Every day in our lives, our body encounters with different reactions that is caused by events that happens around us on the daily. One reaction that our body’s trigger on the daily basis is stress. It’s a state of mental or emotional strain or tension that can be caused by hostile or very demanding situations. Stress is a way that our body responds to anything that have need of any demand or any type of threat. The body’s nervous system is effected by stress and has a specific of handling it. The nervous system act in response by discharging an overflow of the stress hormones, adrenaline and cortisol. Adrenaline is a hormone created by the adrenal glands, that is located right above your kidneys, that intensifies the rate of a person’s blood
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(Smith, Robinson and Segal) The severe symptoms that go away after a short period is called Acute Stress Disorder. (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) There are three categories of symptoms for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. They are re-experiencing the event, avoiding reminders of the trauma and the increased anxiety and emotional arousal. (Smith, Robinson and Segal) Re-experiencing the event is essentially when a person has flashbacks, nightmares, any feelings or physical reactions that repeats memories of themselves from the traumatic event. When a person is escaping any reminders of the trauma, they try to dodge anything that makes them recaps anything about the trauma. Once a person has sleeping troubles, angry for no apparent reason and has issues concentrating, they are experiencing the increased anxiety and emotional arousal symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder. Other symptoms that are associated with PTSD is when a person feels guilty, depressed, has the feeling of mistrust and betrayal and hopelessness. (Smith, Robinson and Segal) Any of the symptoms that has the duration of more than a month and is severe enough that it interferes with someone’s daily life, it is then considered as post-traumatic stress disorder. (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) Only a psychiatrist or a psychologist can diagnose someone with PTSD after having a series of test administered to determine it. (PTSD: National Center for PTSD "How Common Is PTSD?") To be diagnose with PTSD, the person must have all the symptoms for at least one month. They must be at least 1 re-experiencing, avoidance symptom; 2 arousal and reactivity, cognition and mood symptoms; flashbacks with physical symptoms that will affect their everyday life and bad dreams or frightening thoughts. (Post Traumatic Stress
(Smith, Robinson and Segal) The severe symptoms that go away after a short period is called Acute Stress Disorder. (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) There are three categories of symptoms for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. They are re-experiencing the event, avoiding reminders of the trauma and the increased anxiety and emotional arousal. (Smith, Robinson and Segal) Re-experiencing the event is essentially when a person has flashbacks, nightmares, any feelings or physical reactions that repeats memories of themselves from the traumatic event. When a person is escaping any reminders of the trauma, they try to dodge anything that makes them recaps anything about the trauma. Once a person has sleeping troubles, angry for no apparent reason and has issues concentrating, they are experiencing the increased anxiety and emotional arousal symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder. Other symptoms that are associated with PTSD is when a person feels guilty, depressed, has the feeling of mistrust and betrayal and hopelessness. (Smith, Robinson and Segal) Any of the symptoms that has the duration of more than a month and is severe enough that it interferes with someone’s daily life, it is then considered as post-traumatic stress disorder. (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) Only a psychiatrist or a psychologist can diagnose someone with PTSD after having a series of test administered to determine it. (PTSD: National Center for PTSD "How Common Is PTSD?") To be diagnose with PTSD, the person must have all the symptoms for at least one month. They must be at least 1 re-experiencing, avoidance symptom; 2 arousal and reactivity, cognition and mood symptoms; flashbacks with physical symptoms that will affect their everyday life and bad dreams or frightening thoughts. (Post Traumatic Stress