PTSD Symptoms
What is an example of a dissociative reaction?
flashbacks
A billionaire superhero suffers from flashbacks and panic attacks after defending Earth from an alien invasion
Iron Man 3
A pop star known for her whistle tone faced an unimaginable horror when a suicide bomber attacked her concert in Manchester, UK taking 22 innocent lives, yet she turned her PTSD into advocacy and started a $2 million free therapy for her fans.
Ariana Granda
What is PTSD?
What is CBT
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the relationships among thoughts, feelings and behaviors; targets current problems and symptoms; and focuses on changing patterns of behaviors, thoughts and feelings that lead to difficulties in functioning
What is an example of intrusion symptoms?
Recurrent, involuntary and intrusive
* Memories of traumatic event
* Dreams of traumatic event
A 2012 film starting Emma Watson and Logan Lerman, where the main character aunt passes in a tragic car accident, resulting in numerous flashbacks and clinical depression.
The Perks of Being A Wallflower
A red hair prince who lost his mother at a young age, experience traumatic grief and public scrutiny for years.
Who know currently embraces EMDR therapy and healing to combat his PTSD.
Prince Harry
What does PTSD Stand for?
Post traumatic stress disorder
What is CPT?
Cognitive Processing Therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy that helps patients learn how to modify and challenge unhelpful beliefs related to the trauma.
What is an example of negative alterations in Cognition?
* Increased frequencies of negative emotions (fear, shame, guilt, confusion)
*Socially withdrawn
Brothers
An African American actress who knows how to think like a man, known for being a Jane and clover cheerleader experienced a brutal sexual assault within her younger years but is currently on the path of healing.
Gabrielle Union
Can PTSD be a diagnosis for someone under 6 years old?
Yes
What is group therapy?
A form psychotherapy where more than two people meet to describe and discuss their problem together under the supervision of a therapist.
What is depersonalization?
I, Tonya
A musical legend whose band is the name of a famous magazine day, some want moves (dance skills) like him describes experiencing PTSD when his girlfriend unfortunately die by suicide.
Mike Jagger
PTSD can't be diagnosed without a ______
traumatic or stressful event
What is EMDR?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy - encourages the patient to briefly focus on the trauma memory while simultaneously experiencing bilateral stimulation (typically eye movements), which is associated with a reduction in the vividness and emotion associated with the trauma memories.
What is derealization?
The world around the individual is experienced as unreal, dreamlike, distant or distorted.
A 2018 film based on a novel created by Dennis Lehane, with a main character who suffers from PTSD as a result of a kidnapping and sexual torture when he was younger.
Mystic River
A former Missouri Senate Candidate who experience haunting memories of his deployment in Afghanistan publicly speakings on his experience of PTSD.
In effort to heal, the candidate left the Senate race to seek PTSD treatment.
Jason Kander
What gender is PTSD more prevalent across the lifespan?
Women
What is the most common drug used prescribed for PTSD
Prazosin