Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder[1]

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (or PTSD) is a repeated, anxious reliving of a horrifying event over an extended period of time. It is more than anxiety that can follow a trauma, and that fades steadily over 30 days or so.

Signs of post-traumatic stress disorder may include: after witnessing, experiencing, or hearing about an event that caused or threatened to cause serious injury, you may:

have recurrent recollections or dreams about the experience;

feel emotionally or physically as if the event were still occurring;

experience intense anxiety when something reminds you of the event;

try to avoid thoughts, feelings, activities or places associated with the event;

have difficulty recalling details of the event;

experience anxiety symptoms such as irritability, jumpiness, difficulty sleeping, feelings of detachment from others, diminished interest in things, feelings that your future is in some way limited.

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[1] “The Science of Anxiety” Time, June 10, ’02 46