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When an individual directly or vicariously experiences an
event so sudden, overwhelming and alarming that it inundates
their coping capacities, a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can
result. Often, the individual may not be immediately aware of
the impact of the event - initially all efforts may be
directed toward simply surviving the circumstances at hand. In
the days, weeks and months following the occurrence, the
person may begin to be aware of:
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Intrusive recollections
or re-experiencing of the trauma
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Heightened anxiety
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Numbness as going
"through the motions" without feeling truly present or
connected to ones surroundings
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Avoidance of places,
situations or people reminiscent of those in which whom the
event occurred
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Detachment from
interpersonal relationships
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A constrained sense of
future possibilities
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