traumatic stress
Shock's lasting echo
Traumatic stress is the psychological and physiological response to experiencing or witnessing events that threaten life, safety, or wellbeing—combat, assault, accidents, natural disasters.
The body's alarm system activates intensely and may not fully reset afterward.
When symptoms persist beyond a month, it becomes post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): She was diagnosed with traumatic stress after the earthquake.
The term also appears in acute stress disorder, describing the immediate aftermath of trauma.
- natural disasterCatastrophic environmental event
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- flashbacksInvoluntary vivid memory episodes
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- therapyCurative mental treatment
combat · hypervigilance · trigger warning · dissociation · nightmares · fight or flight · emotional numbness · grounding techniques · intrusive thoughts · exposure therapy · safe space · medication · accident · support groups · panic attacks · loss · neuroplasticity · violence
- Military Mental HealthPTSD, shell shock, battle fatigue, combat fatigue, VA
- stress types
- traumaabuse, abandonment, amnesia, attachment disorder, attachment issues
- war ailmentstrench foot, trench fever, shell shock, combat fatigue, battle fatigue
- fearfear, dread, afraid, fright, frightened
- criminal defensesinsanity plea, insanity defense, legal insanity, diminished capacity, mental incapacity
traumatic stresspeace of mind
State without anxiety
emotional stability · serenity · equanimity · psychological wellbeing · psychological well-being
traumatic stresspost-traumatic growth
Development sparked by crisis
healing · psychological safety · resilience · recovery · flourishing
traumatic stresscalm
Free from agitation
nervous system regulation · groundedness · relaxation · deep relaxation · tranquility
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