How to Tell if You Have Normal Post-Traumatic Stress or Something More Serious
When something traumatic happens—you suddenly lose a loved one, get into a car crash, or witness a terrorist attack—it’s natural to be extremely upset and even feel physically ill. Your “fight or flight” response kicks in, flooding your body with stress hormones that leave you jittery and on edge. You might have nightmares about the […]
Relationship PTSD: What Causes It?
PTSD is an extreme anxiety disorder caused by experiencing a life-threatening event or situation. It’s characterized by intrusive memories, avoidance of things that could remind a person of the trauma, moodiness, and hyperarousal, Aaron Tendler, MD, chief medical officer of Brainsway, a mental health tech company, tells Health. “These four clusters of symptoms persist over […]
Food Addiction Is A Thing…
When Lay’s potato chips challenged Americans with their slogan “betcha can’t eat just one!” in the 1960s, the company was making a pretty safe bet. Potato chips, like pizza, ice cream, and fries, make the list of the top 10 most “addictive” foods. We know that certain features of these foods, like being high in sugar […]
Beyond Fight or Flight: When You’re Not the Textbook Version of PTSD
I heard the voices of the professor and the students all around me. I couldn’t make out specific dialogue, but I was definitely aware of the drone. I myself was on the ceiling, floating. My home away from home since I was a kid. We’d been discussing the Fight or Flight Response in class. The professor explaining how in times of […]
An Overview of PTSD Symptoms
Through years of research, a number of symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been identified. These are symptoms that can develop following the experience of a traumatic event and are listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD symptoms are divided into four separate clusters: […]
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