For PTSD You Need Three Connecting Factors

• A stressor in military
• Fear
• Symptoms

Some symptoms are:

• Recurring memories or dreams of the traumatic event
• Reduced involvement in work or outside interests
• Emotional numbness
• Jumpiness
• Irritability
• Anxiety

PTSD is an emotional illness. Doctors typically call it an “anxiety disorder.” You might think of it as a kind of chronic psychological stress.

PTSD can occur after you’ve been through a traumatic event. Generally, the traumatic event is something frightening that you see or that happens to you. You may think that your life or others’ lives are in danger. Besides feeling afraid, you may think you have no control over what’s happening. If the event occurs in war and other people die, you may have “survivor guilt.”

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