PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)

Could it be trauma?

The word “trauma” is frequently thrown around. But few people know the true meaning of trauma or why some people can go through something tough to others and seem fine while some experience a seemingly minor event and yet are affected by it profoundly.

Trauma, by definition, exceeds our ability to cope. This definition is interesting because it can relate more to your coping tools than the actual event itself. For example, a person may have the means to cope with losing a loved one and yet experience severe distress from a seemingly minor embarrassing social interaction.

Trauma that is not processed can turn into Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD.

What is PTSD?

It is a set of physical/emotional symptoms that can arise from one or more experiences of trauma, and they can negatively impact your life.

If you have PTSD, you could be experiencing intrusive thoughts, nightmares, anxiety, fear, and avoidance of one or more life situations.

PTSD can make having a normal life impossibly difficult. Ordinary situations can cause a person to feel highly uncomfortable and nervous with a desire to escape.

It can take the joy out of life and make accomplishing your goals painfully hard.

How can you tell if you have PTSD?

If you have ever felt emotional distress or physical reactions to something that reminds you of a problematic event or something that happened to you in the past, and you avoid people, places, or situations that remind you of it, you might have PTSD.

Sometimes you put in great effort to avoid thinking about the event, yet it haunts you in your dreams. Nightmares are also a sign of PTSD. It can disrupt your daily life and interfere with your ability to rest and recharge.

PTSD can also keep you on guard for the event to occur again, making it easy to become startled.

There is good news.

PTSD is very treatable. With treatment, the symptoms of PTSD can be reduced and controlled. Within a short time, you can reclaim your power and start living your life again.

Treatment can help you put the symptoms of PTSD behind you and allow you to start moving forward, and permit you to enjoy life again.

Are you ready to let go of the past and move forward with your life today? Give me a call. I have worked with hundreds of people who have experienced PTSD, and I have specialized training in treating PTSD.

I can help you put the pieces back together, make sense of your past and develop an optimistic view toward the future.

What happens if you do nothing?

If you don’t take any action, the symptoms of PTSD might resolve themselves slowly over time. But why wait for nature to take its course and lose all of the time and opportunity waiting when a simple phone call can put you on the path to healing?

Think of all the opportunities you will miss if you wait months or years for the symptoms to disappear. What if they never go away on their own?

There is no need to put yourself through that kind of suffering when you can begin your journey to healing immediately.

Call me today.