Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

"There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds." This is a powerful quote by L. Hamilton about invisible wounds/scars. Throughout history the world has been introduced to several disasters, terrors and wars. Some of these traumatic events causes stressors that are outside the range of normal human experience. Such as torture, rape, abuse, the Nazi Holocaust, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, natural disasters (such as earthquakes, hurricanes, and volcano eruptions) and human-made disasters (such as factory explosions, airplane crashes, and automobile accidents). When a person has to go through something as traumatic as these things they can develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD is a severe anxiety disorder that develops following exposure to extreme psychological trauma. Throughout history PTSD has also been known as railway spine, stress syndrome, shell shock, battle fatigue and traumatic war neurosis. PTSD is not just a military disorder. It can affect anyone, both adults and children.
In 1980, posttraumatic stress disorder was added into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). In this version of the DSM not a lot of information was known about PTSD. As the years went on more and more information
The traumatic event remains, sometimes for decades or a lifetime, a dominating emotional experience that constantly causes panic, terror, dread, grief, or despair. It can cause traumatic nightmares, shaking, sweating, and psychotic reenactments known as PTSD flashbacks. The trauma will copy stimuli that will trigger recollections of the original event. Sometimes what triggers theses cues are something as minor as watching fireworks. This will cause mental images, emotional responses, and emotional reactions associated with the