If
you have experienced and/or witnessed a threat to your life, your body,
your moral integrity, or have had a close encounter with violence or death, you
may have felt an array of emotions including that of fear. Fear triggers what
is commonly known as a “fight,
flight or freeze” response in the body that results in psychological,
behavioural and physiological actions to occur in the body during the event.
Those who continue to experience effects related to the occurrence after the
danger or problem has subsided may go on to be diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
PTSD is described as a severe response to trauma and can causes a huge deal of distress and severely limit active daily life in those who experience it. PTSD is characterised by three primary symptoms:
1. Re-experiencing the traumatic event
3. Hyper-arousal, which consists of a very sensitive startle/fear response
Those who experience PTSD may also develop other mental illnesses such as severe anxiety, depression and suicidal feelings
PTSD is described as a severe response to trauma and can causes a huge deal of distress and severely limit active daily life in those who experience it. PTSD is characterised by three primary symptoms:
1. Re-experiencing the traumatic event
3. Hyper-arousal, which consists of a very sensitive startle/fear response
Those who experience PTSD may also develop other mental illnesses such as severe anxiety, depression and suicidal feelings
