Post Traumatic stress disorder.
What is PTSD?
PTSD is a type of anxiety disorder and it can occur after you have gone through an extreme emotional trauma that involved the threat of injury or death.
What causes PTSD?
PTSD is caused by inherited mental health risks, life experiences that have to do with trauma, inherited aspects of your personality and the way your brain regulates the hormones and chemicals that your body releases.
What are the symptoms of PTSD?
Usually the symptoms are grouped into 4 types and they are intrusive memories, avoidance, negative changes in thinking and mood or changes in emotional reactions.
How does PTSD relate to Oakland youth?
PTSD relates to Oakland youth because we are exposed to the violence and other dangerous events. For example I read that a young man got shot and the bullet that striked him, left him in a wheel chair, now he feels like he has to carry a gun everywhere. I also read about a woman that is scared to take the bus home because she is afraid to get kidnapped. According to the article, she is afraid because one of her friends got kidnapped and sexually assaulted when walking home. These are some reasons why PTSD relates to Oakland youth.
What kind of events can cause PTSD in Oakland youth?
The kind of events that can cause PTSD in Oakland youth is the events related to any kind of violence.
PTSD is a type of anxiety disorder and it can occur after you have gone through an extreme emotional trauma that involved the threat of injury or death.
What causes PTSD?
PTSD is caused by inherited mental health risks, life experiences that have to do with trauma, inherited aspects of your personality and the way your brain regulates the hormones and chemicals that your body releases.
What are the symptoms of PTSD?
Usually the symptoms are grouped into 4 types and they are intrusive memories, avoidance, negative changes in thinking and mood or changes in emotional reactions.
How does PTSD relate to Oakland youth?
PTSD relates to Oakland youth because we are exposed to the violence and other dangerous events. For example I read that a young man got shot and the bullet that striked him, left him in a wheel chair, now he feels like he has to carry a gun everywhere. I also read about a woman that is scared to take the bus home because she is afraid to get kidnapped. According to the article, she is afraid because one of her friends got kidnapped and sexually assaulted when walking home. These are some reasons why PTSD relates to Oakland youth.
What kind of events can cause PTSD in Oakland youth?
The kind of events that can cause PTSD in Oakland youth is the events related to any kind of violence.
The point of the soundbite is to let people now about how stress and PTSD can affect us. Also so that people can now what we stress about in our lives. Also so that people can know what we feel and think about stress. Also so that they know about what we do to get away from stress.