Coping With PTSD
PTSD: What It is and How to Cope
Callie O. Sizemore
Perry Central High School
Introduction
My research paper today is on how to cope with PTSD. PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder is a mental health problem anybody could get, depending on what happened to create the event, such as fighting in a war, or a natural disaster, like Hurricane Katrina. These events can induce extreme levels of stress when mentioned. Thousands of people in the United States alone have PTSD, and many do not know any positive ways to cope with their condition.
People having problems coping with their traumatic event will use certain defense mechanisms, from repression to substance abuse, tailspin into alcoholism, and/or avoid anything that person …show more content…
This is where I got my information on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; the form of stress I am explaining how to cope on. This is another viable resource, considering this is a (.gov) website. Soldiers are some of the many people in the world afflicted with PTSD, and under the service of the government. They have studied over the effects of this ailment (side effect, basically.) This article goes over what PTSD is (something I briefly explained, but the information is from this website), the side-effects (which were also briefly explained and cited from this source), factors that can affect the development of PTSD, but this source does not go over every possible method of treating and coping with PTSD. The methods this site suggests are psychotherapy and medications. I have no knowledge of psychotherapy, but I do know that the method of suggesting medications is not the best idea. Medications can lead to addictions, in which people will have to be treated for later. But, other than that, I can safely say this was my most reliable resource by far and I highly recommend using …show more content…
Brody on her blog at mobile.nytimes.com. This is from a magazine and newspaper, with blogs online here and there, so this may be a little less reliable than other sources. The article itself talks about a form of guilt, similar to PTSD, but acclaimed to be worse than the mental health condition afflicting thousands of people all around the world. The guilt Brody refers to in her article is called moral injury. In her article, she claims that moral injury is just as bad, if not, worse than normal PTSD. I’ve read over the article some, and by the descriptions of the symptoms she gives on “moral injury”, it’s basically just the same symptoms of PTSD; anger, depression, anxiety, nightmares, insomnia, self medication with substances like alcohol or drugs which will need remediation for later on. What Brody states that is different in the article, however, is that the people who are afflicted with moral injury have greater guilt and grief than those with normal PTSD. How in the world does that work? To me, this just sounds as if she is talking about PTSD in a more severe form. I still give credit on this article though, but it isn’t as reliable as a source as I wanted it to
Callie O. Sizemore
Perry Central High School
Introduction
My research paper today is on how to cope with PTSD. PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder is a mental health problem anybody could get, depending on what happened to create the event, such as fighting in a war, or a natural disaster, like Hurricane Katrina. These events can induce extreme levels of stress when mentioned. Thousands of people in the United States alone have PTSD, and many do not know any positive ways to cope with their condition.
People having problems coping with their traumatic event will use certain defense mechanisms, from repression to substance abuse, tailspin into alcoholism, and/or avoid anything that person …show more content…
This is where I got my information on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; the form of stress I am explaining how to cope on. This is another viable resource, considering this is a (.gov) website. Soldiers are some of the many people in the world afflicted with PTSD, and under the service of the government. They have studied over the effects of this ailment (side effect, basically.) This article goes over what PTSD is (something I briefly explained, but the information is from this website), the side-effects (which were also briefly explained and cited from this source), factors that can affect the development of PTSD, but this source does not go over every possible method of treating and coping with PTSD. The methods this site suggests are psychotherapy and medications. I have no knowledge of psychotherapy, but I do know that the method of suggesting medications is not the best idea. Medications can lead to addictions, in which people will have to be treated for later. But, other than that, I can safely say this was my most reliable resource by far and I highly recommend using …show more content…
Brody on her blog at mobile.nytimes.com. This is from a magazine and newspaper, with blogs online here and there, so this may be a little less reliable than other sources. The article itself talks about a form of guilt, similar to PTSD, but acclaimed to be worse than the mental health condition afflicting thousands of people all around the world. The guilt Brody refers to in her article is called moral injury. In her article, she claims that moral injury is just as bad, if not, worse than normal PTSD. I’ve read over the article some, and by the descriptions of the symptoms she gives on “moral injury”, it’s basically just the same symptoms of PTSD; anger, depression, anxiety, nightmares, insomnia, self medication with substances like alcohol or drugs which will need remediation for later on. What Brody states that is different in the article, however, is that the people who are afflicted with moral injury have greater guilt and grief than those with normal PTSD. How in the world does that work? To me, this just sounds as if she is talking about PTSD in a more severe form. I still give credit on this article though, but it isn’t as reliable as a source as I wanted it to