I have been requested to start a thread on Trauma survival and recovery.
I looked up symptoms of PTSD as a place to start.
Symptoms of PTSD can include:
- Hypervigilance and scanning
- Elevated startle response
- Blunted affect, psychic numbing
- Aggressive, controlling behavior (a high degree of insistence on getting your way)
- Interruption of memory and concentration
- Depression
- Generalized anxiety
- Violent eruptions of rage
- Substance abuse
- Intrusive recall -- different from normal memory in that it brings with it stress and anxiety
- Dissociative experiences, including dissociative flashbacks
- Insomnia
- Suicidal ideation
- Survivor guilt
Thoughts?