PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) is a mental health disorder that can develop after a person has experienced or witnessed a traumatic event. Symptoms can include flashbacks, nightmares, avoidance, negative changes in mood, and increased arousal. Treatment options include therapy, medication, or a combination of both. It's important to seek professional help if you or someone you know is experiencing symptoms of PTSD. If you are also suffering from this disorder then WALTZ Trauma Care and Therapy can help you to tackle this disorder.

1. UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING
P T S D
P T S D

2. What is
PTSD
What is
PTSD
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder that develops in some
people who have experienced a shocking, scary, or dangerous event.
It is natural to feel afraid during and after a traumatic situation. Fear
triggers many split-second changes in the body to help defend against
danger or to avoid it.

3. You can develop post-traumatic stress
disorder when you go through, see or learn
about an event involving actual or threatened
death, serious injury or sexual violation.
Causes
Causes
Stressful experiences, including the amount
and severity of trauma you've gone through
in your life
Inherited mental health risks, such as a
family history of anxiety and depression
Inherited features of your personality —
often called your temperament
The way your brain regulates the chemicals
and hormones your body releases in
response to stress

4. Symptoms
Symptoms
Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms may start
within one month of a traumatic event, but
sometimes symptoms may not appear until years
after the event. These symptoms cause significant
problems in social or work situations and in
relationships. They can also interfere with your
ability to go about your normal daily tasks.

5. Types Of
Symptoms
Types Of
Symptoms
Intrusive
memories
Avoidance
Changes in
physical and
emotional
reactions
Negative
changes in
thinking and
mood

6. 1
Recurrent, unwanted distressing
memories of the traumatic event.
Reliving the traumatic event as if it
were happening again (flashbacks).
Upsetting dreams or nightmares
about the traumatic event.
Intrusive
memories
Intrusive
memories
2
3
4
Severe emotional distress or
physical reactions to something
that reminds you of the traumatic
event.

7. 1
Trying to avoid thinking
or talking about the
traumatic event.
Avoiding places, activities
or people that remind you
of the traumatic event.
Avoidance
Avoidance
2

8. 1
Negative thoughts about yourself,
other people or the world.
Difficulty maintaining close
relationships.
Lack of interest in activities you
once enjoyed
Negative changes
in thinking and
mood
Negative changes
in thinking and
mood
2
3
4
Difficulty experiencing positive
emotions.

9. 1
Being easily startled or
frightened.
Self-destructive behavior, such
as drinking too much or driving
too fast.
Irritability, angry outbursts or
aggressive behavior.
Changes in physical
and emotional
reactions
Changes in physical
and emotional
reactions
2
3
4 Overwhelming guilt or shame.

10. Treatments
and Therapis
Treatments
and Therapis
Medication Psychotherapy

11. The most studied type of medication
for treating PTSD are
antidepressants, which may help
control PTSD symptoms such as
sadness, worry, anger, and feeling
numb inside. Other medications may
be helpful for treating specific PTSD
symptoms, such as sleep problems
and nightmares.
Medication
Medication

12. Exposure therapy: This helps people face
and control their fear. It gradually
exposes them to the trauma they
experienced in a safe way. It uses
imagining, writing, or visiting the place
where the event happened.
Cognitive restructuring: This helps people
make sense of the bad memories.
Sometimes people remember the event
differently than how it happened. They
may feel guilt or shame about something
that is not their fault. The therapist helps
people with PTSD look at what happened
in a realistic way.
Psycotherapy
Psycotherapy

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14. Thank You
Thank You