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Itzcoatl Ocampo What Happened to You

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Overview

According to the American Psychological Association, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is "an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. Traumatic events that may trigger PTSD include violent personal assaults, natural or human-caused disasters, such as terrorist attacks, motor vehicle accidents, rape, physical and sexual abuse, and other crimes, or military combat."

PTSD is a problem in which your brain continues to react with nervousness after you have had a horrific trauma even though the original trauma is over. Our brains can react by staying in "overdrive" and being hyperalert to the next possible trauma. Sometimes you might continue to "remember" the trauma by having "flashbacks" about the event or nightmares even though the trauma is in the past. After a traumatic event, we can also become "numb" and shut down our feelings and try to avoid situations that might cause us to remember the trauma.

Epidemiology PTSD is somewhat common. In the United States, 60% of men and 50% of women experience a traumatic event during their lifetimes. The diagnosis of PTSD was developed by studying soldiers from war, and it was originally called "shell shock syndrome." You can also get PTSD by being near a trauma or witnessing it. Professionals who are exposed to trauma in their daily work can also develop PTSD. PTSD can also be caused by more long-term trauma such as sexual abuse of children or having a serious medical illness as a child or adult. It affects nearly 8 million American adults, according to the National Mental Health Association The National Center for PTSD tells us how common PTSD is among civilians and soldiers: The rate is highest for soldiers. For soldiers who fought in the Iraq war in 2008, the RAND Corporation found that the prevalence of current PTSD was 13.8%. The NCS-R estimated the lifetime prevalence of PTSD among adult Americans to be 6.8% . The lifetime prevalence of PTSD among men was 3.6% and among women was 9.7%. Women (10.4%) were more than twice as likely as men (5%) to have PTSD at some point in their lives. The National Survey of Adolescents, which included a household probability sample of 4,023 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17, found that using accepted diagnostic criteria for PTSD, the six-month prevalence was estimated to be 3.7% for boys and 6.3% for girls.

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  • Hi. Don't give out your address! it's extremely dangerous. You don't know if "Sir" is really a family friend. Perhaps he is. Perhaps, he is a madman looking for a victim.. Itzcoatl will have a mailing address, once he is stabilized. Ask his friends to send you *his* mailing address Also, it may be wise to get a P.O. box to receive snail mail from people on the internet. .Always protect yourself. You can't help others, if you are a murder victim.

  • @Iamnutsy THank you! I really appreciate your advice and I loved the msg u sent me. I hope you stay around for our other vids too. do u use fb?

  • @InteractiveHealing Hi. No, I don't FB, but, I will sub to your channel. :)

  • @Iamnutsy Thank you!!!! we're honored to have ur sub!

  • Taking a human life is a violation of God's creation. Never, never, never, shall we kill - not even think about it. Interactive Healing is right. Seek for help when such thought creeps up in your mind.

  • @openup5hearats yes, you're 100% right!

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  • @aztec714ok jeez!!! I DIDN'T know about him! Thanks for bringing that to my attention. Pls sub us friend :)

  • it is a tragedy what he did..but did you ever think of doing a video on charles ng he tortured and killed a baby in front of the mother..he was also in the millitary and his family also spoke highly fof him.he killed more than one baby including men and women.

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