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Home > Anxiety > 7 REASONS TO GET RID OF YOUR PTSD FOR GOOD

7 REASONS TO GET RID OF YOUR PTSD FOR GOOD

Posted on 04.20.16 No Comments

wound shutterstock_300549245When you have a physical wound you do whatever-it-takes to get it to fully heal. Its just as important for you to do whatever-it-takes to get your PTSD wound to fully heal. PTSD doubles your risk of multiple sclerosis, shrinks part of your brain and sabotages your career – but with some hard work you can reverse all the damage.

If you have PTSD its natural for part of you to want to hold onto the pain of your trauma memory.  You may feel that holding onto your fear and/or anger will keep you safe.  Similarly, you may feel that if your trauma fully heals that you will be letting the person that hurt you off the hook or that it will mean that it was ok that it happened.  While it is normal and natural to have these thoughts, it is important to realize that PTSD is actually a major emotional wound and leaving a major wound open and unhealed is not good for you. 

Here are the top 7 reasons that I encourage you to whatever-it-takes to make sure that your PTSD wounds fully heal.

  1. Your Health – Unresolved PTSD throws your immune system out of whack DOUBLING your risk of cardiovascular problems, arthritis, allergic reactions, lupus, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, chronic fatigue syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, hypothyroidism, fibromyalgia and even diabetes.
  2. Your Risk of Future Trauma – Unresolved PTSD makes you 50% more likely to blindly walk into another similar traumatizing event.
  3. Your Risk of Future PTSD – Unresolved PTSD for an old trauma increases your risk of developing PTSD after any future traumatic event by 300%.
  4. Your Mental Health – Unresolved PTSD can morph into a range of other disorders including depression, phobias, social anxiety, generalized anxiety (chronic worry), eating disorders, panic attacks, alcohol abuse and obsessive compulsive disorder.
  5. Your Relationships – Unresolved PTSD can distort your relationships making some people avoid confrontations while others will have anger outbursts, some become control freaks while others give in too much, some will become withdrawn while others will become dependent and clingy.
  6. Your Brain – Unresolved PTSD can actually shrink your hippocampus, the part of your brain you use to remember. The good news is that your hippocampus can recover once the PTSD resolves.
  7. Your Career  – PTSD reduces your ability to concentrate, cope with stress, deal with conflict and handle emotionally charged situations.

FURTHER READING

Boscarino, J. A. (2004). “Posttraumatic stress disorder and physical illness: results from clinical and epidemiologic studies.” Ann N Y Acad Sci 1032: 141-153.

Boscarino, J. A., et al. (2010). “A twin study of the association between PTSD symptoms and rheumatoid arthritis.” Psychosom Med 72(5): 481-486.

Bremner, J. D. (2006). “Traumatic stress: effects on the brain.” Dialogues Clin Neurosci 8(4): 445-461.

Breslau, N., et al. (2008). “A second look at prior trauma and the posttraumatic stress disorder effects of subsequent trauma: a prospective epidemiological study.” Arch Gen Psychiatry 65(4): 431-437.

O’Donovan, A., et al. (2015). “ELEVATED RISK FOR AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS WITH POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.” Biological Psychiatry 77(4): 365-374.

Work Impairment And Limitations Associated With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

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David Russell

David Russell

Dr. Dave Russell is a clinical psychologist who specializes in intensive individual and couples therapy using 90-minute and 3-hour sessions – where client’s can achieve up to 3 month’s worth of therapy in each session – to fully resolve emotional baggage, hot buttons and trigger points. He has his doctorate in clinical psychology from Rutgers and did his internship at Yale. Before going into full time practice he was a clinical instructor at Yale and the director of outpatient services at Klingberg Family Centers. His practice MCH/Russell Associates, LLC in West Hartford, CT has clients who come for face-to-face sessions from as far away as New York City and Boston, clients who come for week-long intensives from all over the United States and clients who work via phone or Skype from as far away as Australia, Canada and the UK.

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