Usually, putting an unwanted thought out of your mind is a pretty easy task. It’s a fairly simple process of replacing the unwanted thought with another thought. We do this repeatedly all day long. This isn’t the case when a person has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The reason thatContinue Reading
Many Anxiety Disorders are intertwined. If your anxiety symptoms are severe enough, they may fall within a specific category. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Hyperarousal, symptoms of heart palpitations, difficulty sleeping, sweaty palms and continuing irritability, to name a few, often lead to Panic Attacks. More Intense Symptoms Panic AttacksContinue Reading
Many people suffer from chronic anxiety and sudden panic plus the intense fear of the attack happening in a public place, away from their home, such as in a shopping mall, bus, train or airplane or movie theater. Symptoms of agoraphobia include: fear of being left alone, fear of losingContinue Reading
People who are highly anxious and experience sudden Panic Attacks may experience chest pain, a racing heart, dizziness, choking, feelings of unreality, trembling or fear of losing control. Many people believe they are having a heart attack, are going insane, or about to die. Sinking Ship To get a betterContinue Reading
As much as parents try to protect their children from traumatic events, it is sometimes just impossible. Children experience tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes, fires and auto collisions just as adults do, resulting in millions of kids and teens having Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and millions more having undiagnosed PTSD. PressuresContinue Reading
People who have personally witnessed or survived a disaster are most influenced by traumatic stress. Twenty percent of the people who lived near the Twin Towers in New York City suffered serious stress disorders. Even people who witnessed those events from a distance were traumatized. Over forty percent of theContinue Reading
Memories of traumatic events can lay dormant just beneath our consciousness, often for days, weeks or months. A triggering event can cause intense emotional and physical sensations that bring the trauma right back as if the event is happening all over again. There are important reasons why memories of traumaticContinue Reading
Hallucinations are imaginary sensations that can involve one or more senses, such as seeing, hearing, or smelling things that don’t exist. Hearing voices is a common hallucination. Sometimes voices command people to hurt themselves. Sometimes they obey the command (Barron Cliff & Hadduck, 2006). Some psychotic people feel bugs crawlingContinue Reading