Well, unless someone has experienced this reaction to a trama, or many tramas that takes place in the brain, that person WILL NOT UNDERSTAND IT. And it is hard for the person who suffers from it to understand it.

Yes, it is an anxiety disorder, and disorder is correct because when a brain is experiencing PTSD it is because the brain was effected more dramatically by an event or events than normally takes place in the average brain.

Each person is a little different depending on the amount of trama as well as if there was a history of other tramas as if a child experiences trama, say constant abuse or feelings of unsafety and stress the young brain experiences shrinking of the Hipocampus and is more prone to experience PTSD symptoms later on if the person is again tramatized. They have examined the brains of those patients, children and adults that express the symptoms of PTSD and they now have seen that there is a definite pathology expressing the changes that have taken place in the brain of someone suffering from PTSD.

What can happen on different levels depending on the exposure to trama, how long it took place and how severe and availability of treatment directly following the tramatic event, is the brain can be stuck in a hypervigillant state. Or the brain can be easily triggered into a hypervigillant state. A person is more easily stressed and can be triggered in various ways giving rise to the cortizol levels that signal the brain into a high alert state. It can be more than just the natural 7 minute warning, it can flood the brain causing stress on the brain itself, making it hard to concentrate and can lead to mental exhaustion, anger, frustration and most importantly difficulty in the capacity to process and the ability to manage slowing down and doing one activity at a time.

Often people who don't understand it say things like "Just" get over it and deal when the brain is not able to do that properly in those who suffer from PTSD. The person who is suffering from PTSD almost always isolates because they somehow know they cannot seem to moderate their own concentration levels and can be easily triggered into experiencing severe anxiety, flashbacks and troubling behavior patterns that they cannot seem to control somehow or even understand.

It is VERY IMPORTANT that the person who is suffering receive help and therapy with someone who understands this disorder. A person who is struggling with this disorder can become very overwhelmed very easily and will often say "I need a break" constantly. What they are looking for is a way to calm down and be in a very low stress environment so they can slowly deal with the trama that has taken place in the brain itself. It takes time to overcome this disorder, and it is a disorder because the brain is not working in ORDER. The longer someone goes without treatment and support the harder it is for them to recover. And each person is different depending on the trama or length of tramas that have taken place.

It is very unfair to be mean and impatient with people who struggle with PTSD, it is not their fault, they REALLY DO struggle and need help and guidance and it takes HARD WORK and TIME to slowly learn how to recover from this DISORDER of the brain.

Being around others that share the experience is very helpful for those that are experiencing it because it can be very lonely and troubling and difficult to understand and each person will take a different amount of time to overcome it. Patience and support are very important to those that are dealing with PTSD. Treatment is a must by those who are trained and understand PTSD.

((((tear_drop))))) The worst thing you can do is ask someone who knows so little about PTSD to attempt to define it, you will not get informative answers and what you DO need most is to avoid anyone who tells you any kind of wordage that has a sentiment of "Just deal, just get over it, Just, Just, Just". You truely deserve so much more than "Just" and a good therapist who knows how to treat PTSD is the best thing you can do for yourself along with those that also understand and deal with it because they will be there to support you and tell you to slow down and give it time.

There is Post Tramatic Stress, and then there is Post Tramatic Stress Disorder which is more difficult to understand and takes longer to work through.

Be very kind and patient with yourself and the best you can do is seek help and ask the therapist to sit with your family members and teach them how to support you. It is much easier to work through PTSD and even recover if the person who is suffering is understood and supported by their family members and they know they have time to work on understanding and dealing with the PTSD.

((((Hugs)))))
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