Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

After experiencing an intense threat to someone else or ourselves, we can experience Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Although, we often feel that we should not be so affected, PTSD can drastically affect our ability to cope or function in daily life. .

Use the questions below as a self-reflective guide.

Have you…

experienced a life-threatening event to you or someone else?

relived the event through nightmares or flashbacks

found yourself avoiding circumstances that relate to the originial event?

had difficulty with sleep, anger, or talking to someone about your experience?

do you feel more “on edge” than before the event?