My question is how does PTSD affect someones ability to hold a job? I have known people that have it and they always seem to bounce between jobs. What would cause this problem?
2007-11-26 02:52:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
Having PTSD can affect every aspect of a person's life. Certain symptoms can be quite debilitating. Hyper vigilance, for example, could mean that a person is preoccupied with where the fire extinguishers are and the fire exits, and they could feel compelled to check them several times a day. Or maybe they don't feel safe in a high-rise and can't work in such a building. Or they startle at loud noises, such as a ringing phone.
If they are having flashbacks--which are times when the person is vividly reliving the trauma in their head on an unstoppable loop--they won't be able to focus on work related tasks.
Also, people with PTSD often have trouble sleeping at night. Being chronically tired at work doesn't help focus at all.
Severe PTSD can hamper someones ability to work. And as someone else noted, their ability to be in a long-term relationship. If you spend much of your time managing your symptoms, it doesn't leave much time for your spouse.
There is treatment for PTSD, however, and with therapy and/or medication, things can improve drastically.
2007-11-26 03:05:28 · answer #1 · answered by AClaire 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
PTSD can affect a person's ability to hold a job in many ways. PTSD can cause a person to have outbreaks of violence, both physical and verbal. Sometimes these events can happen at the workplace. Another problem is forgetfulness, which can be anything from forgetting to do something for your boss, forgetting that today is your day off or even the opposite. You may have forgotten your work i.d. or wallet which causes you to have to drive back home, causing you to be late for work. Daydreaming or flashbacks can cause a serious hinderance if your in the middle of working. Alot of these things can result in the loss of one's job.
2007-11-27 06:28:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
PTSD is a serious condition that can effect all areas of one's life. I know I have had it for about three decades.
One of the central things that might cause persons to bounce between jobs is hte fact that if one has PTSD then this means that one's traumas are almost certainly UNRESOLVED. Resolving these trauma's free one from both the symptoms and diagnosis of PTSD, this therefore creates the stability and drive to stay in a job or relationship.
2007-11-26 11:20:25 · answer #3 · answered by Artfully 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Stress would cause the problem. Little things sometimes remind people with PTSD of their trauma and they seek to avoid anything that would even remind them of the situation. These usually erupt from unresolved problems and memories. These memories stay unresolved because the person avoids them because of the pain and anxiety.
There may be more at www.anxietycoach.com.
2007-11-26 10:58:38 · answer #4 · answered by cavassi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PTSD can effect everything, and people with out it, bounce between jobs too. People with it do stay put, at one job, (I know of one). for 13 yrs. But they can't seem to stay married. What's that all about?
2007-11-26 10:57:06 · answer #5 · answered by Tacit Hue 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because you life is so out of sync and you can't hold a thought for very long. And the anger issues would constantly keep you at odds with people you work with. Its a very difficult illness, and one that does not get better with time.
2007-11-26 11:33:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a problem with authority .
2007-11-27 08:22:44 · answer #7 · answered by Savage Grace 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋