Post-Traumatic Stress DisorderPost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a real illness. You can get PTSD after living through or seeing a traumatic event, such as war, a hurricane, rape, physical abuse or a bad accident. PTSD makes you feel stressed and afraid after the danger is over. It affects your life and the people around you.
PTSD starts at different times for different people. Signs of PTSD may start soon after a frightening event and then continue. Other people develop new or more severe signs months or even years later. PTSD can happen to anyone, even children.
Symptoms
PTSD can cause problems like:
Flashbacks, or feeling like the event is happening againTrouble sleeping or nightmaresFeeling aloneAngry outburstsFeeling worried, guilty or sad
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