| Although its symptoms have been documented since | | | | relate to those around them because of their own |
| the time of Herodotus, the idea of a mental illness | | | | pre-occupation with past horrors. |
| called "post traumatic stress disorder" did not gain | | | | Ways To Lessen Post Traumatic Stress |
| currency until the latter half of the 20th century. Post | | | | PTSD is always very painful, both to the suffer and to |
| traumatic stress syndrome, or disorder (PTSD or | | | | those who are close to him or her. PTSD robs the |
| PTSS for short) is a serious psychological condition | | | | sufferer of the person he or she once was. It robs |
| that can develop after an individual experiences or | | | | loved ones of the person they once knew. Fortunately, |
| witnesses a very emotionally painful or life-threatening | | | | mental health professionals have developed a number |
| event. Bloody military battles, child abuse, torture, | | | | of ways to lessen, or perhaps even cure, some of the |
| kidnapping, and serious accidents are all examples of | | | | more debilitating effects of PTSD. These include |
| situations that could trigger PTSD. The effects of | | | | counseling and therapy encouraging survivors to talk |
| PTSD are severe and long-term. Patients often require | | | | about their experience in a safe, controlled, |
| years of counseling or therapy, and some may never | | | | understanding environment. Additionally, hypnotherapy |
| fully recover. | | | | and NLP are valuable alternatives for those averse to |
| How PTSD/PTSS Progresses | | | | traditional therapy. |
| People experience post traumatic stress disorder in | | | | Change Your Perspective With Hypnotherapy And |
| response to situations that make them feel helpless, | | | | NLP |
| vulnerable, and afraid in a permanent way. A wide | | | | Lately, some sufferers of PTSD have started using |
| variety of situations can cause people to develop | | | | hypnotherapy and NLP to help them readjust to life |
| PTSD. At the same time, not all people who undergo | | | | after a major tragedy. NLP experts have developed |
| trauma will suffer from PTSD. Some people can | | | | techniques to help trauma survivors after long studies |
| survive the worst accidents, undergo the most | | | | and interviews of those who managed to get over |
| harrowing psychological tests, and even suffer | | | | their PTSD (whether through therapy or on their own). |
| permanent, serious physical injuries without developing | | | | The experts found that people who once suffered |
| PTSD. Although they get injured physically, they | | | | from PTSD but no longer do so have learned to think |
| manage to survive unscathed mentally. | | | | differently about their traumatic experience. |
| Symptoms Of A Long-Term Problem | | | | For many PTSD sufferers, their past tragedy is like a |
| Other people will experience the exact same traumas | | | | movie that replays uncontrollably in their minds. Their |
| (or even, seemingly, less severe ones) and develop all | | | | memories have, understandably, focused on the worst, |
| the symptoms of PTSD. These include nightmares and | | | | most helplessness-inducing parts of their experience. |
| uncontrollable flashbacks to the time of the incident. | | | | Meanwhile, those who have recovered from PTSD |
| They also include refusing to talk about or even allude | | | | remember their past tragedy in a more neutral light. |
| to the incident for fear of losing control. People with | | | | Practitioners of NLP and hypnotherapy teach recent |
| PTSD experience constant stress and worry. The | | | | trauma survivors to re-interpret their tragedy. They |
| horror of what happened to them is always at the | | | | "rewire" the minds of recent survivors of post |
| back of their minds. Often, PTSD sufferers feel | | | | traumatic stress, teaching them to think more like those |
| isolated and alienated from their environment, unable to | | | | who've had years to recover. |