Essay On Depression And Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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The subject of my essay is two emotional disorders of my choice, which are rooted in basic emotions. My choice is depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Emotional disorders are abnormal emotional reactions to external stimuli. Emotional disorders consist of mood swings and disturbances in thinking and acting. Depression has a specific meaning in psychiatry. This term may mean a disease symptom otherwise referred to as a depressed mood, which consists of persistent, deep, long-lasting, inadequate, and often unjustified and "qualitatively" different sadness (American Psychiatric Association, 2013b, pp. 155–157). Depression is often called the disease of the 21st century - for several years, there has been a significant increase in the …show more content…

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder) is an anxiety disorder that develops as a result of experiencing a terrifying, life-threatening event. People who have PTSD become very sensitive to the experiences of everyday life and often relive the tragic event they experienced. They have intense, distressing thoughts and feelings related to the trauma. They avoid places, people, and things that remind them of the event. They cannot forget him and have to face them again through flashbacks or nightmares. They often feel sad, depressed, fearful, or angry. They may also react adversely to something as ordinary as noise, casual gestures, or touch. The post-traumatic syndrome can occur at any age, regardless of gender and education, but it is twice as common in women than in men. According to statistics, PTSD is experienced by one in eleven people in their lifetime. PTSD can be caused by a car accident, plane crash, physical, sexual, or emotional assault or abuse; it can also occur in victims of kidnapping or torture and in those who have been victims of a natural disaster. Post-traumatic stress disorder also occurs when a person is not a direct victim but only an observer of a traumatic, emotional event - for example, a witness to a natural disaster, a terrorist act, beatings, robbery, or death. These events accompany intense feelings: fear, helplessness, and terror. According to the DSM-5 book, typical symptoms of post-traumatic disorder include recurrent, persistent, and distressing memories of the event; recurring bad dreams, acting or feeling as if the traumatic event were happening again; intense mental distress when exposed to stimuli that symbolize or resemble an event; vegetative symptoms that occur in response to stimuli that resemble a traumatic event. Avoidance or decrease in general sensitivity to stimuli from the environment - avoidance

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