Complex post-traumatic stress disorder

In a post-9/11 world, the presence of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is being more prevalent within our society. To understand how PTSD affects veterans today, we must gain a thorough understanding as to what PPS is and how it affects the brain. PTSD is a major psychological condition that affects an individual who has experienced a horrific event. Some events can include witnessing the death of a significant other, seeing gore and other graphically horrific images etc.…

The movie Seven Pounds is about a man who incidentally caused the accidental death of seven people in which seeks redemption by a selection of seven people for his secret project. In the movie, the character Tim, in a car accidents that leaves seven people dead. In retaliation, he vows to give back to them by supplying life to others in need by giving donations of various organs from him. He selects 7 people. He spent a good deal of time delving down sick people and meeting them to see if…

(AGG) An airstrike is launched in Afghanistan, destroying a town full of innocent civilians, and leaving it in ash and rubble. (BS-1) These people have their homes destroyed instantly, just like how Najmah’s was after the bombing of her village. (BS-2) Their family members are taken from this world without a moment’s notice, Najmah losing Habib and Mada-jan within less than a minute. (BS-3) These innocent people become permanently traumatized from what they are enduring, or have endured,…

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can effect anyone, even children. There is a great deal of factors that can come into play when attracting PTSD. It can occur from any traumatic incident in one’s life, whether you were the victim or an innocent by standard. A few being combat, sexual assault, or just seeing something gory. Military veterans are among the many who suffer from PTSD (Post-traumatic, 2014). The men and women of the armed forces never know when the day will come when they…

The movie “American Sniper” displays a tough guy named Chris, who stumbles on getting PTSD. The first part of PTSD is the traumatic event. A trauma is an event in which there is exposure to or there is a direct experience with serious injury or with something harmful. There could be intense violence, and death. The presence of fear and the feeling of helplessness can be intensely subjective, or inconsistent to the event itself. Chris begins to understand the importance to be the protector of…

Do you value your freedom? As an American citizen, do you completely understand the cost of the lifestyle you live? The freedom of speech, religion, gun ownership, and the fact that these freedoms are protected by the most powerful document in America, the Constitution, came at a grave cost. This cost was, and is paid, by the countless men and women who put themselves in harms way everyday, American military members. In this brief essay I would like to discuss three of these cost, emotional,…

stated, that the idea of stress in psychology describes the organism’s adjusting physiological, cognitive and behavioral reactions to difficult, and unsafe environments. There are so many different types of stress that it is difficult to put the findings and issues together because there are so many different meanings to all of these types of stress. For example, there is work stress, post-traumatic stress disorder, school stress, family stress, etc. All of these types of stress come with…

When a person experiences a traumatic event, their brain stores all of the memories and details into the back of their mind. During random places and random times, sometimes after years have passed by, their mind will unexpectedly send those details and memories back to the persons conscious thought. It is such a scary experience, because that recall of those memories playback in almost the exact way as if the event had occurred over again just now. It is a very disturbing situation and it can…

American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Friedman). “PTSD, or Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, is a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing of a life-threatening events such as military combat, natural disasters, terrorists incidents, serious accidents, or physical or sexual assault in adult or childhood” (“Post Traumatic Stress Disorder”). Recently PTSD service dogs have appeared in more and more families, with…

A large part of the costs of service dogs is often times offset by volunteer puppy raisers. Volunteers teach the basics; to sit, walk on a leash, house training, and other basic commands. Professional trainers that provide formal training charge around $20,000 to train one dog. If the puppy raisers are paid, the cost can potentially double (Service Dogs). The term “intelligence disobedience” is an essential part of training a guide dog. This means that the dog knows not to follow a command if…