Today is PTSD Awareness Day. As someone who has experienced panic attacks (a common symptom of PTSD) and didn’t even understand what was going on until many years later, I’m glad the APA is doing what they can to educate folks.
PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder, is an anxiety problem that develops in some people after extremely traumatic events, such as combat, crime, an accident or natural disaster.
People with PTSD may relive the event via intrusive memories, flashbacks and nightmares; avoid anything that reminds them of the trauma; and have anxious feelings they didn’t have before that are so intense their lives are disrupted.
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