The Signs A Loved One May Have PTSD [& How to Spot Them]

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PTSD affects more than just veterans - in fact, nearly 70 percent of people have experienced at least one traumatic event in their lifetime. It can also lead to other mental health disorders like depression and anxiety.
There is hope for recovery from post traumatic stress disorder when you learn how to spot symptoms like nightmares, flashbacks, avoidance, arousal, and other triggers.
In this eye-opening interview, clinical psychologist and PTSD expert Dr. Christina Iglesia shed light on the signs a loved one may have PTSD and how to spot those symptoms.
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Dr. Christina and MedCircle host Kyle Kittleson discuss what the following DSM criteria for PTSD actually look like in an adult, teenager, or child:
1. “A response to a traumatic event that involves intense fear, helplessness, or horror.”
2. "Re-experiencing the event, through... images, thoughts, dreams, even illusions and flashbacks...[and] internal or external cues that resemble or symbolize the trauma.”
3.“Avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma.”
4. “Persistent symptoms of increased arousal.”
Dr. Christina also sheds light on how to help a loved one who is experiencing any of this symptoms, and how to get them on the road to the right treatment.
This video can help you help a loved one who may be suffering from the fear, isolation, hypervigilance, and distrust that can accompany trauma and PTSD.
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[@smiletodaykatie]

No joke this is one of my favorite mental health channels. Interviewer is so so easy to listen to, very likable guy. It truly helps! Thank you for all this rad content!

[@urs1386]

Same here. 45 years after mother killed herself (I was 5) and I still cry. Knowing that I’m just making space for her is just beautiful.

[@cynicallyyours61]

Living in the society we do, there seems to be a mentality that showing our emotions is something we need to examine and regulate. Labels of negative and positive emotions is damaging. Once you label something as good or bad we start to judge ourselves and others based on societal norms. There is nothing wrong with remembering a loved one via some sort of stimuli and shedding a tear or two. I still shed a tear whenever I remember loved ones, no matter how long they have been gone.

[@jfjdjdji723]

Crying is good for you. It releases tension and emotional pain.

[@SandiTink]

One of the problems I have that this video helped me understand is that just because I had repeated terrifying trauma, those incidents don’t negate the small traumas. I’ve always thought that I was defective when I couldn’t handle what everyone around me considered an everyday type of event, like a grandparent dying. It never dawned on me that someone stealing my Christmas present was traumatic to a two year old. I was expected to not display any emotion about it or discuss it with anyone, which made it more traumatic for me. When you add up all the small, medium, large, and unbelievably awful traumas I’ve experienced, it’s no wonder that I have so many mental and physical health issues. Thank you. It helps to understand that it’s not just the “big ticket” events that caused the PTSD. When you assess the cumulative trauma, my problems make much more sense to me.

[@tm13tube]

My grandmother lived next door from the time I was 6-16. The two weeks before she died I sat with her all day in the hospital. I remember one thing she said to me during those 10 days. She said, “Why do they keep sticking these needles in me?

[@perrystalsisworldofbiology767]

I think losing your mother at 16 would count as a traumatic event. Bravo to you for carrying on. I don't get close to anyone. So when they die, I don't have to be upset. Those times I have cried, I was so embarrassed I wanted to stab myself in the gut to stop the feeling. Anyway, great channel. Looking forward to working my way through all the videos.

[@pinoytizen6617]

I currently have PTSD. My life changed started when both my parents died. My wife left me together with my 7 YRs old daughter. I can't stay on a company longer than 1 year. I just AWOL on my previous company and I'm jobless this coming Christmas. I always feel that I will gonna die either heart attack or stroke. I don't feel safe even inside of my house. I need help but I don't know where to get. Life is getting hard for me...

[@LizbetPCB]

What about when you’re unable to cry at all following trauma, where once crying appropriately was possible. Being unable to cry at all is a problem.

[@serrecewinter8119]

trauma has taken over my life I can't sleep its hard to eat and I'm sad angry or scared constantly I try drinking but even then memories flood my mind and I can't regulate emotions navigating the counseling lists is scarry but I understand the need for more help

[@urs1386]

Wow. Really awesome! Thank you for an excellent much needed talk

[@FergusScotchman]

I'm glad this is a great in-depth view of a specific area of issues from several people. The questions asked are great.

[@Turquoise.Violin]

This discussion was so good 🙌 🙌 🙌 🙏

[@gigireg5567]

The hymn, Rock of Ages, used to make me cry. It was used at my brother's funeral. Elderly men which reminded me of my deceased father I& brought tears while I was part of a caroling group.

[@SY-tn2io]

Great video! Would love to see more content from her!

[@ladyesther]

When he mentioned his mother being associated with the piano and how he couldn’t handle hearing classical music at time. That really touched me and I started to cry. I can relate to judging myself for my emotions. I am learning to let myself cry and trying to be kinder to myself. Thanks for sharing that Kyle.

[@oazazdravlja5]

Amazing Conversation!Thanks very much both of you!👏👍🙏❤️

[@codacreator6162]

I think crying for a loss like a mother is normal for you if it doesn't interfere with the rest of your life. I've suppressed my emotions for so long that I don't know what they are anymore, but they incapacitate me. That's not only not normal, it's unhealthy. And this incapacitation slips easily into a loop of self-reinforcement, which leads to feelings of despair, failure, worthlessness and ultimately, suicidal thoughts. The longer this loop prevails, the closer I come to giving up. I recognize this pattern and want nothing more than to break out of it, but my self-image is so low in my middle 50s that I can't even see what that might look like.

[@lidadiaz7795]

can a betrayed wife experience ptsd? especially if she has been betrayed a hundred times already? as per my experience, i get involuntary shaking whenever i get suspicious over my husband...