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posted 09/21/2009, comment (1)

Risk Factors and Diagnosis of PTSD

The exact cause of post-traumatic stress disorder is not known, however, there are a number of risk factors that increase your chance of developing PTSD. PTSD most often develops in adults; however, people of any age can have PTSD. Research indicates that up to 8 percent of the population in the United States have symptoms of PTSD... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/08/2009, comment (1)

What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder. It generally develops after having gone through, or been exposed to, a frightening situation. Usually, physical harm either occurred or there were threats made. Some examples of traumatic events that might trigger PTSD include: Personal physical assault Sexual assault Natural... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/01/2009, comments (3)

Jaycee Dugard, Kidnap Victims and PTSD

For the past week I have watched with joy and with horror the events surrounding Jaycee Dugard. After 18 years of living in captivity, of having two children but being robbed of raising them (they believed she was their sister), of having to live her life according to someone else's whims, she is free and has been reunited with her mother and her... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/25/2009, comments (4)

Heart or Not?

I am having a great deal of fatigue and weakness. I have been in the hospital for intestinal bleeding and a blood clot. These seem to be resolved but I am feeling very weak and tired and I think that it is more than the hospital stay and the meds that is causing this. I am trying to get my cardio tests completed. ( Still need stress test). I know... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/24/2009, comments (0)

How to Spot a Nervous Wreck

What a curious turn of phrase ‘nervous wreck' is. A wreck implies something that was once fully functional but is now beyond repair. As for ‘nervous', well we know that refers to anxiety. So the implication is that as a result of anxiety the affected person is now a mangled emotional heap beyond repair? This is something worth thinking... Read more Chevron

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