PTSD Basics
This what the acronym PTSD stands for.
What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?
This symptom occurs when someone feels like they are reliving a traumatic event.
What is flashbacks?
Something that reminds you of your trauma.
What is a trigger?
The name of of the grounding techniques that uses your five senses.
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 technique?
This type of disorder is characterized by exposure to a traumatic event and symptoms such as flashbacks, nightmares, and hypervigilance.
What is trauma disorder?
Experiencing or witnessing this type of event can cause PTSD.
What is a traumatic event?
When someone keeps having nightmares about a traumatic event.
What is Re-experiencing?
Sound, smell, person, place, or anniversary
What are examples of triggers?
This system in your body is relaxed when you practice grounding.
What is nervous system?
Medications such as SSRIs that may be prescribed for PTSD to help reduce these symptoms.
What are anxiety and depression?
True or False: Only veterans can have PTSD
What is False?
fear, anger, guilt, shame, sadness
What are common symptoms of PTSD?
Fight, flight or Freeze.
What are types types of trauma responses?
You are triggered by something that happens in your day, instead of using substances, you decided to call a friend, exercise and attend a meeting.
What are examples of healthy coping?
The organ most impacted by PTSD.
What is the brain?
The areas of a person that are affected by PTSD.
What are Thoughts, Emotions, Body, or Behavior?
The action of keeping away from or not doing something that reminds you of a traumatic event.
What is Avoidance?
True or false: Triggers are always obvious.
What is false?
This is not the best long-term solution for coping with triggers.
What is avoiding things that trigger you?
Trauma-focused therapies often use this technique, involving recalling traumatic memories in a structured way to reduce their impact.
What is exposure therapy?
Experiencing PTSD is not a sign of this.
What is weakness?
Feeling constantly on edge or easily startled.
What is hypervigilance?
Engaging in mindfulness, grounding, or splashing called water on your face are examples of this.
This is saying ‘no’ to people or situations that threaten your recovery.
What is setting boundaries?
Symptoms of PTSD can persist for this minimum duration after the traumatic event to meet diagnostic criteria.
What is one month?