What Is PTSD?
3. Symptoms
For many people, the symptoms of PTSD will begin to show within a few months of a traumatic event. For others, it may be years. The symptoms can also vary in severity from person to person, and they can also vary within individuals. Some patients will tend to have no symptoms for much of the time, only for them to appear after certain triggers.
For some people, the trigger might be atmospheric factors that remind them of traumas they have experienced. For others, being stressed in general can trigger the symptoms and make existing symptoms worse. Even seeing something on TV can trigger the symptoms in some people.
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