Am I At Risk?

Explanations of PTSD focus primarily in route the mind is suffering https://www.myptsd.com/am-i-at-risk-for-ptsd/266/ from traumatic experiences. Theorists speculate upon experiencing overwhelming trauma, your brain is unable to process information and feelings in a standard way. It is as though the views and feelings at that time of the traumatic event undertake a life of their own, later intruding into awareness and causing distress.

Pre-traumatic psychological factors (for example, low self-esteem) could make this technique worse (for example, low self-esteem may be reinforced by a brutal rape). Post-traumatic reactions by others (for example, a raped girl who is considered by household as “dirty”) and from the home (for example, physical distress caused by memories of the rape) could also may play a role in influencing whether such symptoms persist. It's hypothesized that only after effective reprocessing of the traumatic event(s) do PTSD symptoms decrease.