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.