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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
People suffering from this condition have experienced, witnessed or confronted a traumatic event that caused them intense fear, helplessness or horror. Such events involve actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to one's integrity; i.e. war, rape, physical abuse, near-death experiences and natural disasters. Some of the manifestations of PTSD can include recurrent, distressing recollections and dreams of the event, flashbacks, hallucinations, avoidance of any reminders of the event, a general numbing of emotions, sleep and concentration problems, irritability and an exaggerated startle response.