Derealization is a sense of distance from activities going on in the world or feeling that one's surroundings are distorted or somewhat unrecognizable.
Traumatic experiences can affect and alter cognitions. From the outset, trauma challenges the core life assumptions that help individuals navigate daily life. For example, it would be difficult to leave the house in the morning if you believed that the world was not safe, that all people are dangerous, or that life holds no promise. Belief that one’s efforts and intentions can protect oneself from bad things makes it less likely for an individual to perceive personal vulnerability. However, traumatic events—particularly if they are unexpected—can challenge such beliefs.
Those with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can often develop difficulties with sounds such as an exaggerated startle response, fear of sound (phonophobia), aversion to specific sounds (misophonia), and a...
PTSD is a mental health condition that may involve disturbances in threat perception, threat sensitivity, self-image, and emotional functioning. It can cause serious disruption in the ability to have healthy,...
Ruminative type symptoms are seen in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) under the general header of negative alterations in cognition and mood. These symptoms include pervasive negative beliefs about oneself or...
Flashbacks are like waking nightmares. They are intense, repeated episodes of re-living the traumatic experience while you’re fully awake. Flashbacks can come on suddenly and feel uncontrollable. They are more...
These are where emotions from the past are triggered. Often the individual does not understand these intense emotions are flashbacks, and it appears the person is being irrationally emotional. Symptoms...
In somatic flashbacks the survivor feels sensations, pain and discomfort in areas of the body, affected by the trauma. This pain/sensation cannot be explained by any other health issues and...
Dissociation is a mental process that severs connections among a person’s thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, and/or sense of identity. Most of us have experienced dissociation—losing the ability to recall or...
Many people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD ) may have trouble concentrating or have other problems with their memory, such as memory loss. In fact, memory and concentration problems are...