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People exposed to a traumatic incident will most likely develop some of the symptoms of PTSD. These symptoms can be very long lasting and severe. Why PTSD develops is currently being studied. Biological, psychological and social factors affect the development of PTSD. PTSD is not diagnosed unless the symptoms last for 1 month or longer.

People exposed to a traumatic incident will most likely develop some of the symptoms of PTSD. These symptoms can be very long lasting and severe. Why PTSD develops is currently being studied. Biological, psychological and social factors affect the development of PTSD. PTSD is not diagnosed unless the symptoms last for 1 month or longer.

There are four symptoms of PTSD:

There are four types of symptoms associated with PTSD:

# A person re-experiences the trauma in some way, such as flashbacks and nightmares.

# Emotional numbing such as feeling detached and a lack of emotions

** Examples of re-experiencing include, but are not limited to, flashbacks, nightmares, or persistent unwanted recollections of the traumatic event.

# Avoiding things that remind them of the trauma

* Emotional numbing

** Examples of numbing include, but are not limited to, feeling detached, a flattened affect (a decrease in the strength of emotions felt or range of different emotions felt), or loss of enjoyment in previously enjoyed activities.

** Examples of avoidance include, but are not limited to, avoiding a street on which an assault or accident took place, avoiding people associated with the trauma (even if they had no causal role), or avoiding anything that may be similar or reminders of the traumatic event.

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