The psychology of post-traumatic stress disorder – Joelle Rabow Maletis

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Get informed on the science behind post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, its symptoms and how the brain reacts to trauma.

Many of us will experience some kind of trauma during our lifetime. Sometimes, we escape with no long-term effects. But for millions of people, those experiences linger, causing symptoms like flashbacks, nightmares, and negative thoughts that interfere with everyday life. Joelle Rabow Maletis details the science behind post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.

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  1. i recommend microdosing mushrooms if you have ptsd or adhd it helped me,, I will always recommend it to anyone. check out the encrypted handle on my name,a mycologist who got shrooms and directed me as well on this microdosing journey.

  2. 💢…..
    💢……..
    💔🖤….I'm not allowed to be diagnosed with PTSD ….I'm not allowed the support or treatment ….😭…..I'm alone ….and I don't know why I use resources anymore or take up space ….I've tried so many times Mabey it's because I'm middle class white male no I don't want your sympathy it disgusts me I just want U to know how I feel about trying to get a diagnosis should I paint myself brown or give myself a flat top or wear cammo into the assesment

  3. Last night I tried to go to bed and I started randomly crying and hyperventilating, I was having a hard time trying to seeing stuff everything looked weird. I started to try and claw my eyes out. Everything was weird and I was dizzy I had to go take a bath and have a Popsicle. I was clawing my skin.

    What does this mean?

  4. This lady has no idea what she's talking about. There is absolutely no factual basis for anything said in the video. This is extremely opinionated redirect with no actual data, documentation, or even conclusion….it's just more support for the "someone was mean to me and now I have PTSD"… trend. Before this trend the only people that had this condition were Vietnam vets. I hate this country…

  5. It's pts INJURY. It's cause by terrorists cured by justice! Quit making this video! CORRECT this lie and back these terrorists off!
    This is a torture program! By you doing videop calling tortured hostages PTS"disorderred"= LIE
    It's pts injured by torturers who torture people! I was already diagnosed by doctor then was kidnapped tortured by terrorists who also tortured my children because of the label pts"disordered"=LIE clrrect that lie. They falsely presume they are permitted to torture people and murder people based on that lie

  6. I have CPTSD, psychiatists blame it on my upbringing, but I think the pandemic caused a lot of it. I was very mentally unwell during the pandemic and had a horrible time. I would start to recover and be back on the floor with the next lockdown, prior to them I felt I was so hurt by them, another lockdown couldn't hurt me anymore and everytime I was floored by it.

  7. in my personal experience, it took two years of therapy to get the diagnosis, because most of my symptoms were very common in GAD (generalized anxiety disorder), which was my initial diagnosis, and it was still very useful to get treatment for it since I did start with 4-5 panic attacks per day , and 4 years in I may even have full 2-3 months at a time without one, but I just thought it's important to note that it's not easy to spot and there's also complex PTSD (which ended up being my actual diagnosis) which has its differences as well – bottom line, don't be afraid to seek help and don't get discouraged if you're not diagnosed right away, find a therapist you trust, methods that work for you and trust the process.

  8. Islam is the cure knowing the creator is the cure of evreything he is the one who is in controle rely on him like when you rely on your parents when you were a little child to take care of you thats the cure pray 5 times a day obey the creator and evreything will be better

  9. A lot of this is accurate having P.T.S.D. myself. When things negative are done and said, for me it triggers the brain to feel hurt afraid or brings back trauma for me. It brings back negative feedback from people in the past, or negative memories from people who put me through Traumatic Experiences, memories.

  10. I saw a dog got ran over by a truck two days ago. I cant stop thinking about it and i keep seeing nightmares. I have to study for exams. Help.

  11. l’ve microdosed mushrooms for about 6 months due to anxiety,depression and PTSD and it helped. I'd recommend it for anyone. Visit the handle above on my name description🔝☝️🔝,a mycologist that guided me.

  12. The isolation and hopelessness is where I currently am. My pregnant ex left me because she “couldn’t deal with the drama” or not seeing me more than twice a week because of my issues. Needless to say that did not help my feelings of further helplessness and that I was causing pain to others through my trauma.

    Last week I went through delirium tremens due to my over drinking to cope, to learn that 30% of people can die from this. You’d think I’d come out with complete clarity afterward but all that happened was my brain going:

    “See? Look at what you did? Your daughter would be better off if you would have died. You’ll be like your father and put your trauma on her.”

    I’m slowly losing it and I can’t talk to family about it because they don’t understand. Im still trying but I mind keeps telling me it’s not enough.

  13. I have complex PTSD from being abused for years by one of my parents when I was a child. As a child, I had no way to escape my abuser and in fact, my life depended on him to care for me….talk about a mind f**k. No wonder I am so messed up (yes I am in therapy and am healing but this has taken decades because I am in my 40's.)

  14. Talk less about "they" and more about how to deal with it if you suffer from it and also how to recognize the signs as a person thst suffer from the illnes.

    That goes for other disorders as well, as "they/them" just adds to the marginalization and stigma surrounding mental illnes

  15. I hear anyone starting to scream with another person and I start to shake, I breath heavily my heart rate increases, my teeth chatter, I get dizzy my legs weaken and tense and I cry :)❤️ doesn’t matter who it is I just do 🤪✌️And I need to leave immediately before it gets bad.

    By bad I mean my legs give out making me unable to walk properly, I can faint or even have a panic/anxiety attack.

  16. I openly despise the makers of this video. One picosecond of reality will permanently outweigh a millennium of classifying.

  17. "Treatable malfunction". . . Bull $#@+ classify EVERY case as if it is minimal?!? Why is mine untreated? As well as Korea Vets? Vietnam Vets? We are cases swept under a rug because money means more to doctors than cures.

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