Just a question that has come up in my mind having an answer answered by a vietnam vet. Do you think that combat PTSD eg: seeing your buddies guts flying around etc, is the same as PTSD caused by other trauma eg: rape, sexual abuse etc?
2007-08-06 06:30:27 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
They ARE the same thing. They are both stressful and hurtful. And some people are more sensitive to events, for eg. a person watching a car accident right in front of them could go through ptsd. I would think that if I were raped or sexually abused, that would be 100% more traumatizing than a car accident. But that person could have been truamatized anyway..Every person is different and anything could cause ptsd.
2007-08-06 07:47:31 · answer #1 · answered by ♥CUTIE♥ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
But you probably felt your life was endangered or those of others. How do you go to war and it not happen? That alone causes PTSD. You don't have to be blown up or see death to be through trauma. Being sent and seeing war or an enemy dying is just that, why so many have it from it. You may be showing minor symptoms now in your opinon. Trust those close to you and listen when they something is wrong. You can supress many symptoms through "self medication" ranging from always staying busy by working too much to partying, or risky sex to agoraphobia and drinking. It is almost endless how we can cope, but we eventually run out. The normal symptoms can come on delayed, even by years. It is very horrible then and still very normal. You have it hit and have no clue why at first. I went 14 years before I had flashbacks and the myriad of other symptoms. I would say it is just PTS and not PTSD trying to kick in but the time period has been too long. I suggest see a trauma therapist ASAP to do all you can to avoid full blown symptoms coming later. Good luck.
2016-05-19 22:24:26 · answer #2 · answered by shelia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are the same thing.
PTSD is PTSD; there is no recognized separate diagnosis for Combat. Mental Health professionals don't distinguish one from the other.
2007-08-06 11:58:09 · answer #3 · answered by majnun99 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Post Traumatic Stress is just that. Stress after a trauma or traumatic experience. They are the same no matter what the cause.
2007-08-06 06:34:03 · answer #4 · answered by TweetyBird 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
ptsd is post tramatic stress disorder. it is the same, no matter where it comes from. who is to say that a vet is more stressed than a girl raped?
2007-08-06 06:37:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
they are the same disorder
but the flashbacks of the trauma are different
for example and abuse victim
see's the action of abuse in flashbacks
while soldiers see flashbacks
of the fighting and the places were
they unfortunatly saw there friends and partners
die
2007-08-06 06:37:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The disorder is the same and presents with the same symptoms ~ flashblacks, hyperviligance, etc, ~ but for vets they experience war-related themes, whereas for others, they experience abuse-related themes.
2007-08-06 06:33:14 · answer #7 · answered by riptide_71 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. It's just the trauma you relive is different depending on what you went through.
2007-08-06 06:38:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes .....
extremely stressfull situations cause this neeeds psychotherapy to deal with it
2007-08-06 06:33:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋