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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a disorder that is associated with a traumatic event. Every day, people encounter some very traumatic events. Some are able to cope with trauma, but others are not because traumatic events are very personal (Husbands, 2018). PTSD, thus, develops after exposure to a traumatic event and victims have to relive the experience over and over. PTSD is often associated with soldiers, but civilians also suffer from PTSD when they go through trauma. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (2019), about 8% of the population is likely to suffer from PTSD at some point in the course of their lives. This includes both children and adults. Further, about 8 million of the American population suffers from PTSD in any given year. This is not to mean that only 8 million Americans experience a traumatic event. The number is higher, but some people can deal with those events better than others. In fact, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (2019) reveals that about 60% of men and 50% of women experience a traumatic event at least once in their lives. This is not to mean that those who cope better with trauma are strong and those who experience PTSD are weak. It is, therefore, important to take a closer look at PTSD for a better understanding of the disorder. This paper investigates the causes, symptoms, and treatment of PTSD. In addition, it also explores the kind of populations that are at risk of PTSD and some of the coping strategies that people can adopt after experiencing trauma.
Causes
There is no conclusive research on why people develop PTSD because people can experience the same trauma, but not all of them develop PTSD. Primarily, exposure to a traumatic event is the cause of PTSD. However, a number of risk factors are attributed to the development of PTSD. The first risk factor is being in combat (Harik, Matteo, Hermann, & Hamblen, 2016). This is the main risk factor for veterans and soldiers because while in combat, they experience life-threatening events that traumatize them for years. The accumulation of such trauma over the years of service contributes to the high number of veterans with PTSD. The second risk factor is rape or assault, either sexually or physically (Harik, Matteo, Hermann, & Hamblen, 2016). Such an event can lead to the development of PTSD as the victim tries to reconcile with what happened. It gets worse when the victim blames themselves for the assault. Pierce (2019) reveals that victims of sexual assault are six times more likely to have PTSD because the trauma lives on even after the body has physically healed. In addition, sexual assault victims are likely to dissociate by mentally distancing themselves from their physical reality (Pierce, 2019). Thus, they develop PTSD when they try to reconcile what happened to them, and it becomes more difficult if the victim knew the assailant. Other risks factors that are personal include childbirth experiences, serious accidents, and childhood or domestic abuse.
There are also other risk factors that are not personal. One of them is an act of terrorism. According to Pierce (2019), a majority of Americans live in fear o...