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Click the link in bio if you are interested in donating to my fundraiser with a non-profit organization NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) directly. …….. \u201cIf Mental Illnesses were Creatures\u201d No. 4 Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Follow me to see future updates. Which Creature would you like to see in the future? Let me know in the comments. I see a lot of request for ADHD. What is your experience with ADHD? If you would like, share your personal symptoms. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that can occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event such as a natural disaster, a serious accident, a terrorist act, war\/combat, rape or other violent personal assault. PTSD has been known by many names in the past, such as \u201cshell shock\u201d during the years of World War I and \u201ccombat fatigue\u201d after World War II. But PTSD does not just happen to combat veterans. PTSD can occur in all people, in people of any ethnicity, nationality or culture, and any age. PTSD affects approximately 3.5 percent of U.S. adults, and an estimated one in 11 people will be diagnosed PTSD in their lifetime. Women are twice as likely as men to have PTSD. People with PTSD have intense, disturbing thoughts and feelings related to their experience that last long after the traumatic event has ended. They may relive the event through flashbacks or nightmares; they may feel sadness, fear or anger; and they may feel detached or estranged from other people. People with PTSD may avoid situations or people that remind them of the traumatic event, and they may have strong negative reactions to something as ordinary as a loud noise or an accidental touch. (DSM-5)
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