CALL (800) 331-4264 Identify and Deal with Mood: We all need to
find safe and constructive ways to express our feelings of
anger, sadness, joy and fear. What is post-traumatic stress
disorder? Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety
disorder that can occur after someone experiences a traumatic
event that caused intense fear, helplessness, or horror. PTSD
can result from personally experienced traumas (e.g., rape, war,
natural disasters, abuse, serious accidents, and captivity) or
from the witnessing or learning of a violent or tragic event.
While it is common to experience a brief state of anxiety or
depression after such occurrences, people with PTSD continually
re-experience the traumatic event; avoid individuals, thoughts,
or situations associated with the event; and have symptoms of
excessive emotions. People with this disorder have these
symptoms for longer than one month and cannot function as well
as they did before the traumatic event. PTSD symptoms usually
appear within three months of th