Imagine the story of a girl of 18 years old who was brutally raped by armed robbers, who came to their house. Imagine her shock, her trauma, at this point she begins to go through post traumatic stress and it's symptoms. For a very long time this girl cannot be herself. She is going to be reliving the experience over and over. For a long time it could leave her shattered. Her self-esteem, her morale, her outlook on life at this point everything has been turned upside down. These are some incidents or events that have been known to cause post-traumatic stress.
Symptoms
a) Flash back; a feeling that it is happening again. Reliving the experience.
b) Bad dreams and nightmares.
c) Tendency to be startled by loud noises or people resembling the attacker or the voices like the attacker's voice.
d) Pounding heart, trembling, being upset when reminded of the trauma.
e) Agitation and constant state of being on the look out for danger.
f) Emotional numbness.
g) Loss of interest in things that were previously enjoyable.
Tips that can help
There are few ways through which sufferers can be helped.
a) Maintaining a spiritual programme, keeps you mentally stable.
b) Try encouraging the sufferers by talking to them. Be understanding and don't misunderstand what he/she is going through, the sufferer is not acting, over reacting or being difficult. The individual needs time to come to grips with the experience. And the sufferer must try to confide on someone he or she feels close to and pour out your feelings to this person because a problem shared is a problem half solved, the sufferer,must talk to people and be opened inother to fight the trauma and learn to trust people having in mind that just like we have unique finger prints so also are we unique and different, so it is alright to give people chance into your life and don't kick people out because of what you have gone happened in your life.
c) If it continues get him or her to see a psychologist.