Post-traumatic stress is mental disorder that is caused by a tragic event in a person’s life, and can be physically debilitating. Sometimes this disorder can be cause by an event that happened to someone else close to a person, and it affected them in a traumatic way. PTSD can cause flashbacks of sorts, whenever something triggers a memory of the event.
Many people assume that PTSD is something that only soldiers experience, as it often occurs with people who have witnessed a gruesome or frightening situation. A common misconception is that everyone who witnessed such an event will have a PTSD diagnosis, but that isn’t the case. Victims of interpersonal trauma, such as rape or abuse, are more likely to be diagnosed with PTSD than someone who witnessed a natural disaster firsthand.
Triggers can occur at any time for any reason, even if a person with PTSD feels that they are over it and have been fine for years. The age activity that keeps long term movies tucked away weakens as we age, so symptoms are likely to resurface later in life. The key to safely processing these triggers is proper therapy and support, and trying to fix it on your own may only make things worse.
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy has been shown to resolve trauma-related disorders. The idea behind it is that during a tragic event a person’s neurological and cognitive coping mechanisms are inadequately processed. EMDR therapy is used to successfully process traumatic memories and to allow for a patient to develop more adaptive coping mechanisms.
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