Trauma & PTSD Treatment
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the after effect of a traumatic experience, and it can be described as the development of emotional ailments that result from an extremely frightening, life-threatening experience.
So How Do You Know You have PTSD symptoms after a traumatic event?
If you’re experiencing depression like symptoms inlcuding isolation and avoiding social activities like parties and cinemas, etc., after a traumatic event.
You tend to have difficulty remembering important aspects of the experience, for example, blocking the memories.
You find yourself in shock occasionally. Also, nightmares and flashbacks.
Reliving the traumatic experience is another sign you are suffering from PTSD.
The development of negative, social and emotional experience like shame, fear, anger or rage, etc.
Developing the habit of engaging in behavior that can cause you harm such as substance abuse or promiscuous sexual behaviors.
If you are experiencing any of the above symptoms, you should seek professional help for PTSD.
Are You Finding It Difficult To Outlive The Symptoms Of PTSD Like Some Other Victims Of Traumatic Experience?
That you haven't been able to overcome the shock from your traumatic experience doesn't make you an abnormal being. As a matter of fact, it is natural for people to go into shock after they or a member of their family or a loved one has been exposed to a traumatic or life-threatening event.
Anxiety, shock, guilt, anger, self-blame
Anxiety, shock, guilt, anger, self-blame are all examples of healthy responses shown by people after a traumatic event. They experience these emotional feelings and process them by dealing with the situation through grieving and support from family members and friends which help them recover from the shock of the traumatic experience. However, you continue to experience the aforementioned symptoms when you fail to recover from the traumatizing shock and that's where PTSD comes to play.
I'm Not A Veteran, Why Should I Be Experiencing PTSD?
True, veterans are often the victims of PTSD, but to think that you are not supposed to experience PTSD symptoms after a traumatic event because you are not a veteran is one major misconception. Any individual can suffer from the symptoms of PTSD after experiencing an extremely traumatizing event which could range from being sexually abused to a life-threatening experience.
People generally experience similar emotional traumatic symptoms regardless of the fact that the degree of trauma may not be the same with everybody. In most cases, it is common for people to suppress their childhood memory of a traumatic experience. This suppressed childhood memory has the potential of triggering PTSD symptoms in adulthood. Like every other life’s challenge, it is better to deal with your traumatic memories than to run away from them. And that's why you need trauma and PTSD treatment or trauma therapy to help you recover from and heal you of your traumatic memory.
Can PTSD result to depression or Anxiety?
Of course, PTSD can lead to depression and/or anxiety; victims start having such negative thoughts like- what if I experience this event again? The implication is that they become uncertain and worry unnecessarily about the future. Also, these victims feel emotionally depressed whenever they feel helpless or unable to help others.
With the aid of appropriate trauma and PTSD treatment, the symptoms can be short-term and situational. Such PTSD treatment may include medication for managing the symptoms as well as psychotherapy. But depression and anxiety can become long-term in a situation where a victim attempts to suppress his/her traumatic memories. Failure to effectively deal with the symptoms can also give rise to delusions, psychosis and even thoughts of committing suicide or hurting others.
reduce avoidance and increase acceptance
Who provides treatment for PTSD?
At Raleigh Counseling, we have professional counselors who specialize in providing trauma and PTSD treatments. Raleigh Counseling helps everyone experiencing the symptoms of PTSD including veterans and their families by offering them support in our confidential and comfortable environment. We go as far as reviewing the individual and family history of the victims. After which we set goals for victims and their families to help them know more about PTSD, reduce avoidance and increase acceptance, skills for coping with dysfunctional symptoms are examined, and the healthy ones are introduced.
Trauma counselors at Raleigh Counseling, provide effective trauma and PTSD treatment utilizing different treatment modalities such as Trauma Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), etc. At the commencement of your trauma and PTSD counseling sessions with your counselor, you can be assured of your counselor’s unreserved support and continuous listening ears. Your counselor will challenge you with the goal of helping you defeat your fears.
So, are you or is any loved one of yours struggling to deal with a traumatic experience from the past that’s causing PTSD symptoms? Our trauma counseling at Raleigh Counseling can help you recover from your traumatic past.
Contact us Wake Counseling & Mediation, and you can be sure of getting effective trauma & PTSD treatment from our professional and experienced counselors or therapists.
