Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health disorder that may occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event. It can be a challenging condition to live with as one small thing can trigger a wave of uncomfortable or upsetting symptoms. If you have been diagnosed with PTSD, counseling in Dallas can help you find relief.
What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?
PTSD has been known by many different names in the past, including “shell shock” during World War I and “combat fatigue” after World War II. However, PTSD doesn’t just happen to veterans alone.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder can occur in anyone, regardless of their ethnicity, nationality, or culture. PTSD affects approximately 3.5% of US adults every year, and approximately 1 in 11 people will be affected by PTSD at some point in their lives.
Many events can cause the development and trigger PTSD. These can include experiences such as
- Serious accidents
- Natural disasters
- Terrorist acts
- War or combat
- Threats of death, sexual violence, or serious injury
Symptoms and Diagnoses of PTSD
Symptoms of PTSD can vary in severity, but are usually grouped into a few types of symptom categories.
Avoidance Symptoms:
People with PTSD may avoid reminders of the trauma by steering clear of people, places, things, and activities that may trigger distressing thoughts and feelings. People may try to forget about the traumatic event entirely. People with PTSD may not want to talk about what happened, but avoidance symptoms can limit your life experiences and may control your behaviors. That’s why PTSD counseling in Dallas can help.
Intrusion Symptoms:
People with PTSD may experience recurring, involuntary memories, disturbing nightmares, or flashbacks of a distressing event. Flashbacks may be so vivid that people feel they’re experiencing a traumatic event all over again or are seeing the event right in front of them.
Alterations in Arousal and Reactivity:
These symptoms of PTSD include becoming irritable, acting recklessly, being paranoid, being easily startled, or having trouble concentrating or sleeping.
Many people who are traumatized by a traumatic event experience symptoms that are similar to those described above. To be diagnosed with PTSD, a person must experience symptoms for at least a month and must experience significant distress or problems in their daily functioning. Some people experience symptoms of PTSD within three months of an injury, but others may not experience them until months or even years later.
Take Control of Your PTSD Symptoms with Neurofeedback
Neurofeedback is an effective treatment for PTSD without causing unnecessary distress. Neurofeedback can modify brain activity by providing real-time monitoring and training to support better self-regulation. Through iterative training sessions, neurofeedback can help reframe your cognitive behaviors to better respond to PTSD symptoms. Neurofeedback can be an effective alternative to pair with traditional PTSD counseling.
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As a leading brain treatment center in Dallas, we’ll go the extra mile to meet your health and wellness needs. Once you’ve completed your qEEG brain map, we’ll create a customized brain training program to address your PTSD symptoms or trauma-based issues. We can even integrate our neurofeedback treatment into your talk therapy sessions.
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