PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

PTSD, post–traumatic stress disorder, is a mental illness  that develops as a result of severe physical, emotional, or  psychological trauma. PTSD is commonly associated with  veterans’ trauma that occurs as a result of the effects of war.  It can also be the result of other types of trauma such as  childhood trauma, as in my case. I still feel the acts of sexual  assault, spousal abuse, and home invasion and burglary,  causing negative parallel effects of feeling threatened by and  detached from people. Some symptoms of this mental illness  can interrelate with other mental illnesses. In the case of  detachment from people, this is part of being antisocial—a  symptom of another mental illness I fight daily: Cluster B  Personality Disorder.  PTSD can bring about feelings of anger, betrayal, low  self-esteem and self-worth, deep-seated rage, and paranoia. It 

can also cause hallucinations and delusions. I have dealt with  each of these things. There are things that trigger an episode,  and solutions that challenge and fight the negative effects that  accompany PTSD.