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| Psychological Reactions Can Lead to Physical Symptoms |
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Traumatic events cause a wide range of psychological reactions in many different degrees of severity. In the days following the September 11 terrorist attacks surveys were conducted that would suggest, a high percentage of Americans have experienced some symptoms of depression. The most prevalent being sleep disturbance and disorders as well as difficulty in concentrating and increased anxiety. Psychological reactions to traumatic events are influenced by a number of factors that could include temperament and demeanor, learned coping strategies, the presence and intensity of past psychological trauma, and the limit to which the person had been directly effected by the event.
While there is no "right answer" or proper way to feel or respond, it's important to remember that over a period or weeks following a traumatic event, you may experience certain, probably unfamiliar events. That is a very normal way to feel because this is how the body and mind deal with certain situations that take place through out the course of peoples live.
Some forms of physical reactions that a person will in all likelihood, go through when dealing with any type of trauma are; Fatigue/exhaustion, sleep disturbance, no activity or over activity, a change in appetite, nightmares, headaches and dizziness just to name a few. With those being some of the physical reactions that your body will tend to go through, it may also take on the form of psychological reactions. These may be even more of a disturbance for many people. Unlike a physical reactions such as vomiting that is easily recognized and treated, psychological reactions can't usually be recognized so quickly, so they may tend to linger on much longer, with no real treatment to speak of.
Some of the cognitive and emotional reactions that you may also experience are; difficulty concentrating, flashbacks of a traumatic event, isolation or withdrawal, mentally much slower in the thought process and having a hard time making even the simplest of decisions. Some other emotional and psychological reactions may include; helplessness feeling, overly sensitive to minor occurrences, a lot of self doubt, mood swings, anger and frustration as well as a great deal of fear and anxiety. When one is going through any of these physical, emotional or psychological reactions, professional help may be a needed resource that a person will have to seek out.
One of the ways in which to overcome or lessen any type of psychological reactions is to maintain a healthy lifestyle. This should include having a balanced, nutritional diet, getting out for regular, everyday physical activity, even it's just a walk around the block, it all helps to build up that positive energy that the body and mind desperately need in order to cure itself of the abnormalities that may be taking place. Perhaps the hardest thing you a person experiencing these types of reactions is to stay in close contact with those people around you. It may feel very uncomfortable in the start, but as time goes on the feeling will become more comfortable, and gradually they will become normal again.
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