensations from a particular situation or object.
In addition, the physical and psychological abuse that a victim goes through during their exploitation lingers throughout their life cycle in which generally affects their futures, relationships or aspired goals. Although many individuals may have been tricked or coerced into situations they may experience resentment from the public and possibly families, Without the support of families, community and medical practitioners, it can be extremely difficult for trafficked individuals to survive on their own. And will require the outmost
Such issues may include guilty feeling, posttraumatic stress disorder “PTSD”, depression and forms of substance abuse problems to help cope with the trauma that they have suffered, trafficked victims may often require psychological care as part of their medical treatment (Aspe.hhs.gov, 2017). Furthermore, the severe psychological trauma that trafficked victims endure tends to limit their ability to adjust back to society once they have escaped from such lifestyle, victims may feel a sense of uncleanliness, anxiety, or go through the stages of victim blaming along with trust …show more content…
Subsequently, trafficked victims will most likely develop feelings of depression as well as other horrid symptoms such as nightmares, flashbacks, problems sleeping, which can be symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, some victims may also experience the lack of hope and aspiration for the future (Zimmerman & Pocock, 2013). In today’s society PTSD plays a big role in an individual’s traumatic experience, this type of disorder affects an individual’s cognitive system which develops forms of recurrence of a person’s traumatic experience. According to (Domoney, Howard, Abas, Broadbent, & Oram, 2015) exploited individual’s that suffer from PTSD can experience certain triggering sensations from a particular situation or object.
In addition, the physical and psychological abuse that a victim goes through during their exploitation lingers throughout their life cycle in which generally affects their futures, relationships or aspired goals. Although many individuals may have been tricked or coerced into situations they may experience resentment from the public and possibly families, Without the support of families, community and medical practitioners, it can be extremely difficult for trafficked individuals to survive on their own. And will require the outmost