​POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF WAR DYNAMICS (PTSD)

​POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF WAR DYNAMICS (PTSD)

PTSD is a severe neurotic condition that affects both the military and civilian population of various ages today. It lasts a long time and requires medical and psychological help, which must be used imperatively - one must not assume that such a condition will pass by itself.

Remember! The longer the hostilities, the stronger the symptoms.

The main symptomatic signs of PTSD are:
➢ repeated experiences (flashbacks)
A person repeatedly involuntarily experiences a traumatic event: repeated flashbacks, night terrors, physical sensations such as pain, sweating, nausea or trembling;
➢ constant negative thoughts about his or her experience, often hyperbolized feelings of guilt or shame;
➢ detachment and emotional numbness;
➢ attempts to avoid reminders of traumatic events
Many of the people, in addition to avoiding memories, use the psychological technique of "suppression";
➢ hyperarousal, a feeling of being "on the edge"
Some people become very anxious and lose the ability to relax. They can constantly think about threats and get scared easily. Hyperarousal, in turn, often leads to the appearance of additional specific symptoms: irritability, anger, sleep problems (insomnia) and difficulty concentrating.

PTSD can last for different lengths of time:
• in acute form — 1-3 months;
• in chronic form — more than 3 months;
• PTSD with delayed manifestation — symptoms of the disease appear 6 months after the injury or later;
• the psychotraumatic cause seems to have disappeared if the person is in a relatively calm environment, or the cause, which was recorded in the initial examinations, has already been eliminated, but under certain conditions the symptoms may suddenly reappear.​