Introduction to
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Feeling panicked and distressed after experiencing some horrific event that threatens life or causes serious physical injury.

Symptoms

- Frequent thoughts/dreams about traumatic events
- Feeling in great pain, fear or helplessness
- There will be strong physical and psychological reactions when faced with situations related to traumatic events
- Trying to avoid memories, feelings or people related to the event
- Excessive arousal, difficulty relaxing, etc.

Other symptoms

- Insomnia
- Headache
- Pessimistic about the future
- Loses temper easily
- Not interested in most things
- Feeling alienated from others, etc

Ideological and behavioral patterns of patients with "post-traumatic stress disorder"

1

Objective EventObjective Event:
Being strangled and robbed

2

Negative subjective thoughts:
Why did I take this path? well! Otherwise, you don't have to be robbed! The world is so unsafe. I wonder if something will happen again if we continue on this path?

3

Reaction:
Emotion: helpless, worried
Body: Rapid heartbeat, nightmares
Behavior: Avoid walking past the place where the incident occurred

Result:
Because I feel that the world is unsafe, I feel helpless and uneasy, and I have no intention of planning my future.

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