Physical trauma

When man goes through a traumatic experience, such as the loss of a loved one, his mind is significantly altered. He will begin to show signs of depression and withdraw from the community, usually engrossed by his own perception of the world around him. According to an article on the psychological symptoms of grief by author Maurice Lamm, a person in grief suffers from accusation of self, a loss of warmth, irritation and anger, hostility, and restlessness. Furthermore, in his article, Brook Noel…

A study was done correlating the amount of a military child’s moves and mental health. “The military children who moved in 2008 were significantly more likely to have a mental health care visit in 2009 than military children who did not move.”(Mental Health) Now the difficulty of moving is not just stress, it can cause serious mental health issues, like anxiety, depression, attention deficit, and even suicidal actions. As military children move so much, they are typically expected to do well…

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD is psychological disorder that “affects more than 7 million Americans” (Poole, 11). While we know that traumatic experiences can cause PTSD, it has only recently been studied and documented in detail. To develop a better understanding of PTSD this paper will examine the symptoms of PTSD, the history of PTSD, and the current treatments for PTSD. The symptoms of PTSD are very similar patient to patient. Most people have flashbacks or nightmares and become…

Hi Luann, You brought up an interesting point about a client who does not want to search his or her own opinions and behaviors, would not fare well with a person who utilizes Cognitive- Behavioral Therapy. Stark (2002) talked about clinical interventions when a difference of opinion arises, such as a client becoming defensive, not desiring to change their thoughts and demeanor, giving us tools to navigate a client through the process gaining a positive result. Got me to thinking about the…

anxiety, dissociative, and other symptoms that occurs within one month after exposure to an extreme traumatic stressor,” a death or an accident. A stress disorder can affect decisions made in the future and the outcome of consequences. Stress can be as physical as it can be mental on a person. Most people can recover or bounce back from an event that is caused by stress but for the ones that can, it becomes a mental disorder. The background of a stress disorder starts with traumatic events that…

Results The dependent variable in this is whether or not the veterans suffer from depression. It is the dependent variable because in this case, depression is dependent on the number of years has served in the military or if they have served at all. The independent variable is the variable that is not dependent on another. In this case, having depression is not a determining factor for serving in the military. The variable name for depression is ‘DEPRESS’ and the variable name for the number of…

have a variety of things to say about grief, trauma, and their impacts on a person's life. These topics can cause people to feel, and do, many different things as a result of their trauma. In the classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, his main character Billy Pilgrim projects his trauma into believing that he was abducted by aliens. In the short story Soldier’s Home by Ernest Hemingway, the protagonist Krebs refuses to confront his trauma, and instead decides to run away. And lastly…

Imagery Exposure Therapy Imagery Exposure Therapy is something I am well acquainted with as a United States Army Veteran. Imagery Exposure Therapy is widely used in the Veterans Administration (VA) for PTSD and victims of rape. In 2011 I was diagnosed with PTSD at a routine doctor’s visit by a doctor who was able to discern my surly mood and recommend counseling. The VA sent me to counseling with a psychologist; at this time I was not aware that I had PTSD, I was resistant to the idea that…

Díaz followed through by keeping the secret, feeling powerless, accommodating by denying the fact, whispering to friends and family about the damaging event, and finally, retracting his account by being open about the consequences of his childhood trauma: “It fucked up my childhood. It fucked up my adolescence. It fucked up my whole life”…

(Straus 8). Therefore, The traumatizing nightmares do not take place because of random issues, the "National Center for PTSD of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs" stated that the nightmares those with PTSD have are often associated with the trauma they experienced ("Nightmares"). Knowing that my grandma also fought in the Vietnam War, and remembering all the times I have heard him talk about his difficulties falling asleep and staying…