Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is the name given to anxiety disorder
when it develops as a result of the sufferer experience an initial
'traumatic' catalyst.
Although popular psychological practice suggests that Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder is a 'stand alone condition' it is not; PTSD is an
anxiety disorder just like generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder,
obsessive compulsive disorder and agoraphobia. Psychologists attempt to
separate the anxiety disorders, treating them differently to each other
by addressing the initial catalysts and the resultant physical
manifestations of the symptoms rather than the root cause of the
condition. This is so very wrong.
The only difference between PTSD and other anxiety conditions is that
there is usually an identifiable anxiety provoking catalyst, but this
doesn't require constant analysis. The resultant physical PTSD symptoms
are irrelevant too, they can be distressing and frustrating but ultimately,
they are the manifestation of inappropriate anxiety.
PTSD sufferers often experience 'flash backs' and nightmares which
remind the sufferer of the anxiety catalyst and cause ongoing distress
but anxiety disorder sufferers all suffer inappropriate thoughts, some
even, of a very aggressive or sexual nature.
PTSD sufferers may have experienced extreme trauma during military
conflicts or accidents for example and the memory of those events may
weigh heavily on a day to day basis, but this situation can be corrected
very quickly indeed given the correct structure, understanding and
support.