Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

What is Mental Trauma?

We call psychic trauma to the effects of extreme frightening, horror, desperation, and often unusual and unexpected events. There are many events in human life that cause distress and sadness, but not all of them create spiritual trauma.

Events causing mental trauma

◾️battles, explosions

Disasters (earthquake, flood, fire)

◾️Assault, rape, torture

◾️ Accidents (business, traffic)

◾️ Domestic violence

Childhood abuse

Unexpected deaths

◾️ Serious-fatal diseases

Although not everyone is affected equally by an event that we can call traumatic, some reactions occur after the event occurs. If these reactions continue for more than 1 month, it is called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

The effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can be in 4 areas as emotional, physical, behavioral and cognitive:

Emotional Reactions:

⦁ Anxiety and fear

⦁ Sadness

⦁ Guilt, helplessness

⦁ Quick anger

⦁ Deny what happened

⦁ Not feeling safe

⦁ Rapid emotional changes

⦁ Pessimism about the future

Physical Responses:

⦁ Headache

Nausea

⦁ Shivering

⦁ Feeling of tightness in the chest

⦁ Feeling of overstimulation

⦁ Increase or decrease in appetite

Behavioral Reactions:

⦁ Showing sudden behavior

⦁ Always on the move

⦁ Don't be easily scared, startle

⦁ Eating problems

Relationship problems

⦁ Withdrawal, getting away from social environments

⦁ Avoiding reminders about the event (place, person, etc.)

Cognitive Reactions:

⦁ Forgetfulness

⦁ Inattention and difficulty focusing

⦁ Sleep problems, nightmares

⦁ Impairments in thought processes, repetitive thoughts

⦁ Questioning your beliefs

⦁ Repetitive scenes (flashbacks) related to the moment of the event

⦁ Self-perception, time and space related disruptions (dissociations)

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatments

It is known that various treatment methods are very successful in the treatment of this disease. The treatment program is arranged according to the person's need.

Medication treatment

◾️EMDR

◾️BDT