Understanding the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 17 Articles

by Samantha Pratt-Tyler

I have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). I do not have many memories of my childhood, they are blocked out of my mind. In fact, so many years are missing, I feel like the part of brain that holds memories is l...read more

by Juanima Hiatt

When PTSD Strikes I've been sitting here, trying to think of where to begin because PTSD doesn't come on you like a common cold, causing discomfort and fatigue for awhile and then improves with chicken noodle soup and r...read more

by Catherine Roberts

The door merely shuts, the phone rings, I hear voices outside my apartment. I am paralyzed. An alarm clock goes off when it's time to wake up and I shake. I hear alarm clocks in my dreams. I hear knocking on the ...read more

by Christine Hutson

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is caused by trauma. I know I have it as a result of severe abuse, motor vehicle accidents, and having been accidentally shot twice. Sounds, sights, odors, even a touch can trigger what feels...read more

by Kristine Turner

PTSD and Our Soldiers Resources: Military.com The War List: OEF/OIF Statistics by Ilona Meagher Our military soldiers are facing more trying times than ever before. The cases of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disord...read more

by Michael Vieira

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (Understanding the full impact) In the last eighty years or so, it seems there has been a war for each generation in the American family. Gramps fought in World War I, dad fought...read more

by patty smithe

To understand PTSD you could do this. Imagine going through the day and being startled or panicked at least, ten times. Over simple everyday things like a car pulling up in the drive way. Or the dog barking. After these e...read more

by Bonnie Trapp

I have come to a point in my life after almost fifty years of suffering that it is time for justice. Justice for the little girl that had no voice and no choice. The child adults used, abused and then threw away thinking t...read more

by Heather Foster

I don't think I have PTSD, even though I have flashes of memories that were traumatic for me at the time. There's nothing like being shot at, while hunting, by some drunk who used his hunting trip as an excuse to mix guns ...read more

by lisa lou

PTSD and Me. I am writing this to tell my story short version of how and why I developed PTSD and what I did to normalize my life. I grew up with 4 sisters, 1 brother, my parents and I in a 3bdrm home. My sisters and I ...read more

by Madison

The night of the incident that later caused my PTSD was a wonderful night right up until I found myself (with my boyfriend) trapped in a dangerous place. I thought I was going to be gang raped. I found myself getting hys...read more

by Shawty

I have suffered from Post Traumatic Stress for most of my life, I first noticed myself changing in 5th grade. I am now 26 years old and I want to help other people to understand that this can cause so many more problems fo...read more

by Sunshyne

I'm lost, my arms are tingly, and the colors around get bright and somehow appear to be on a television screen. Time stopped, reactions slow. I'm floating up too high; I start to lose track of reality, in the void somewher...read more

by Elouise Lord

I know somewhat of what you are feeling. My PTSD has a few causes. The first signs showed up after I went home for lunch on November 27, 1990. We were on a work to rule at the Catholic high school at which I...read more

by sandra marie

That night I did'nt cry or ask why I did'nt speak or think or react in any way. I went home and with one foot in front of the other carried on my life. I tended to my babies needs read books and alot of ...read more

by Miss.Jamie

I was born a very sick child . I had one sister , that was two yrs. older than me . And I had a brother , that was four yrs. older than me . As I grew up , my father was an alcoholic , so was some of my uncles & grandfathe...read more

by Sharon Jurss

First off PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome) is not something that you can just get over with time. Many of our soldiers are coming back from war with this devastating illness. It causes breakdowns of marriages, relat...read more