What are the symptoms of PTSD?

Mental Healthhealth
Written By Tamera Rooney

Let me introduce you to Jess Johnson. Her lesson in my “Travel the World of Healing” program outlines the use of Emotional Freedom Techniques, also known as “tapping” for stress reduction. She is a former Army troop and a therapist turned life coach, specializing in helping people gain clarity around what truly fulfills them and feel confident in taking big steps towards lasting change. In this video sneak peek of her lesson, she explains how EFT/Tapping can help create distance in the brain from the terrible trauma that presents as PTS or PTSD.

What is PTS or PTSD?

PTSD or PTS, as it is becoming known, stands for Post Traumatic Stress (Disorder). Many health care workers are dropping the “D” to attempt to break the stigma and shame associated with having a “disorder.”

PTS/PTSD symptoms are generally grouped into four types:

  • Intrusive memories

  • Avoidance

  • Negative changes in thinking and mood

  • Changes in physical and emotional reactions

Symptoms can vary over time or vary from person to person.

Intrusive memories

  • Recurrent, undesirable, painful recollections of the traumatic event

  • Reliving the traumatic event as if it were happening again (flashbacks)

  • Disturbing dreams or terrors about the traumatic event

  • Extreme emotional distress or physical responses to something that reminds you of the traumatic event

Avoidance

  • Trying to avoid thinking or talking about the traumatic event

  • Detouring places, actions, or individuals that remind you of the trauma

Negative changes in thinking and mood

  • Negative thoughts about yourself, other individuals, or the world

  • Despair about the future

  • Memory difficulties, including not remembering essential characteristics of the traumatic event

  • Problem maintaining close relationships

  • Feeling disconnected from family and companions

  • Absence of interest in activities you once relished

  • Difficulty sharing positive emotions

  • Feeling unemotional

Changes in physical and emotional reactions

  • Being easily alarmed or frightened

  • Always being on watch for danger

  • Self-destructive conduct, such as drinking too much alcohol or driving too fast

  • Difficulty sleeping

  • Difficulty concentrating

  • Irritability, enraged outbursts, or belligerent behavior

  • Overwhelming regret, guilt, or shame

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