PTSD Symptoms
True or False: The P in PTSD stands for "psychological".
False, it stands for "Post".
True or False. Having Trauma makes you more likely to develop substance abuse problems.
True.
True or False. 90% of people who survive trauma develop PTSD.
False. 20-30% do.
True or False: Anger is a symptom of PTSD.
True. It is part of the hyperarousal symptom cluster.
True or False. It is best to work on becoming substance-free before working on trauma issues.
False. It is best to address both at the same time from the start.
True or False. People don't ever recover from PTSD, they just get better at dealing with it.
False. People do recover from PTSD.
True or False: People who have PTSD always remember the details of the trauma.
False. Many people do not.
True or False. Substance abuse makes you more vulnerable to further trauma.
True.
True or False. Complex trauma means the trauma is complicated and hard to explain.
False. It means multiple traumas or ongoing trauma.
True or False. You can develop PTSD from watching someone else get hurt.
True. It doesn't have to happen to you directly.
True or False. For most people who have both Trauma and substance abuse, the substance abuse came first.
False. Trauma comes first two-thirds of the time.
True or False. You have to tell your trauma story in order to recover from PTSD.
False. Some people do recover this way but some recover by focusing on the present.