What Triggers Acute and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders?

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What Triggers Acute and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders?

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Stress, painful mental aspect that not only interfere or disrupt the other work but can also harm the physical health. It can be originated or stimulated or produced from the day-to-day events. Conflicts in the interpersonal relationships, poor appraisal given by the manager in the organisation, poor academic marks in the school or colleges are some of the stressful situations that can harm the physical as well as mental health.

Sometimes, Certain experiences in one' life that are so painful, so disturbing or so shocking, in short, there are traumatic, and have a adverse effects on one's mental as well as physical health.

These traumatic events can cause so much stress that sometimes patient may commit suicide or may go into depression.

Stress that occurs after the traumatic incidents are called as post traumatic stress disorders, it is usually acute but can be persist for longer period of time in one's life.

 

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