Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)Attention Device: It was a relatively normal morning. I was in the Army at the time and as always it was time for duty at 0400 am. My daughter was 15 months old at the time and she didn't make a sound when I quietly rolled out of bed from next to her. The house echoed it was so quiet. But soon all nightmares became a reality, when I discovered Monique was not breathing. She had passed away in her sleep during the night. Now I suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD, as do thousands of Americans. Tie to Audience: If you are lucky you don't suffer from this disorder, but I bet you someone you know suffers from it, and doesn't even know it. I hope after this speech you will be able to recognize the symptoms of PTSD and how it effects the lives of not only the people who suffer from it but their friends and family as well. Credentials: As a sufferer of PTSD, I can relate to everything I have researched, magazines, books, internet searches and people I have talked to here at Fort Campbell, KY who now suffer from PTSD as a result of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Preview: Tonight I hope to assist all of you in understand what PTSD is, the treatments, how it affe
"My wife is always waiting for me to blow with angry, she says she is always terrified she is going to say the wrong thing that will remind me of a "Hoggy"", one soldier from Fort Campbell who wished to remain anonymous for privacy purposes. New York : Facts on File, c1996)About 30 percent of the men and women who have spent time in war zones experience PTSD. Variance of SymptomsEvidence: Symptoms can range from waking up in the cold sweat, nightmares, flash backs, avoidance, denial, overall numbness of emotions. 2% of women reported at least one traumatic event. My husband can stand to be around me now too (except when I am nagging him to take out the trash). " PTSD has also been detected among veterans of the Gulf War, with some estimates running as high as 8 percent. In con-junction with talk therapy and some form of support group to assist in the healing process. Many times the people around feel as if their on egg shells, not knowing when your going to blow next, or cry uncontrollably next. I still have nightmares, about her being at the end of the hall reaching out for me and I can never get to her no matter how hard and fast I run. During recovery a person may relapse, loose numerous jobs, have their good and bad days, but sooner or later, there is light at the end of the tunnel. 2 million people) have PTSD during the course of a given year. It is estimated that most people who are exposed to a traumatic or stressful event (such as Operation Iraq Freedom) experience some of the symptoms in the days and weeks following exposure.
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