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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has both physical and psychological symptoms. PTSD is caused by distressing, frightening or stressful events, and sufferers tend to continually re-experience these events as nightmares or flashbacks.
As a result, sufferers are prone to re-experiencing the emotions they felt at the time of their ordeal, which are often accompanied by new feelings of dread, alarm and panic. Sleeplessness, irritability and feelings of isolation are also common. It is not surprising that PTSD can have a powerful impact on everyday lives.
Therapy can make a significant difference in the quality of life of PTSD sufferers. For example, hypnosis, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), psychoanalysis and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) can all be used with positive effects. Therapeutic and medical treatments are frequently used at the same time.
