Terrible events have significant effects on us. When something dangerous or scary happens, we feel unsafe and insecure. Most of the time, this is normal. It's a normal reaction to a traumatic event. If you witness something traumatic, you may find it hard to sleep at night and you may become scared of the place where it happened. However, some people don't cope easily. The[...]

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) knows no age. Anyone who has experienced an extremely traumatic event can suffer from PTSD. Whether you're a child who has been sexually abused, or a young adult involved in a near-death car accident, or an elderly person who j[...]

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder is an anxiety condition that develops after going through an extremely traumatic experience. These experiences may be serious physical injury, sexual abuse, accident, torture, war, or any event that causes extreme guilt or fear. This [...]

Prolonged, repeated or extreme traumatic experiences can cause a more alarming form of post-traumatic stress disorder called Complex PTSD. These experiences may be childhood sexual abuse, long-term domestic violence, or being held hostage or as a prisoner of a war [...]

Each year, millions of children get exposed to traumatic experiences. More than thirty percent of these children develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD is a clinical anxiety disorder with significant behavioral, cognitive, social, physical, and emotion[...]

Post-traumatic stress disorder is a very interesting anxiety disorder. Researchers have still not given up on looking for elusive answers to some of the most important questions about this mental health problem. What makes PTSD more interesting is that it is a rela[...]

Unfortunately, researchers are still trying to figure out what causes someone to develop post-traumatic stress disorder rather than cope normally with a stressful event. Until now, they can't still provide answers. However, they have proposed that PTSD, like most m[...]

If you think that emotional damages to a person can't do anything alarming, you're wrong. Post-traumatic stress disorder may seem to be a petty emotional problem but it's not. It is definitely more than that. It is more dangerous than that. In fact, it can be fatal[...]

If you think that one of your friends or family members has experienced a very traumatic event, you have to watch out for symptoms of possible post traumatic stress disorder. It can be a little difficult to know that someone is suffering from PTSD. It is normal for[...]

Although experts are yet to figure out the causes of post-traumatic stress disorder, they know how to treat this anxiety disorder. The symptoms of PTSD can be cured completely. Treatment of PTSD can be very effective. If it's successful, you will gain control over [...]