Shareese Barnett

 Reliving the event  Avoiding situations that remind you of the event  Feeling numb  Suddenly become angry or irritable.  Have a hard time sleeping.  Have trouble concentrating.  Fear for your safety and always feel on guard.

 Most people who go through a traumatic event have some symptoms at the beginning but don't develop PTSD.  Even if you always have some symptoms, counseling can help you cope. Your symptoms don't have to interfere with your everyday activities, work, and relationships.

 Cognitive therapy, in which you learn to change thoughts about the trauma that are not true or that cause you stress.  Exposure therapy, in which you talk about the traumatic event over and over, in a safe place, until you have less fear.  Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), in which you focus on distractions like hand movements and sounds while talking about the traumatic event. Eye

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