Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

The affected people also tend to experience somatic symptoms such as headache, sweating, digestive problems, heart-pounding, and rapid heartbeat after thinking about or recalling the traumatic event. They may have nightmares related to the traumatic experience, have disturbing flashbacks of the traumatic event as if the event was repeating itself all over again. The affected people may also neglect health care and personal self-care. They continue to be severely restless and depressed for months or even years which can seriously affect their quality of life and general functioning. Anger, nervousness, guilt, shock, or fear can be the initial reactions of the people who experienced a traumatic event. With time, such feelings start to persist and increase. They become so strong and dominant that the affected person fails to live a normal life.