All 20 Uses of
post-traumatic stress
in
Nineteen Minutes
- It's post-traumatic stress disorder.†
Chpt 1 *post-traumatic stress = an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to traumatic experiences
- It was a specific tangent of post-traumatic stress disorder, one that suggested a woman who'd been repeatedly victimized both mentally and physically might so constantly fear for her life that the line between reality and fantasy blurred, to the point where she felt threatened even when the threat was dormant, or in Joe Riccobono's case, as he lay sleeping off a three-day drinking spree.†
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- The bottom line for both is post-traumatic stress disorder.†
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- He's going to explain to you that Peter was suffering from an illness called post-traumatic stress disorder.†
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- He had written more papers than any other forensic psychiatrist with a specialty in post-traumatic stress disorder.†
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- Peter was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.†
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- For example, we've all heard of soldiers who come home from war and can't adjust to the world because of PTSD.†
Chpt 2PTSD = post-traumatic stress disorder -- an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to traumatic experiences
- People who suffer from PTSD often relive the experience through nightmares, have difficulty sleeping, feel detached.†
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- 'The thing that's important to remember about PTSD is that a traumatic event affects different people differently.†
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- For example, for some, a violent rape might trigger PTSD.†
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- 'Even when a battered woman is not immediately under physical threat, she psychologically believes she is, thanks to a chronic, escalating pattern of violence that's caused her to suffer from PTSD.†
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- A child who is suffering from PTSD, like Peter, is terrified that the bully is going to kill him eventually.†
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- A child who suffers from PTSD has made unsuccessful attempts to get help, and as the victimization continues, he stops asking for it.†
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- During the actual incidents of bullying, a child with PTSD might retreat into an altered state of consciousness-a dissociation from reality to keep him from feeling pain or humiliation while the incident occurs.†
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- 'Part of it is the PTSD-Peter's response to chronic victimization.†
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- 'You said that part of your diagnosis of PTSD came from the fact that the defendant was attempting to get help, and couldn't.†
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- You also said that part of your diagnosis of PTSD was illustrated by Peter's retreat into a fantasy world, correct?†
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- That's very common for patients with PTSD.'†
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- The truth was, no matter what King Wah had said, no matter how clear the explanation of PTSD, no matter if the jury completely empathized with Peter-Jordan had forgotten one salient point: they would always feel sorrier for the victims.†
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- Peter's defense hinged on PTSD-how one event might trigger another; how a person who was traumatized might be unable to recall anything about the event at all.†
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