Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Health Psychology

What Is PTSD? Why the Past Feels So Present

He came home from war, settled into a career, got married, and raised kids; by all accounts, he had moved on. But years down the line, the nightmares kept coming. He could not sleep through the night, would snap into anger without warning, felt hollow inside, and kept getting jolted by things that reminded him

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Health

Complex PTSD: Effects, Treatment, and Recovery

When thinking about trauma, there is a tendency to think about the “one incident” that changed everything forever. Trauma, since time immemorial, has been seen as originating from definite, extraordinary and significant traumatic events, which are often sudden and short-lived, for example, war combat, casualties due to natural disasters and catastrophic accidents.  This limited view

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