How PTSD Can Alter Your Brain Forever
After the first and second world wars, PTSD had a negative connotation. But not only is it a real mental illness, you don't have to be a soldier in a warzone to suffer from it. Why the U.S....
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After the first and second world wars, PTSD had a negative connotation. But not only is it a real mental illness, you don’t have to be a soldier in a warzone to suffer from it. Hey guys, Amy with you on DNews today. Post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD is something we often think about as affecting war vets who have lived through terrifying conditions in a combat zone. Sufferers experience unexpected rage, tears, panic, have nightmares, and are generally emotionally numb to the point that it affects every aspect of their lives. But PTSD it isn’t just a soldier's’ plight. It can affect anyone because regardless of the specific trauma you suffer, it changes the brain in the same way. It all comes down to the way our body reacts to fear, and specif...
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After the first and second world wars, PTSD had a negative connotation. But not only is it a real mental illness, you don’t have to be a soldier in a warzone to suffer from it. Hey guys, Amy with you on DNews today. Post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD is something we often think about as affecting war vets who have lived through terrifying conditions in a combat zone. Sufferers experience unexpected rage, tears, panic, have nightmares, and are generally emotionally numb to the point that it affects every aspect of their lives. But PTSD it isn’t just a soldier's’ plight. It can affect anyone because regardless of the specific trauma you suffer, it changes the brain in the same way. It all comes down to the way our body reacts to fear, and specif...
