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Originally Posted by unhappyguy
Here's an interesting article from PC suggesting that PTSD starts with childhood trauma. My T has told me that he thinks my PTSD developed in my childhood even though the actual serious effects from it did not start until well into my adulthood and several serious setbacks. The article focuses on combat PTSD sufferers but the childhood connection may speak to all sufferers. In my case, that appears to be true.
http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/11...ers/47943.html |
my opinion is no PTSD does not always start in childhood with child hood trauma..for example we have many people here in New York that have never been through any childhood trauma but now have PTSD due to the affects that hurricane Sandy has had on them.
I know many people in the military that have PTSD and did not go through any childhood trauma's their PTSD is from things like having to kill people and being shot at while serving in Iraq and other wars...
granted some people in the military most likely have gone through trauma because statistics state one in every 3 gals and one in every 4 guys will have gone through child abuse of some sort. So its no surprise to me that there are people in the military that have undergone some sort of childhood trauma.
here where I live and work in NY, USA the mental health community believes anything can cause a person to go through PTSD because there is no one thing that causes a person to have PTSD symptoms ie panic attacks, nightmares, flashbacks, intrusive thoughts....
it may be the point of view of the author of that article that PTSD begins in childhood, but my opinion is no, PTSD can start even in late adulthood.