PTSD: Fact Sheet, Effects Of Traumatic Experiences
PTSD – ONLY THE STRONGEST SURVIVE.
K. Martins
International Baccalaureate Program
Class 47
ELA 436-47
Ms.P.Dann
Howard S Billings Regional High School
October 11th, 2012 “Not all scars show not all wounds heal, sometimes you can 't always see the pain someone feels” (Lisa French; Scars, secrets someone else knows). More often than none, we take for granted how healthy and strong we are. But everyone has their limits. Whether or not we want to admit it, when something traumatic happens to us, we will react to it; and people can have problems that they did not have before the event if the situation was traumatic enough (Carlson and Ruzek, Ph.D’s, A National Center for PTSD Fact Sheet, Effects of Traumatic Experiences). Dr. Rachel Yehuda, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Director of the Traumatic Stress Studies Division at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the Mental Health Patient Care Center Director at the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center states that during a trauma, an individual’s brain: main function is to get through the event, the brain helps us survive by activating biologic reactions involved in helping us mount the fight/flight …show more content…
It is not our fault, it is simply normal for our brain to react chemically to try to cope with the pain, by affecting our mental state (cmha, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), what causes it?). Mental diseases like PTSD are different in everyone and they affect many types of people and do
K. Martins
International Baccalaureate Program
Class 47
ELA 436-47
Ms.P.Dann
Howard S Billings Regional High School
October 11th, 2012 “Not all scars show not all wounds heal, sometimes you can 't always see the pain someone feels” (Lisa French; Scars, secrets someone else knows). More often than none, we take for granted how healthy and strong we are. But everyone has their limits. Whether or not we want to admit it, when something traumatic happens to us, we will react to it; and people can have problems that they did not have before the event if the situation was traumatic enough (Carlson and Ruzek, Ph.D’s, A National Center for PTSD Fact Sheet, Effects of Traumatic Experiences). Dr. Rachel Yehuda, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Director of the Traumatic Stress Studies Division at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the Mental Health Patient Care Center Director at the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center states that during a trauma, an individual’s brain: main function is to get through the event, the brain helps us survive by activating biologic reactions involved in helping us mount the fight/flight …show more content…
It is not our fault, it is simply normal for our brain to react chemically to try to cope with the pain, by affecting our mental state (cmha, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), what causes it?). Mental diseases like PTSD are different in everyone and they affect many types of people and do