Can you get post traumatic stress from something that happened over a long perio!


Question: Can you get post traumatic stress from something that happened over a long period of time!?
!.!.!.rather than one terrible event!? How do you get over it!? And survivor's guilt too!.Www@Answer-Health@Com


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Yes definitley!. You can get it in all kinds of forms actually!. You can get it from one terrible event, from a long period of bad events, or from an event that happened a long time ago, but you recently stress over it!. I'm very sorry you feel this way as I have anxiety and this is one kind of anxiety!.I know many people refuse medication, and I don't blame them, but if you refuse to go through therapy that might be your only option!. Medication may help you get through the day feeling more normal!. However, feeling guilty is a good trait but can become overwhelming!. I asked a question yesterday about how to stop feeling so guilty about things!. Life has a funny spin on people, and theres a reason you are alive right now!. Try to enjoy it, but still mourn those you lost!. Again I'm sorry you are going through this and feel this way non stop!. I too know what it feels like to be anxious, you feel as if there is no light at the end of the tunnel!.!. But there is!. I would see your family doctor and tell them!. Its all confidential and they will be able to choose the right method for you!. Good luck!Www@Answer-Health@Com

absolutely!. that's why so many soldiers come back with post traumatic stress, it wasn't from one particular night but from the whole time period they were at war!.

i'm not sure the exact reasons you get it!. i would assume it's from the trauma and stress of an event/time period!.

survivor's guilt is also common, especially in things like accidents where they survived but someone else didn't!.

if you're feeling any of these things, join a support group and start counseling! best wishes Www@Answer-Health@Com

There are absolutely alternatives!!! My first suggestion, if you don't feel comfortable with counseling, is to grab as many books about depression/anxiety as you can from the library and start keeping a journal!.

You can also grab a cup of something yummy at a bookstore cafe and browse those books, pick anything new you might like!. There are tons of workbooks out there designed to help you help yourself!.

Good luck and hang in there!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Yes it is possible!. First port of call is your GP who might give you antidepressants which will help with the anxiety and depression!. They do not make you sleepy or zombie like nowadays!. No need to worry about the stigma!. No-one else needs to know if you choose not to tell them!

Maybe the next person you will be seeing will be either a trained counsellor - who does not give advice, but encourages you to explore your feelings and their origins etc and might make suggestions!. Talking does help a lot, you might not think it will, but it does!.
Or you might ask to see a CPN (Community Psychiatric Nurse) who will do a bit more with you than a councellor!.


Believe me, I have been through what you are going through and am now coming out the other side!. I still have the odd bad day, but the good far outweigh the bad!. I may not have a job, but I am fulfilled - even if I cannot pay the bills!. But there is help (like the CAB) when you get overwhelmed!.

I wish you well and you have already taken the hardest step by admitting to yourself you need some help which is freely available without judgement!


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Yes, especially if you suppress it, at some point it has to come out, and it might not come out for a long time later!. You need to face the trauma, it order to get over it and to move on!. Counselling is an excellent medium to work on your trauma!. Don't discount it so quickly!. Www@Answer-Health@Com

Post traumatic syndrome can come after a long period of time, and I am afraid the best way to handle it is going through counseling!. Why do you refuse it!? It will help you to cope better!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Yes, but you need to seek professional advice!.

All the best!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

im sorry u feel like this!. if i were u i would go to therapyWww@Answer-Health@Com

i was sexually abused for many yrs when i was a child i was then treated for post traumatic stress disorder when i was 23 so yes!.
im afraid by refusing help you will never move on!.!.please consider it or maybe what happened to me will happen to you and that was i got so ill with depression anxiety panic attacks that in the end i had no choice!.!.!.!.!.medication or councelling,medication is nasty(side effects weight gain zombified yes they still do some of them,no sex drive etc) and is just like sticking a plaster on a nasty gaping wound!.it does not heal you,so when you come off them the symtoms come back!.!.do you wanna be a anti- depressant drug addict for the rest of your life because your afriad to talk!?!?course you dont!.
councelling will let you explore all the feelings you need to other wise these feelings manifest themselfs as depression anxiety,mental illness!.o c d addictions the list goes on and on!.it at first is shite but its like sorting your home out at first everything is in aa mess and you think what have i started but then you strt putting the things in there right place till its clear and you heal im 36 and functionin as a good together(stronger)adult!.think about it!.good luck sweet!.xx
please remember you went through the worse when you had the experience you will never go through that again talking will not kill you!.
do what you gotta do for now but think maybe in a year or two councelling will be a possibility!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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