What Causes Ptsd?

[NewDay770]

Must a PSTD sufferer have gone through one huge trauma or it can even be anything usual? I mean like a series of events to cause it? And how the flashbacks are?

I went to psychiatric one diagnosed me with PTSD and the other said that I don't have PTSD cuz I have not gone through a major trauma... Both said that I really need to take medicines and I need therapy.

I am confused.

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[Abrasky]

I asked my therapist the same question once. I thought she explained it in this way. She said that when we go through a trauma, the stress hormones flood the brain. They stress the brain, and because the brain can't have a break from these stress chemicals, it gets damaged. She said the brain does what it does. I suppose my brain did what it did quite well.

 

[anthony]

PTSD is caused by abnormally traumatic events, meaning they are outside the scope of what is considered normal to experience within life. It can be a singular event or compounding events.