One may be experiencing loss of sleep, anxiety, and emotional distress for a short amount of time. Īcute stress disorder is most frequently diagnosed in someone who has experienced a recent traumatic event. PTSD can last for years if untreated and can cause symptoms including - but not limited to - flashbacks, anxiety, trouble sleeping, mood swings, anger and irritability, concentration problems, dissociation and hypervigilance. Someone who is diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, also known as PTSD, has likely experienced a violent or severely stressful event. These lasting effects can be categorized as a trauma-related disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder and reactive attachment disorder. Complex trauma may include PTSD.įor those who have experienced a traumatic event in their lifetime, they can experience lasting effects. An example is being exposed to domestic violence as a child and witnessing a natural disaster later in life. Experience of these traumatic events can start in childhood and continue into adulthood. Those who experience complex trauma have likely been exposed to numerous traumatic events throughout their lives. Ĭhronic trauma can especially be found in children who have consistently witnessed violence in the home, were abused on more than one occasion or were mistreated as a child. This can include witnessing one violent event or experiencing a stressful situation, such as a car accident. People who are diagnosed with acute trauma have likely experienced one traumatic event in their lifetime. Individuals who develop long-lasting, chronic symptoms may be diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Traumatic events may cause debilitating symptoms that are short-term (acute) or long-term (chronic). Gun violence, car accidents and terror attacks.There are multiple triggers of emotional trauma.
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