Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder For Dummies
Chapter One
The Invisible Epidemic of PTSD
In This Chapter
* Diagnosing PTSD
* Tracing the history of PTSD
* Counting the number of people PTSD affects
* Recognizing the most common causes of PTSD
* Adding up PTSD's cost to society
You jump out of your skin if you hear a police siren or a car backfiring.
You wake up screaming after terrible nightmares. You feel cut off from
your life and the people around you, and you're angry or sad all the time.
Worst of all, you experience moments of sheer terror when your mind pulls
you out of the present and drags you into a horrifying time in your past.
If you suffer from symptoms like these, you probably feel very much alone - but
in reality, you aren't. Instead, you're likely one of millions of people around
the world who suffer from a disorder called post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD).
If so, you're facing a problem as old as humankind. The difference between
the past and now, as you discover in this book, is that for today's PTSD sufferers, ... read full excerpt from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder For Dummies, E-Book Version ebook
