Understanding PTSD in Youth, Teens, and Adults with Stacie Boyer

Johnny Kline and Juli Madacey - The Pursuit of Whealth - interview with Stacie Boyar a Mental Health Counselor - LMHC, MS ed, in south Florida. She has transitioned her practice to Telehealth serving patients with PTSD, trauma, depression, emotional disorders, personality disorders and hoarding.

We explore Causes of PTSD, Living with PTSD, and some modalities of Therapy to begin to heal PTSD.

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From LifeLine Canada Foundation

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can occur after a person has been through a traumatic event. These events can include:

• Natural disasters
• Car crashes
• Sexual or physical assaults
• Terrorist attacks
• Combat during wartime

During a traumatic event, people think that their life or the lives of others are in danger. They may feel afraid or feel that they have no control over what is happening. And if the person has a TBI, too, these feelings of lack of control and fear can balloon into confusion, challenges with memory, or intense emotion.

Signs and symptoms

Generally, symptoms of PTSD can occur when a person re-experiences the traumatic event, tries to avoid thinking about the event, or is experiencing high levels of anxiety related to the event. Some of the most common symptoms include:

• Having recurrent nightmares
• Acting or feeling as though the traumatic event were happening again, sometimes called a “flashback”
• Being physically responsive, such as experiencing a surge in your heart rate or sweating, to reminders of the traumatic event
• Having a difficult time falling or staying asleep
• Feeling more irritable or having outbursts of anger
• Feeling constantly “on guard” or like danger is lurking around every corner
• Making an effort to avoid thoughts, feelings, or conversations about the traumatic event
• A loss of interest in important, once positive, activities
• Experiencing difficulties having positive feelings, such as happiness or love