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PTSD Symptoms

100

True or False:

The P in PTSD strands for Psychological. 

False, it stands for post. 

200

Anger is a symptom of PTSD, true or false? 

true, it is part of the hyperarousal symptom clusters. 

300

True or false: people who have PTSD always remember the details of their trauma?

False, many people do not.

400

True or false: you can develop PTSD from watching someone get hurt?

True, it does not have to happen to you directly. 

Link between PTSD and substance abuse.

100

True or false: having PTSD makes you more likely to develop substance abuse problems? 

True.

200

True or false: it is best to work on becoming substance free before working in on trauma issues? 

false, it is best to address both at the same time from the start

300

True or False: substance abuse makes you more vulnerable to further trauma. 

True

400

True or false: for most people who have both PSTD and substance abuse, the substance abuse came first.

False, 2/3 of the time PTSD comes first

PTSD Facts

100

90% of people who survive trauma develop PTSD, true or false? 

false, 20-30%

200

People do not ever recover from PTSD, they just get better at dealing with it, true or false? 

false, people do recover from PTSD

300

Complex trauma means that trauma is complicated and hard to explain, true or false? 

false it means multiple traumas or ongoing trauma.

400

You have to tell your trauma story in order to recover from PTSD, true or false?

false, some people do recover this way but some people recover by focusing on the present.