PTSD

Part 1

I selected Post Traumatic Stress Disorder because a large amount of people think that veterans who have served in a war should have PTSD. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can affect anyone, any age, any gender, and any personality. My close friend, Sarah, has suffered with PTSD since she was 15 years old. When she tells someone she has PTSD, she is often laughed at and taunt her about how she can have PTSD due to the fact she hasn’t been in a war so she hasn’t been through anything traumatizing. Sarah has shared with me she can’t enjoy the same things she used to. I know about the side effects of this medication, these include and are not limited to; feeling worse about yourself, high risks of birth defects if you are a woman, Antidepressants can increase the risk of suicidal thinking, skin rash, inability to sit still, restlessness, difficulty with concentration, drowsiness, and headaches.

I hope everyone learns how hard living with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder really is, this is a serious mental illness and should not be belittled. This mental illness affects you now and in the future, which is hard to cope with when you have a family. At the end of the day I hope everyone can learn that these people may have not served in a war, but by surviving PTSD you are a soldier. PTSD is a serious mental condition that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening event, like combat, a natural disaster, a car accident, sexual assault or abuse.