(psychology) Name please?!?!
Question:
(psychology) Name please?!?
What is the technical name or phrase(s) in Psychology to exactly describe this kind of situation?
-- guy gets really bad news of death of loved one but Christmas music is playing; now Christmas music depresses and freaks him out (not like a phobia!) but like it kicks in the old worst feelings;
-- woman was beaten repeatedly by stepfather who wore suspenders. Now when she sees suspenders she (consciously or not!) feels really bad about herself;
-- College student spent many years with nasty parent who always answered a legitimate question with a nasty, critical question back. Now in his first year of graduate school well-meaning professors etc ask him study questions and he "chokes" and is failing.
-- Middle aged man was ridiculed for years during the Vietnam war for being shy, klutz, not following picky regulations. Today, skinny in shape with good job BUT the minute somebody waves pink bureaucratic triplicate forms at him (reminds him of the Army) he gets very depressed and listl
Answers:
PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder