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Shareese Barnett
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Reliving the event Avoiding situations that remind you of the event Feeling numb Suddenly become angry or irritable. Have a hard time sleeping. Have trouble concentrating. Fear for your safety and always feel on guard.
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Most people who go through a traumatic event have some symptoms at the beginning but don't develop PTSD. Even if you always have some symptoms, counseling can help you cope. Your symptoms don't have to interfere with your everyday activities, work, and relationships.
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Cognitive therapy, in which you learn to change thoughts about the trauma that are not true or that cause you stress. Exposure therapy, in which you talk about the traumatic event over and over, in a safe place, until you have less fear. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), in which you focus on distractions like hand movements and sounds while talking about the traumatic event. Eye
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http://www.webmd.com/anxiety- panic/tc/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-- treatment-overview http://www.webmd.com/anxiety- panic/tc/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-- treatment-overview http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/post- traumatic-stress- disorder/DS00246/DSECTION=symptoms http://www.medicinenet.com/posttraumatic_ stress_disorder/article.htm
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