Post-Traumatic Stress- Disorder (PTSD)
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a mental health condition that can develop after something traumatic happens in your life, it can include anxiety, anxiety attacks, certain reactions, flashbacks, it can also cause negative thought patterns, it can develop negative beliefs and it can change your way of life. People who have experienced a traumatic event may continue to feel sad, scared, anxious or angry time after the event, this can cause problems sleeping, eating, concentrating or living in the present moment. PTSD can happen in any moment of our lives, it is important to know when you have these symptoms so you can work on them and help yourself overcome them, or of course to seek medical attention. When adults have PTSD from childhood it can go unnoticed until as adults we start to notice our own actions and we start recognizing patters, like being anxious in certain situations, having difficulty with relationships, emotional dysregulation, like emotional numbness, avoiding places,...