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Your Answers Match Patterns Associated With PTSD
Something that happened is still happening inside your nervous system.
PTSD is what occurs when the nervous system gets stuck in the stress response of a past event and cannot complete the return to baseline. You are not overreacting. You are reacting to a threat the nervous system believes is still present. The body does not distinguish clearly between memory and current reality when the memory is stored as unprocessed trauma.
What this means
PTSD can result from a single traumatic event or a shorter period of acute threat. The hallmarks are intrusive memories, hypervigilance, avoidance, and emotional numbness.
The nervous system heals through safe re-exposure and completion of the stress response that got interrupted.
Working with a trauma-informed professional alongside self-guided work gives you the best chance of real recovery.
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