Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is yet another demonstration of the body
protecting the mind. This disorder is not widely understood, yet it is a
very real part of our lives This article takes an interesting look at the
basics of understanding PTSD.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is the body’s
natural response to terror. This disorder is an emotional
condition that presents itself following traumatic events
in which the person experiences helplessness, terror,
actual or threatened death, horror, or serious injury to
him/her self or others. These events can occur whether a
situation is witnessed, or experienced first hand. Any
event that is considered life changing can trigger Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder.
PTSD was recognized formally in 1980. In the hundreds of
years before 1980, it had been recognized although it had
no conventional diagnosis. In the Civil War of the United
States of America (1861-1865), these veterans were referred
to as suffering from Soldier’s Heart. In World War I
(1914-1919) these bodily responses were called Combat
Fatigue. The Vietnam War, which ended in 1975, had
veterans who displayed symptoms called Post-Vietnam
Syndrome, Battle Fatigue, or Shell Shock. Even today this
illness ¡s sometimes called Can’t Stop Remembering
disease.
Uiring the life changing event of the human, a reaction
happens called an acute stress reaction. This acute stress
reaction releases adrenaline unconsciously, automatically,
and immediately. This adrenaline is the primer that is
hard wired within us in accordance to the fight or flight
response. When the body interprets an environment where
immediate danger is gone, it initiates a chain of chemical
reactions that are supposed to diffuse the body’s
reaction which the fear initiated. Sometimesthe original
feelings of fear, horror, and helplessness..