PTSD, war-shock, or shellshock was once thought to be a condition caused by war. Yet, mental health experts found that this disorder can also be a direct result of severe abuse, including physical and emotional abuse.

Most people that have PSTD experience flashbacks. Flashbacks occur after “triggers’ ignite their memory in which the person will go back to a time and place in their past. They often remember traumatic memories in detail and remain stuck there until their symptoms release them.

When flashbacks occur, the patient will act as though the traumatic experiences are occurring again. They experience intensified feelings of stress once triggered of the traumatic event. They may physically respond to the flashback. Sweating, heart palpitations etc will occur when the traumatic event is recalled.

People suffering from PTSD often avoid thoughts, conversations or feelings that remind them of those traumatic memories. They make every effort to avoid people or places that remind them of it as well. They often have a difficult time remembering critical parts of their traumatic experiences.

They lose interest in what is important to them. Once positive activities can become unimportant. They often feel distant from others and experience a hard time expressing positive feelings, like love or happiness. The feel as though life dealt them a bad deck of cards; in fact they are right. The abuse they experienced should never have been dealt in their cards.

Hyper-arousal experiences occur which causes the patient to experience a hard time falling to sleep. They may feel irritable or express outbursts of anger. They may feel constantly on guard (vigilant) as if danger is lurking around every corner. They are easy to startle and will often jump at loud sounds.

Most PTSD symptoms are extreme versions of common responses to stress. We can help people understand natural body responses to danger or threat to deal with the fight or flight responses.

Patients with PTSD do not necessarily have to have all of the symptoms as described. Thus, PTSD test is given, which it is a brief test that can help indicate whether you have PTSD.

Taking our PTSD test online is a good way to find out what level of PTSD you have and what to do next. The PTSD test only takes a few minutes to fill out and you will instantly get your automatically generated answer, including recommended PTSD therapy. The test is completely anonymous and free.