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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (view source)
Revision as of 17:07, May 22, 2019
, 17:07, May 22, 2019→Why is PTSD Difficult to Diagnose?: inserted PTSD victims' common conclusions about what consequences they image will result from being perceived as weak or mentally unstable
*Don't think about it at inappropriate times
*Don't think about it at inappropriate times
===Why is PTSD Difficult to Diagnose?===
===Why is PTSD Difficult to Diagnose?===
The sufferer may not want to admit to having symptoms, because he or she doesn't want to be thought of as weak or mentally unstable. Doctors and other professionals may feel uncomfortable if the sufferer tries to talk about gruesome or horrifying events. People with PTSD often find it easier to talk about the other problems that go along with it - headache, sleep problems, irritability, [[depression]], tension, substance abuse, family or work-related problems.
The sufferer may not want to admit to having symptoms, because he or she doesn't want to be thought of as weak or mentally unstable, which they are convinced will result in social ostracism (rejection, contempt), being helplessly victimized or attacked, and/or loss of confident self-respect. Doctors and other professionals may feel uncomfortable if the sufferer tries to talk about gruesome or horrifying events. People with PTSD often find it easier to talk about the other problems that go along with it - headache, sleep problems, irritability, [[depression]], tension, substance abuse, family or work-related problems.
==Children and PTSD==
==Children and PTSD==