PTSD

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Post-traumatic stress disorder affects not only those suffering, but also partners and family.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder can upend life for patients and those who love them.
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Flashbacks, guilt, fear and avoidance can all be signs telling you to seek a doctor's diagnosis.
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Finding the right PTSD treatment can restore your sleep cycle and help rein in your symptoms.
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Reducing anxiety is critical in PTSD treatment, and there are countless ways to get started.
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These tools and techniques may help alleviate the devastating effects of PTSD symptoms.
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PTSD can affect anyone, so it's important people are aware of the stages they may go through.
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Exercise can reduce the symptoms of PTSD and improve sufferers' quality of life.
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Post-traumatic stress is a life-altering anxiety disorder affecting millions of females
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Seeking treatment for PTSD may help prevent premature dementia and hypertension in older adults.
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This method of treating PTSD optimizes brain processing using memories and eye movements.
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Could reliving past trauma be the secret to recovering from it?
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Ecstasy-based studies enter Phase 3 trials with promising data.
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A watchful eye and intentional choices can reduce the suffering caused by PTSD.
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If you are overwhelmed by nightmares, flashbacks, anxiety or dark thoughts, try these solutions.
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You might accept your own post-traumatic stress, but other people could be less understanding.
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Your fight-or-flight response is always on, you're irritable, paranoid and you can't sleep.
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The actor told The London Times he's still learning how to navigate married life.
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There are multiple techniques you can use to self-regulate as you process intense emotions.
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Honesty is not straightforward for some people. Empathy could help them break the lying habit.
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When trust in the world is broken, we may no longer trust our own paths forward.
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When trauma is prolonged and repetitive, complex post-traumatic stress disorder can develop.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder is a serious and sometimes misunderstood condition.
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If you're considering dating someone with PTSD or CPTSD, here's what you should know.
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We debunk misconceptions about how PTSD can affect sexual and mental health.
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Prolonged exposure therapy shows promise for mental trauma caused by combat.
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This involuntary, biological survival mechanism can cause temporary paralysis.
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As common as it is, PTSD is still a bit of a mystery. Here's how it really affects people.
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Here's how to spot signs and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in a loved one.
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An array of treatment options can help people living with the condition manage their symptoms.
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PTSD is treatable, but it takes work to care for someone or to live with the disorder.
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Reliving trauma can be a messy minefield where you could end up retraumatizing yourself.
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Female service members are more likely to have PTSD. They also have distinct symptoms.