The reason in which we decided researching into Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is for the reason that our persona will be suffering from it. Therefore we did not want to start filming or make assumptions on how they would act without even going into any research.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or a longer term PTSD is an anxiety disorder that is caused due to stressful, frightening or distressing events which have happened within someones past. Events that can lead to a disorder such as this are:
- Road Accidents.
- Violent, sudden personal assaults such as sexual abuse, mugging or a robbery.
- Consistant sexual abuse, violence or severe neglect.
- Witnessing murders / deaths.
- Military combat.
- Being held hostage.
- Witnessing terrorist attacks such as 911th
- Natural disasters such as earthquakes or tsunamis.
It can be developed immediately after an experiencing of an event such as the above or it can occur weeks, months or years after the event. It develops in about 1 out of 3 people who experience severe trauma which can not be explained why some people experience it and some people can go without it.
People with PTSD their brain has parts involved in emotional processing appear different and brain scans. One part of the brain is responsible for the memory and emotions that us as humans consume which is known as the hippocampus. People with PTSD their hippocampus appears smaller in size. It is thought to be that the changes in this part of the brain can be related to fear and anxiety, memory problems and flashbacks. If the hippocampus malfunctions and may prevent flashbacks and nightmares from being properly processed, therefore the anxiety they begin to generate does not reduce over any time period. Treatment of PTSD results in processing their memories so that over time the flashbacks and nightmares will eventually and gradually disappear.
Credit: Katy Ward
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