| The estimated risk for rape survivors
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| | life. This can make it difficult to
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| developing post traumatic stress disorder
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| | recognize when PTSD is occurring, as
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| (PTSD) is 49%. The risk for those beaten
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| | survivors may not associate their current
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| or experiencing physical assault is
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| | feeling and behaviours with pas
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| 31.9%, whilst the risk for others who
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| | events.Each time symptoms appear,
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| experienced sexual assault is 23.7%.
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| | however, they provide an opportunity for
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| Given these figures, it is no wonder
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| | healing. Post traumatic stress disorder
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| women are more likely to develop PTSD
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| | can be treated, using a combination of
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| than men, as they are statistically
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| | medication and psychotherapy.Whilst
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| significantly more likely to experience
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| | medications were not thought to help in
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| sexual assault.Post traumatic stress
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| | the treatment of PTSD in the past, they
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| disorder is characterized by intense
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| | have been found to be beneficial now,
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| fear, a sense of helplessness, or horror.
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| | probably due to newer ones being
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| It can affect all areas of a person's
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| | available. The SSRI's (selective
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| life, their emotions, mental wellbeing,
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| | serotonin uptake inhibitors) zoloft and
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| and physical health. And symptoms are
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| | paxil are both approved by the FDA for
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| generally worse in situations, like rape
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| | treating PTSD. And newer antidepressants
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| and abuse, where the trauma was
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| | like effexor and serzone are also
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| deliberately initiated against those
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| | beneficial, and tend to be used when the
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| involved.A person with post traumatic
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| | patient does not tolerate paxil and
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| stress disorder may re-live the traumatic
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| | zoloft, or those medications aren't
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| events, having flashbacks or other
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| | effective.There are 3 types of
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| reminders and images that intrude on
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| | psychotherapy that can be used to treat
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| their waking hours, or in dreams and
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| | PTSD. These are exposure management,
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| nightmares. These reminders may also
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| | cognitive therapy, and anxiety
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| trigger physical symptoms, such as heart
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| | management. A combination of all 3 may be
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| palpitations or chills. Or emotional
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| | used, or one individually. Each person is
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| problems, like anxiety, depression, and
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| | different in what they will respond to.In
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| dread.People with post traumatic stress
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| | exposure therapy, patients confront, in a
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| disorder may avoid any reminders of the
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| | safe therapeutic environment, the
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| trauma, whether that is people associated
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| | situations, people, and memories
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| with the experience, or places, or even
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| | associated with the trauma. People with
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| thoughts of the trauma. They can distance
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| | PTSD usually avoid this very thing, but
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| themselves from family and friends, and
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| | by working through the trauma in this
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| withdraw from everyday activities and
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| | way, exposure therapy is actually very
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| things they used to enjoy.Relationship
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| | effective at healing PTSD.Cognitive
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| problems are common for survivors of rape
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| | therapy helps in the process of
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| and sexual abuse. Some survivors avoid
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| | understanding how our thoughts affect our
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| intimacy, others avoid sex, and some
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| | feelings, and provides ways of shifting
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| avoid both, and create patterns in their
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| | negative thinking. Negative thinking can
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| lives where those coping mechanisms are
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| | perpetuate a mental prison where joy and
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| maintained. But sufferers of PTSD who did
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| | interconnectedness is no longer felt.
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| not experience any sexual abuse can also
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| | Changing those dynamics can provide a new
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| have problems in their relationships, or
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| | framework with which to process the
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| in social situations.Another
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| | trauma, and allow healing to occur.In
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| characteristic of post traumatic stress
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| | anxiety management, skills are learnt
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| disorder is being on guard all the time,
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| | that help one cope better with the
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| and suddenly feeling anger or
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| | symptoms and triggers of post traumatic
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| irritability. There can be problems with
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| | stress disorder. They can help reduce the
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| sleeping and concentrating, and sufferers
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| | intensity of the symptoms, though they
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| may be startled easily. Self destructive
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| | need to be practised to be effective.
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| behaviours, such as gambling, risky sex,
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| | Anxiety management techniques can be very
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| drug use, alcohol abuse, or other
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| | helpful in controlling anxiety whilst
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| problems like dangerous driving, may be
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| | doing exposure therapy. Some techniques
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| present. Depression, disassociation, or
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| | used include relaxation, breathing
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| other mental health problems can
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| | techniques, assertiveness training, and
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| develop.Not all of these characteristics
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| | positive thinking and self
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| may be present in PTSD, and the degree to
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| | talk.References:1. ptsdalliance.org
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| which one experiences them may vary also.
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| | about_what.html2. ptsd.factsforhealth.org
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| And PTSD may not develop until months or
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| | whatmeds.html3. nimh.nih.gov/publicat
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| years after the trauma. Particularly in
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| | anxiety.cfmFor more articles on anxiety
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| relation to abuse in childhood, symptoms
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| | and depression, click here.
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| of PTSD can pass, then reappear later in
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